Hermiana

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Hermiana was a town in the Roman province of Byzacena. It may have been situated in the plain of Bled Hammiane, and had its own bishop. The diocese is now a titular see of the Catholic Church. [1]

Roman province Major Roman administrative territorial entity outside of Italy

The Roman provinces were the lands and people outside of Rome itself that were controlled by the Republic and later the Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman who was appointed as governor. Although different in many ways, they were similar to the states in Australia or the United States, the regions in the United kingdom or New Zealand, or the prefectures in Japan. Canada refers to some of its territory as provinces.

Byzacena was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.

A bishop is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.

The Latin adjective relating to the episcopal see is Hermianensis. [2] [3]

Latin Indo-European language of the Italic family

Latin is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets and ultimately from the Phoenician alphabet.

Episcopal see the main administrative seat held by a bishop

An episcopal see is, in the usual meaning of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

A bishop of the town was the Church Father, Facundus of Hermiane.

Facundus of Hermiana was a 6th-century Christian author, and bishop of Hermiana in North Africa.

The first titular bishop of the see was appointed on 1 April 1952. [4] [5]

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place. There are more bishops than there are functioning dioceses. Therefore, a priest appointed not to head a diocese as its diocesan bishop but to be an auxiliary bishop, a papal diplomat, or an official of the Roman Curia is appointed to a titular see.

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References

  1. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Hermiana, GCatholic.org.
  2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p 890
  3. ↑ Hermiana, catholic-hierarchy.org.
  4. ↑ Information on the diocese
  5. ↑ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1952, Number 66.
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