The diocese of Rufiniana (Latin: Dioecesis Rufinianensis) is a suppressed and titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. [1]
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The exact location of the diocese, now lost to history but it was in northern Tunisia. [2]
The diocese of Rufiniana (Latin: Dioecesis Rufinianensis) is a suppressed and titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. [1]
The exact location of the diocese, now lost to history but it was in northern Tunisia. [2]
There are two documented bishops of this diocese: [3] [4]
Today Rufiniana survives as a titular bishop's seat; the current titular bishop is Anton Leichtfried, auxiliary bishop of Sankt Pölten.
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