Zella (see)

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The Diocese of Zella (Latin: Dioecesis Zellensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] [2] The diocese of Zella, is located in today's Tunisia.

During the Roman Empire the Diocese was centered on a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena. During late antiquity the city had both a Donatist and Catholic congregation. These two both sent bishops to the Conference of Carthage of 411. [3] [4]

Today Zella survives as a titular bishopric and the current archbishop, personal title, is Angelo Acerbi, who was already the prelate of the Order of Malta's military sovereign.

Known bishops

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References

  1. Zella at www.catholic-hierarchy.org
  2. Zellae at www.gcatholic.org
  3. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 370
  4. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, [Leipzig, 1931), p. 470.
  5. "MARIAN FATHER IS APPOINTED BISHOP". The Catholic Transcript. Vol. LXVII Number 36. December 31, 1964. p. 16. Retrieved December 3, 2021.