Diocese of Vittoriana

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

History

Vittoriana, in today's Tunisia, is an ancient episcopal seat of the province of Byzacena.

The Bishopric was founded during the Roman Empire and survived through the Arian Vandal and Orthodox Byzantine empires, only ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The diocese was re-founded in name at least in the 20th century and it remains today a titular see of the Roman Catholic church. [1]

There are five documented bishops of this diocese. [2]

Today Victorian survives as a titular bishop's seat; the current archbishop, personal title, holder is Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio to Colombia.

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References

  1. Titular Episcopal See of Thugga.
  2. (FR) J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, pp. 234–235