The diocese of Dionysiana (in Latin: Dioecesis Dionysianensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [1]
The Diocese of Dionysos, was centered on a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena ( in today's Tunisia) during late antiquity. [2]
There are three known bishops of this diocese during antiquity, which is one of the oldest in Roman North Africa. [3] [4] [5]
The diocese ceased to effectively function with the Arab–Byzantine wars in 698.
Since 1925 Dionysius now survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Gary W. Janak, auxiliary bishop of San Antonio, Texas. [6]
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