Sinnuara
TheDiocese of Sinnuara(in Latin: Dioecesis Sinnuaritana) is asede soppressaandtitular seeof theRoman Catholic Church.Thebishopricis suffragan to theArchdiocese of Carthage.
The diocese was during theRoman Empirecentered on a town called Sinnuara, in theRoman provinceofAfrica Proconsularis.That town is now lost but was in what is todayTunisia.
There are two documentedbishopsof this diocese:
- The Catholic bishop, Stefano, who attended theCouncil of Carthage (411).It seem the city did not have atDonatistbishops at that time.
- Bishop Paul, who took part in thesynod called in Carthage in 484by theVandalkingHuneric,after which Paul was exiled.
- Today Sinnuara survives astitular bishopricand the current bishop isFelipe González González,Vicar ApostolicofCaroní.[1][2][3]
Known bishops of Sinnuara
- Stefano (fl.411)
- Paul (fl.484)
- Julio Xavier Labayen(1966–1978)
- Kurongku(1978–1981)
- Patras Yusaf(1981–1984)
- Felipe González González, since 25 November 1985.
References
[edit]- ^La sede titolarenel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^Sinnuaraat www.gcatholic.org
- ^J. Mesnage,L'Afrique chrétienne,(Paris, 1912), p.222.