词条 | Diocese of Vicus Aterii |
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The Diocese of Vicus Aterii (Latin: Dioecesis Vico-Ateriensis) is a suppressed and Titular Bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The ancient Bishopric was centered on Aterii, a vicus of the Roman province of Byzacena in what was Roman North Africa. Vicus Aterii is tentatively identified with Bir-El-Ater in modern Tunisia. There are three bishops of this diocese known from antiquity,[1] [2][3] and three from the modern era.
The bishopric lasted until around the 690s when the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb caused it to effectively cease to operate. However in the 20th century the bishopric was revived in name at least. Today Vicus Aterii survives as a titular bishop's seat; the current titular bishop is Franz Vorrath, former auxiliary bishop of Essen.
References1. ^Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 469. 2. ^Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 352–353. 3. ^J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), pp.235–236. 1 : Catholic titular sees in Africa |
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