Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
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Aquae Novae in Proconsulari is a former Ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa and present Latin Catholic titular see.
Its modern location are the ruins of Sidi-Ali-Djebin, in present Tunisia.
History
[edit | edit source]Aquae Novae was important enough in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Carthage's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded.
Titular see
[edit | edit source]The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.[1]
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
- Jean-Marie-Clément Badré (1964.06.22 – 1969.12.10)
- Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. (1970.01.14 – 1978.02.15)
- Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1980.02.13 – 1988.09.01) (later Cardinal)
- Vilmos Dékány, Sch.P. (1988.12.23 – 2000.05.19)
- Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (2000.10.30 – ...), Apostolic Vicar of Pakse (Laos)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
External links
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