Benepota
Benepota — The diocese of Benepota (Latin: Dioecesis Benepotensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
History
Benepota, in today's Algeria, is an ancient bishopric of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.[1] The location of the see is not currently known,[2] But what is known is that the Bishop of the town attended a meeting of bishops convened in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal.[3]
Today Benepota survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Leopold Hermes Garin Bruzzone, of Canelones.[4]
Known bishops
- Honorius (fl. 484 AD)
- Francisco Rendeiro, (1965–1967)
- José Cerviño Cerviño (1968–1976)
- Tadeusz Rybak(1977–1992)
- Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, (2002–current)
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Benepota is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.464; Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp.99–100; Auguste Audollent, "Benepotensis", in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VII, 1934, col. 1276.
- Back to citation Benepota at www.gcatholic.org
- Back to citation Patrologia Latina, vol. LVIII, coll. 274 e 339.
- Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Benepota (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q817112