Centuria (Numidia)
Centuria, also known as Centuriensis, was a Roman era town in Numidia, Roman province of Africa. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Ain El Hadjar[1] in Algeria,[2][3] south of Saida.
Bishopric
The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric and the current bishop is Jeffrey M. Monforton. Known bishops of the town include:
- Quodvultdeus (fl. 402–411) (Catholic bishop attended the Council of Milevum (402) and Council of Carthage (411)
- Cresconio fl. 411) (rival Donatist)
- Gennaro fl. 484
- Luis Camargo Pacheco (1622–1665)[4]
- Johann Kaspar Kühner (1664–1685)
- Andrew Giffard (1705 Appointed – Did not take office)
- John Douglass (1790–1812)[5]
- Myles Prendergast (1818–1844)
- Antonio Majthényi (1840–1856)
- St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, (1857–1861)[6]
- Thomas McNulty (1864–1866)
- Bonifacio Antonio Toscano (1874–1896)
- Giuseppe Perrachon (1925–1944)
- Stanislao Czajka (1944–1965)
- William Joseph Moran (1965–1996)
- Piotr Libera (1996–2007)
- Ferenc Cserháti (2007–2023)[7]
- Jeffrey M. Monforton (2023–present)[8]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
titular see of Centuria is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[9]
References
- Back to citation H. Jaubert, "Évêchés Anciens et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne", in Reports of Notices et Memoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 31.
- Back to citation Jean-Marie Lassère Onomastica africana V–VIII, Vol 18 Antiquités africaines 1982, 1 (pp. 167–175.
- Back to citation Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830–1900 (BRILL, 8 May 2014)
- Back to citation Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,399; Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 145; Episcopologio Español, Volume 1500, Page 143, Number 910; Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1622, Number 59.
- Back to citation Encyclical Letter of the Bishops of Rama, Acanthos, and Centuria, 1791.
- Back to citation "CatholicSaints. Info » Bishop of Centuria". catholicsaints.info. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Centuria at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation "Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Jeffrey Monforton as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit; Appoints Bishop Paul Bradley as Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. September 28, 2023. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q550362