Vannida
The diocese of Vannida Latin: Dioecesis Vannidensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It was centered on the ancient Roman town of Vannida,[1] in what is today Algeria, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.[2][3]
The only known bishop of this diocese was Rogaziano, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which Rogaziano was exiled. Today Vannida survives as a titular bishopric and the current archbishop is Kryspin Witold Dubiel.[4]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Vannida is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Vannida, GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 469.
- Back to citation Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.346.
- Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Vannida (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q2510469