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Decoriana

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Decoriana (Decoriensisor Dicensis) was an ancient RomanBerber city and former bishopric in Tunisia. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see.[1][2][3][4][5]

Roman Africa

History

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Decoriana, in today's Tunisia, was important enough in the Roman province of Byzacena to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Hadrumetum's Metropolitan Archbishop, [6] yet it was to fade.

Residential bishops

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There are only two known ancient bishops of this diocese.

Titular see

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The diocese was nominally restored in 1933, as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric Decoriana.

It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Louis de Mas Latrie, Migne, Dictionnaire de statistique religieuse et de l'art de vérifier les dates... (J.-P. Migne, 1831 - France)p 653.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Bettoni, Steph. Antonii Morcelli,... Africa Christiana: in tres partes tributa (ex officina Bettoniana, 1816) p 150.
  3. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 465.
  4. ^ Copertina anteriore Stefano Antonio Morcelli , Africa Christiana: in tres partes pays, Volume 1 (Betton, 1816)p150.
  5. ^ J. Ferron, v. Decorianensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX,(1937), col. 155
  6. ^ Decoriana. at GCatholic.org.
  7. ^ "Pascasius misericordia dei episcopus sanctae ecclesiae Decorianensis"
  8. ^ Decori also known as Decoriana at Catholic-hierarchy.org.
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