Rotaria (Diocese)
Rotaria or Rotariensis was an ancient Roman and Byzantine era bishopric [1] of Numidia, North Africa. It was predominantly Donatist in Churchmanship.[2] and appears to have been ethnically Roman rather than Berber.[3] It remains today a titular See.[4][5] and the current Bishop is the current bishop is Ivan Šaško, of Zagreb.
Rotaria, has been identified with Henchir-Loulou, near Renier Algeria, but was in the Roman province of Numidia.[6]
Bishops
- Felix [7][8](Donatist Bishop).
- Simplicus(411) (Donatist)
- Victor[9](411) took part in the Council of Carthage 411.
- Pavol Brezanóczy (15 Sep 1964 Appointed - 10 Jan 1969)[10]
- Percival Caza (18 Mar 1969 Appointed - 26 Nov 1970) [11]
- Vincent Madeley Harris (27 Apr 1971 Appointed - 15 Nov 1971)
- Reinhard Lettmann (18 Jan 1973 Appointed - 11 Jan 1980)
- Martino Scarafile (20 Dec 1980 Appointed - 31 Oct 1985)
- Agustín Otero Largacha, (3 May 1986 Appointed - 9 May 2004)
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, (9 Jul 2004 Appointed - 28 Jul 2007)
- Ivan Šaško (11 Feb 2008 Appointed - )
References
- ↑ Christianography, of the Christian World (Robert Clavell, 1674) p167.
- ↑ Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303-533) (Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1 Jan. 1982) p 1170.
- ↑ ROMANISATION ET EVANGELISATION .
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, p.468.
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana , Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp.262-263.
- ↑ H. Jaubert, /ark:/12148/bpt6k5457275x/f96.image 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.72
- ↑ Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303-533) (1982) p1280.
- ↑ Patrologiae cursus completus ...: Series latina, Volume 11(edited by Jacques-Paul Migne, 1845), p329.
- ↑ Acta conciliorum et epistolae decretales ac constitutiones summorum pontificum (edited by Jean Hardouin, Claude Rigaud (París))p7.
- ↑ Rotaria, at GCatholic.org.
- ↑ La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
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