Putia in Byzacena

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

The diocese of Puzia in Byzacena (Latin: Dioecesis Putiensis in Byzacena) is a suppressed and titular seat of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

Puzia in Byzacena was centered on a Roman era civitas of the Province of Byzacena, in what was Roman North Africa. That town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Bir-Abdallah, Tunisia.[1]

The only known bishop of this diocese is Servando, who took part in the synod gathered in Carthage by the Vandal king Huneric in 484, after which Servando was exiled.[2][3]

Today, Puzia in Byzacena survives as a titular bishop's residence. The current titular bishop is Jaime Cristóbal Abril González, auxiliary bishop of Nueva Pamplona.[4]

Known bishops

  • Servando † (mentioned in 484)
  • Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (18 January 1968 - 16 February 1970 appointed Archbishop of Managua)
  • Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † (3 March 1970 - 17 July 2004 deceased)
  • Dirceu Vegini (15 March 2006 - 20 October 2010 appointed bishop of Foz do Iguaçu)
  • Luis Gonzaga Fechio (January 19, 2011 - January 6, 2016 appointed bishop of Amparo)
  • Jaime Cristóbal
  • Abril González, from 16 April 2016 Bir-Abdallah

References

  1. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Putia in Byzacena, Tunisia.
  2. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467
  3. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 259
  4. ^ entry at www.catholic-hierarchy.org.