Dystis was a city and bishopric in Roman Libya, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Its modern location has been postulated in northern Tunisia or somewhere in southern modern Libya.

History

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Dystis was important enough in the Roman province of Libya Superior -Libya Pentapolitana; originally part of Cyrenaica (and Crete)- to become one of the suffragan sees in this province,[1][2][3] which depend directly on the Patriarchate of Alexandria (in Egypt) without a proper Metropolitan, but faded like most bishoprics in Roman Africa.

Its only recorded Suffragan Bishops were:

Titular see

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In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Dystis / Dystien(sis) (Latin adjective) / Disti (Curiate Italian).[4]

It is vacant, having had only these incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception (pro hac vice):[5]

See also

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Bibliography
  • Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig, 1931, p. 462
  • Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris, 1740, Vol. II, coll. 629-630
  • Raymond Janin, lemma 'Dysthis' in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIV, Paris, 1960, col. 1252

References

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  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 462.
  2. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris, 1740), Tomo II, coll. 629-630.
  3. ^ Raymond Janin, v. Dysthis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIV, (Paris, 1960), col. 1252.
  4. ^ Entry at www.gcatholic.org.
  5. ^ David Cheney, Diocese of Dysti, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.