Flenucleta was an ancient Berber, Roman and Byzantine civitas located in the Mediterranean hinterland of what was then the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was situated in present-day northern Algeria.[1] The exact location of the city is unknown.[2]
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Flenucleta was also the seat of the Catholic Church diocese of Flenucleta[3] which goes back to a Roman era bishopric in the ancient town of the same name.[4][5] Although the diocese ceased to effectively function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the diocese has been re-established in name at least as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[6][7][8][9]
Known bishops
edit- Felice (fl.484)
- Julien Le Couëdic Emeritus Bishop of Troyes (France) 21 February 1967 – 10 December 1970[10]
- Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu Coadjutor bishop of Kisantu (Zaïre) August 30, 1971 – 27 April 1973
- Nicholas Mang Thang, Auxiliary bishop in Mandalay (Burma) 21 June 1988 – 21 November 1992
- João Braz de Aviz Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) 6 April 1994 – 12 August 1998
- Hélio Adelar Rubert Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) 4 August 1999 – 24 March 2004
- Joseph Walter Estabrook Auxiliary Bishop of the US Military Directorate (United States) 7 May 2004 – 4 February 2012 [11][12]
- Nil Jurij Luschtschak[13] Auxiliary bishop in Mukacheve (Ukraine) November 19, 2012
References
edit- ^ Flenucletensis at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Flenucleta at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
- ^ "Benedict's Flenuclet titular capital". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ "Benedict's Flenuclet Titular Capital". gcatholic.org. 2012-12-07.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Flenucleta at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.465.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.157.
- ^ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1944, Number 2.
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,649.
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Number 17,644
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