The Diocese of Fissiana ( la, Fissianensis) is suppressed Latin Church diocese and current titular see of the Catholic Church.

Location

Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

The exact location for the

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of the diocese is unknown,Titular Episcopal See of Fissiana
at GCatholic.org. though Fissiana, is tentatively located somewhere near

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in modern Tunisia. In

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it was within the Roman province of Byzacena, corresponding to the modern

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of Tunisia.

History

Of this dioceses only two Donatist bishops are known. *Donato who participated in the

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, held in 393 by Maximianus, a dissident sect of the Donatists, and he signed the acts of that Council. *At the Council of Carthage (411), Bishop Turrasio represented the town, no Catholic competitor attended the conference. That the town was a stronghold of Donatism is not surprising, as it is located close to the heartland of that movement with many of the first Donatist congregations forming in the semi-arid region to the west and south west of

. Today Fissiana survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Darius Trijonis, Auxiliary bishop of Vilnius.Fissiana
at catholic-hierarchy.org.

Known bishops

*Donato ( fl 393) (Donatist) *Turrasio (fl 411) ( Donatist) * Francis Arinze ( Nigeria) 6 July 1965 – 26 June 1967 * Leo Rajendram Antony (

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) 3 August 1968 – 15 February 1974 * Joseph Valerius Sequeira (

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) 20 October 1984 – 24 January 1986 *

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( Peru) 30 March 1987 – 28 April 2013 *

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( Argentina) from 13 March 2014 – 3 August 2017 * Darius Trijonis (

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) 29 September 2018 – present

References

{{reflist Catholic titular sees in Africa