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Vartana (''Vertare is'') was a
Vartana (''Vertare is'') was a Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
- Berber town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in Byzacena
Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
History
At the end of the 3rd century AD, t ...
, Africa Proconsulare. It is identified with stone ruins in the area of Srâa-Ouartane, Tunisia
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Bishopric
The city of Vartana (also known as Vertara) was also the seat of an ancientCatholic
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diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. Only one bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
is known to us from antiquity. Since 1933 the diocese has been reestablished in name at least and a bishop has been appointed there ever since.
Bishop Vetalis is recorded as attendee to a Church Council in 314.Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière
Anne-Marie La Bonnardière (1906-1998) was a scholar of St Augustine, known for her work on the influence of the bible on St Augustine's writing.
Career
Anne-Marie La Bonnardière studied at the Catholic University of Lyon, receiving a degree i ...
Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303-533) (Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1 Jan. 1982) p1220.
Bishop Leo Hale Taylor Leo Hale Taylor, SMA was an American-born priest of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of African Missions. He was Archbishop of Lagos from 1939 to 1965. Taylor was the first principal of St Gregory's College, Lagos and as bishop, he w ...
became the first of the new bishops on February 26, 1934. The current bishop is Giovanni Moretti (9 Sep 1971 Appointed - ), who succeeded bishop Carlo Minchiatt (1969 - 1971).
References
Populated places in Constantine Province Catholic titular sees in Africa {{AncientRome-stub