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Nova, Africa
Nova is a former ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia (precise site unknown) and a Latin Catholic titular see. History It was important enough in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, in the papal sway, to become one of the many suffragan dioceses of its capital's Metropolitan of Carthage, but faded like most. It has two historically documented bishops: * Rogatianus, participant at the Council of Carthage called in 256 by its saint Cyprian on the '' lapsi'', Christians who accepted forced pagan sacrificing to avoid martyrdom * Secondinus, who intervened at a council in Constantinople in 451. Titular see In 1933, the diocese was nominally restored as the Latin titular bishopric of Nova (Latin and Curiate Italian) / Noven(sis) (Latin adjective). The title has been held by: * Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin (9 July 1964 – 2 August 1965) * Francis John Spence (1 April 1967 – 17 August 1970) * Johannes Kleineidam (12 September 1970 – death 2 June 1981) as Auxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, Souks of Tunis, souks, and blue coasts, it covers , and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajos Bálint
Lajos Bálint (6 July 1929 – 4 April 2010) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to .... Ordained to the priesthood on 28 April 1958, Bálint was named a bishop for the Alba Iulia archdiocese on 9 July 1981 and was ordained on 29 September 1981. He resigned on 29 November 1993. Notes 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Romania 1929 births 2010 deaths {{europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Titular Sees In Africa
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Dioceses In Tunisia
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Cali
The Archdiocese of Cali () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Cali. History * 7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán * 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali Bishops Ordinaries * Bishops of Cali **Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28) **Luis Adriano Díaz Melo (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13) **Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24) **Francisco Gallego Pérez (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21) **Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20) * Archbishops of Cali **Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07) **Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 2001) ** Isaías Duarte Cancino (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16) **Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18) **Darío de Jesús Monsalve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi De Magistris (cardinal)
Luigi De Magistris (23 February 1926 – 16 February 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the Roman Curia, more than twenty of them in the Apostolic Penitentiary. He was made a bishop in 1996, an archbishop in 2001, and a cardinal in 2015. Biography Luigi de Magistris '' nobile dei conti'' of Castella and Belvedere, was born on 23 February 1926 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, in an aristocratic piedmontese family as the youngest of eight children of the renowned physician ''Don'' Edmondo de Magistris, Count of Castella and Belvedere, and ''Donna'' Agnese Ballero. He earned a degree from the University of Cagliari before entering the Pontifical Roman Seminary. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Cagliari on 12 April 1952. He spent the next five years in Cagliari as a parish priest while serving on the ecclesiastical tribunal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Cristóbal De Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela () is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela. History On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida. Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, Táriba **Basílica del Espíritu Santo, La Grita Bishops Ordinaries * Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (22 June 1923 – 6 July 1937) * Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (12 November 1939 – 23 April 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas * Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinico (23 April 1952 – 26 October 1984) *Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998) *Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (14 April 1999 – 14 December 2024) *Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán (14 December 2024 – present) Auxiliary Bishop * Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020- Other priests of this diocese who became bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Los Teques
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques () is a diocese located in the city of Los Teques in the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela. History On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Los Teques from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas. Bishops Ordinaries * Juan José Bernal Ortiz (1965.07.25 – 1980.10.19), Archbishop (personal title) * Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1981.01.31 – 1995.12.02) *Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (1995.12.02 – 1999.04.14), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela * Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30), Archbishop (personal title) * Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (2004.12.30 – present) Auxiliary bishop * Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1977-1981), appointed Bishop here See also *Roman Catholicism in Venezuela 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 Roman c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. Venezuela is a presidential republic consisting of States of Venezuela, 23 states, the Venezuelan Capital District, Capital District and Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital. The territory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Caracas
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803. This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers and is not unlikely to be given several auxiliary bishops. The most recent metropolitan archbishop had been Raúl Biord Castillo, appointed by Pope Francis on June 28, 2024. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana, in national capital Caracas, Distrito Federal, which also has three minor basilicas: Basílica de Santa Teresa, Basílica San Pedro Apóstol and Basílica Santuario de Santa Capilla (also a national shrine). History * Established on 20 June 1637 as Diocese of Caracas alias Santiago de Venezuela, on vast territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Coro, which had itself been established in 153 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Berlin
The Archdiocese of Berlin () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The archepiscopal see is in Berlin, with the archdiocese's territory extending over Northeast Germany. As of 2004, the archdiocese has 386,279 Catholics out of the population of Berlin, most of Brandenburg (except for its southeastern corner, historical Lower Lusatia) and Hither Pomerania, i. e. the German part of Pomerania. This means that a little over 6% of the population in this area is Roman Catholic. There are 122 parishes in the archdiocese. The current archbishop is Heiner Koch, formerly Bishop of Dresden, who was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, 8 June 2015, to replace Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki, who had earlier been named Archbishop of Cologne. History The affairs of the Roman Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Prussia had been reorganised by the Bull "De salute animarum", issued in 1821. Before the Prussian Provinces of Brandenburg and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
