The diocese of Betagbarar () is a suppressed and now

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of the

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. The diocese was originally founded in a

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of the

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in the north of modern

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. Only one bishop is known of this place. The

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was episcopus Betagbaritanus at the Council of Carthage in 411 to debate the Donatist schism, at which he declared that he had no Catholic competitor in his diocese. Today Betagbarar survives as a

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ric and the current bishop is Martin Gächter, former auxiliary bishop of Basel.David Cheney, Diocese of Betagbarar
at Catholic-Hierarchy.org

References

{{Reflist Catholic titular sees in Africa