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Cabarsussi was an
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(municipality) and bishopric in the
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of
Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) (, ''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, the Roman emperor Dioclet ...
(
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), that is tentatively identifiable with ruins at
Drâa-Bellouan Drâa-Bellouan is a town in modern Tunisia. Drâa-Bellouan was known during the Roman Empire as Cabarsussi a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) (, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roma ...
in modern
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. The current
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is Terence Robert Curtin,
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of
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. Cabarsussi was the seat of an ancient diocese of which remains only the name as quasi-diocesan title, which may be granted to a pre-diocesan prelate, an
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or coadjutor bishop etc.


History

:TO ELABORATE The bishopric at Cabarsussi was established in 393 by a council of
Donatist Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to ...
dissidents, who followed
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. The diocese was firmly Donatist in its churchmanship. Cabarsussi was the site of a
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in 393 called by a council of dissident
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s, held on 24 June 393 who
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d their
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Primianus, the Donatist
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, in favor of
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. This council was hosted by Cabarsussi Bishop, Donato the first bishop of the newly created bishopric. Another Donatist, Marciano, attended the
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411, as a strong hold of Donatism the town had no Catholic bishops at this time. In the 6th century, Bishop Theodore, was mentioned by
Victor of Tunnuna Victor of Tunnuna (Latin ''Victor Tunnunensis'') (died ) was Bishop of the North African town of Tunnuna and a chronicler from Late antiquity. He was also considered a martyr by Isidore of Seville. Life The only source on Victor's life is his ow ...
in his ''Chronicle of the history of the world''; as a defender of the Three Chapters, Theodore was exiled to Constantinople, where he died the same day of the death of Justinian. Finally, the last known bishop of Cabarsussi is Mustolo, who took part in the anti- monothetalism Council of Carthage of 641. ;''Residential Suffragan Bishops'' *Donatus ( fl 393) (
Donatist Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to ...
) *Marcianus (fl 411) (Donatist) *Theodorus (13 November 565) *Mustolus (fl 641)


Titular see

The diocese of Cabarsussi was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin
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of Cabarsussi (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Cabarsussitan(us) (Latin adjective) Titular Episcopal See of Cabarsussi
at gcatholic.org. It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Gabriel Kihimbare (1964.09.29 – death? 1964.12.15) as
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of Archdiocese of Gitega (1964.09.29 – 1964.12.15) * Joseph Blomjous,
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(M. Afr.) (1965.10.15 – resigned 1977.05.13) on emeritate, died 1992; previously Titular Bishop of
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(1946.04.11 – 1950.06.27) as
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of Musoma-Maswa (
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) (1946.04.11 – 1950.06.24), Apostolic Vicar of
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(Tanzania) (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25), Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Maswa (Tanzania) (1950.06.27 – 1953.03.25), Bishop of
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(Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – retired 1965.10.15) * Arnaldo Clemente Canale (1977.06.10 – death 1990.07.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (1977.06.10 – 1990.07.30) * Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (1991.06.17 – 1995.11.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (1991.06.17 – 1995.11.02); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka) (1995.11.02 – 2001.10.01),
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(2001.10.01 – 2004.04.29) as Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001.10.01 – 2005.12.10),
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of
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(2004.04.29 – 2009.06.16) as papal diplomat :
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(ambassador) to Indonesia (2004.04.29 – 2005.12.10), Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste (2004.04.29 – 2005.12.10), Roman Curia official : Secretary of
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(2005.12.10 – 2009.06.16), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Colombo (Sri Lanka) (2009.06.16 – ...), President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (2010.04 – ...), created
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of
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(2010.11.20 011.02.13– ...) * José María Pinheiro (1997.02.12 – 2005.03.09), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Guajará-Mirim (
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) (1997.02.12 – 2003.08.06), then as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil) (2003.08.06 – 2005.03.09); later Bishop of
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(Brazil) (2005.03.09 – retired 2009.09.16) * Joaquim Justino Carreira (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil) (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23); later Bishop of
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(Brazil) (2011.11.23 – death 2013.09.01) * António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos (2012.06.08 – 2014.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (2012.06.08 – 2014.07.04); later Bishop of
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(Portugal) (2014.07.04 – ...) * Terence Curtin (French) (2014.07.04 - ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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See also

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Sources and external links


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Catholic titular sees in Africa Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Former populated places in Tunisia Archaeological sites in Tunisia