Vartana (''Vertare is'') was a

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, Africa Proconsulare. It is identified with stone ruins in the area of Srâa-Ouartane,

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Bishopric

The city of Vartana (also known as Vertara) was also the seat of an ancient

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. Only one

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is known to us from

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. 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,

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Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303-533) (Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1 Jan. 1982) p1220. Bishop Leo Hale Taylor 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).

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