Octabia

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Octaba was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and Byzacena in late antiquity.[1] Its exact location is now lost, but it was in the Sahel region of Tunisia. In 484AD the town's Catholic bishop, Sabinico, attended a synod in Carthage called by the Arian king Huneric, the Vandal.[2] At the conclusion of that synod, Sabinico was sent into exile by the king.

Today Octabia survives only as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.

Bishops of Octabia

Coat of arms of the titular bishop of Octabia
  • Sabinico (fl. 484)
  • Antônio Mazzarotto (1965–1971)
  • Josef Vrana (1973–1987)
  • Paul Stephen Loverde (1988–1993)
  • Luciano Bergamin,(2000–2002)
  • Donald Lapointe, (2002–current) [3]

References

  1. ^ The diocese of Octaba at www.gcatholic.org
  2. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 214.
  3. ^ "diocese/d2o35". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.


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