Roman Catholic diocese
File:Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD).
Vanarion (Latin: Vanarionensis ) is a historic and titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] The seat of the bishopric was a Roman town called Vanarion, founded in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis , which has been tentatively identified with ruins at Ksar-Tyr in northern Algeria .[ 4] At present the Catholic bishops are titular . Between 2005 and May 13, 2013 the Bishop of Vanariony was auxiliary bishop of Katowice , Józef Kupny , he was replaced by Prosper Balthazar Lyimo of Tanzania, in 2014.[ 5]
Bishops
References
^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris , 1912), p. 392.
^ H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in (Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913), p. 135
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1 ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
^ Bishop of Vanariona .
^ Vanariona at GCatholic.org.