Migirpa

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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE.[1] The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia.[2][3]

Church use[]

Migirpa was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese,[4][5] an episcopal see, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[6] The Diocese of Migirpa (in Latin Rite Migirpensis) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[7] There were five bishops documented in late antiquity at Migirpa and four in the 21st century.

  • Felix of Migirpa,(also called Prime) took part in the Council of Carthage (256) by St. Cyprian to discuss the question of the lapsi.[8][9]
  • Tutus participated in the Council of Carthage (397).
  • Victor or Vittore, the Catholic representative at the Council of Carthage (411).[10]
  • Glorius the Donatist representative at the Council of Carthage (411).[11]
  • Pascasio who attended the Synod of Carthage (484) called by Vandal king Huneric, after which Pascasio was exiled to Corsica.

Today Migirpa survives as a home suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church. The current bishop is , of Riga.

  • (1967–2003)
  • Daniel Joseph Bohan (2003–2005)
  • Jude Joseph Tyson (2005–2011) known for his progressive views within the church.
  • Michael Gerber (June 12, 2013 - December 13, 2018)
  • (since March 8, 2019)[12]

References[]

  1. ^ R.B. Hitchner Migirpa.
  2. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Migirpa.
  3. ^ Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  4. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  5. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 227–228.
  6. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 211.
  7. ^ David M. Cheney,Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  8. ^ Augustine, The Writings Against the Manichaeans, Chapter 9.—13
  9. ^ Augustine, On Baptism, Against the Donatists, chapter 9.
  10. ^ Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
  11. ^ Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
  12. ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,865.
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