Octabia
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 towns bishop, Sabinico, who was a Catholic attended a synod in Carthage called by the Arian king Huneric, the Vandal.[2] At the conclusion of that synod, Sabinico was sent into excel by the king.
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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)
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]
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References
- The diocese of Octaba at www.gcatholic.org
- J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 214.
- "diocese/d2o35". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
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