Mesarfelta
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Mesarfelta was a town in the Roman province of Numidia and a bishopric that is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[1]
The historic Mesarfelta is believed to be what are now the ruins of El-Outaïa or those of Tolga, Henchir-El-Ksar,[1] or may be Qastilya in Algeria.[2] Three North-African Topographical Notes (Islamic-Roman),
A barrier marking the frontier between the territory of the Roman Empire and other lands ran through Mesarfelta .[3]
Titular bishops of Mesarfelta[4]
- William Edward McManus 1967-1976
- Louis-Albert Vachon 1977-1981
- Basile Tapsoba 1981-1984
- Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette 1987-1990
- Michael Angelo Saltarelli[5] 1990-1995
- Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. 1995-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 929
- ↑ "Three North-African Topographical Notes (Islamic-Roman)". Arabica 1 (3): 343–345. September 1954. JSTOR 4054839.
- ↑ Wacher, J. S. (2002). The Roman world. Routledge. p. 872. ISBN 0-415-26314-X.
- ↑ "Mesarfelta (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. October 12, 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ Gabriele, Michael C. (October 14, 2009). "Bishop Saltarelli, 77; Son of Archdiocese". The Catholic Advocate. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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