Zella (see)
The diocese of Zella (in Latin: Dioecesis Zellensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [1][2] The diocese of Zella, is located in today's Tunisia.
During the Roman Empire the Diocese was centered on a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena. During late antiquity the city had both a Donatist and catholic congregation. These two both sent bishops to the Conference of Carthage of 411.[3][4]
Today Zella survives as a titular bishopric and the current archbishop, personal title, is Angelo Acerbi, who was already the prelate of the Order of Malta's military sovereign.
Known Bishops
- Donaziano † (fl411)
- Natalico † (fl 411) (donatist bishop)
- Franz Brazys, (1964 - 1967)
- Cesare Zacchi (1967 - 1974)
- Angelo Acerbi, 1974
References
- ↑ Zella at www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- ↑ Zellae at www.gcatholic.org
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 370
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 470.
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