El-Kentour
El-Kentour (الكنتور) is a town and mountain in Algeria. It is located in the Constantine Mountains. El-Kentour is also the site of the El-Ouahch to El-Kentour tunnel, which is part of the National Road 3.
Location
[edit]El-Kentour is situated 3 km south of Aïn Bouziane and 4½ km north of Zighoud Youcef. The topography is mountainous, with the Oued Ensa river flowing to the east. The boundary between Skikda and Constantine Province runs through the village.
History
[edit]In Roman and Vandal times the town was known as Centuriones.
Bishopric
[edit]The town was the seat of an ancient Bishopric[1][2] and was from the 4th to the 6th century a stronghold of Donatism. The Bishopric remains today a titular see of the Catholic Church,[3] and the current bishop is Vasyl Tuchapets. Known bishops include:
- Titular bishops
- Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets since 2012, Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv[4]
- Renato Pine Mayugba (2005–2012), auxiliary bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan, Philippines
- Kiro Stojanov (1999–2005), auxiliary bishop of Skopje
- Alberto Trevisan (1964–1998), auxiliary bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (1964–1967), auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1967–1973)[5]
- Residing bishops
- Firmianus Catholic bishop fl.484.
- Ianuarius Donatist bishop fl411.
- Nabor of Centurio,[6] attendee of Council of Cirta fl303-305.
References
[edit]- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 136
- ^ J. Ferron, v. Centuriensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, (Paris 1953), coll. 145-146
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.465
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Centuriones.
- ^ Centuriones at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ J. Stevenson, W. H. C. Frend, A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337 (Baker Books, 1 Jul. 2013)
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