Migirpa
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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
[edit]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 Andris Kravalis, of Riga.
- Martin Wiesend (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)
- Andris Kravalis (since March 8, 2019)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ R.B. Hitchner Migirpa.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Migirpa.
- ^ Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 227–228.
- ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 211.
- ^ David M. Cheney,Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Augustine, The Writings Against the Manichaeans, Chapter 9.—13
- ^ Augustine, On Baptism, Against the Donatists, chapter 9.
- ^ Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
- ^ Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,865.