Zella (see)
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The Diocese of Zella (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
[edit]- Donaziano † (fl411)
- Natalico † (fl 411) (Donatist bishop)
- Franz Brazys (1964–1967)[5]
- Cesare Zacchi (1967–1974)
- Angelo Acerbi (1974)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "MARIAN FATHER IS APPOINTED BISHOP". The Catholic Transcript. Vol. LXVII Number 36. December 31, 1964. p. 16. Retrieved December 3, 2021.