The Diocese of Corniculana (Latin: Dioecesis Corniculanensis ) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The bishopric was centered on a Roman town , of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis now lost to history but which flourished in late antiquity but did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb . An exact location for that town is not known but Corniculana, was in what is today Algeria .
Nothing is known of the history of this diocese and of the city,[ 4] called to Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric was a bishop Syrus Corniculanensis, who was probably exiled as were most Catholic bishops of the day.
Today Corniculana survives as a titular bishopric and current bishop is Oscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa , who also served as apostolic vicar of Tierradentro until July 2024.[ 5] [ 6]
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References
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1 ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013^ Pius Bonifacius Gams , Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana
^ J. Ferron, v. Corniculanensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. XIII, Parigi 1956, col. 900.
^ David Cheney, Diocese of Corniculana , at Catholic-Hierarchy.org]
^ Rueda, Manuel (July 20, 2024). "Pope Francis accepts the resignation of a Colombian bishop mentioned in a book on sexual abuse" . Associated Press News . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .
