• Source: Benepota

The diocese of Benepota (Latin: Dioecesis Benepotensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.




History


Benepota, in today's Algeria, is an ancient bishopric of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
The location of the see is not currently known, But what is known is that the Bishop of the town attended a meeting of bishops convened in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal.
Today Benepota survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Leopold Hermes Garin Bruzzone, of Canelones.




Known bishops


Honorius (fl.484 AD)
Francisco Rendeiro, (1965–1967)
José Cerviño Cerviño (1968–1976)
Tadeusz Rybak (1977–1992)
Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, (2002–current)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Benepota
• Mauretania Caesariensis
• History of North Africa
• Tadeusz Rybak
• José Cerviño Cerviño
• List of Catholic titular sees
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones