Patriarchate of Carthage
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This is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Carthage, often referred to as Primate of Proconsular Africa, Numidia, Tripolitania and Mauretania or Patriarch of the African Church .
During the 3rd to the 7th century, the Bishop of Carthage has (unofficial) ecclesiastical jurisdiction and primacy over these suffragan provinces in Northern Africa:
- Proconsular Africa
- Mauretania Sitifensis
- Imperial Mauretania
- Numidia
- Byzacena
- Tripolitania
In the church as a whole, the Bishop of Carthage lay within the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome.
The title largely became titular after the 7th century when the Exarchate of Africa, a Byzantine territory fell to the Arab invasion. From the 17th century Carthage was under an apostolic vicariate. This was suppressed in 1798 and was only restored in 1843.
In 1884 Carthage (Tunis) was raised into an archdiocese although it was changed in 1964 as a Territorial Prelature. In 1995 it was elevated as a bishopric and now holds the Diocese of Tunis.
On September 8 2005, Fouad Twal was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Michel Sabbah in 2008.
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[edit] Bishops and Archbishops of Carthage (Tunis)
[edit] Bishops of Carthage
- Epenetus of Carthage
- Optatus (may actually be bishop of Thuburbo Minus instead)
- Agrippinus (c. 197)
- Cyrus
- Donatus I
- St. Cyprian (249-258)
- Felicissimus; anti-patriarch (251-?), supported by Antipope Novatian
- Fortunatus; anti-patriarch, supported by Antipope Novatian
- Maximus; anti-patriarch, supported by Antipope Novatian after withdrawing communion with Fortunatus.
- Carpophorus (258-?)
- Lucian
- Mensurius (?-311)
- Caecilianus (311-c. 325)
- Gratus (c.330's-352)
- Restitutus (352-373)
- Genethlius (373-?)
- St. Aurelius (391-?)
- Capreolus
- Quodvultdeus (c. 434-c. 454; fled 439)
- St. Deogratias (c. 454—456)
- vacant (456-481)
- St. Eugenius (481-505; exiled 496)
- vacant (505-523)
- Boniface (c. 523—c. 535)
- Repartatus (c. 535-c. 553; banished 551)
- Primosus or Primasius (c. 553-c. 565)
- Publianus (c. 581)
- Dominicus (c. 591)
- Fortunius (c. 632)
- Victor (c. 635)
- unknown
- Thomas (c. 1053)
- Cyriacus (c. 1076)
- unknown
[edit] Apostolic Vicar of Tunis, c. 1650-1884
unknown; Suppressed in 1798 and restored in 1843
[edit] Archbishops of Carthage, 1884-1964
- Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie (1881-1892), archbishop from 1884.
- Barthélemy Clément Combes (1893-1922)
- Alexis Lemaître (1922-1939)
- Charles-Albert Gounot (1939-1953)
- Paul-Marie Maurice Perrin (1953-1964)
[edit] Prelate of Tunis, 1964-1995
[edit] Bishops of Tunis, since 1995
- Fouad Twal (1995-2005); receives for himself the personal title of Archbishop of Tunis on 1995.
- Maroun Lahham (2005-Present)
