Aquae Regiae

Roman Africa.

Aquae Regiae was a Roman town in the Roman province of Byzacena, during the Roman Empire and into late antiquity. The Latin adjective referring to it is Aquaregiensis.

History

The bishop of this town, Massimiano, participated in the 411 Carthage conference, between the Catholic bishops and Donatist bishops of Africa and was at the other Carthaginian council of 419. Another bishop was among the Catholic prelates summoned in 484 to Carthage by the Arian king of the Vandals, Huneric. The bishop of the town was excilled after this conference.[1][2]

Today Aqua Regie survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church[3] and the current bishop is Robert Charles Evans, auxiliary bishop of Providence.[4]

Known bishops

  • Massimiano (411–419)
  • Liberato (fl484)
  • William Joseph McDonald † (17 Mar 1964 Appointed – 7 Jan 1989 died)
  • György-Miklós Jakubínyi (14 Mar 1990 Appointed – 8 Apr 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Alba Iulia)
  • Guillermo José Garlatti (27 Aug 1994 Appointed – 20 Feb 1997 Appointed, Bishop of San Rafael)
  • Martin Drennan (28 May 1997 Appointed – 23 May 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh)
  • Alfonso Cortés Contreras (24 Jun 2005 Appointed – 10 Jul 2009 Appointed, Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos)
  • Robert Charles Evans (15 Oct 2009 Appointed - )

References

  1. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 464.
  2. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 81.
  3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 825
  4. ↑ Information on the diocese
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