Fidoloma

Fidoloma (Latin: Dioecesis Fidolomensis) was an ancient Roman Catholic diocese located in present-day Algeria.[1] [2] The bishopric was founded in the Roman–Berber province of Mauretania Caesariensis, though the seat of the diocese is unknown.

History

The bishopric was centered on a Roman town, now lost to history,[3] but that flourished in late antiquity but did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The only known bishop of this diocese is Onesimo, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which the Bishop was exiled. Today Fidoloma survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Luis Alberto Cortés Rendon, auxiliary bishop of Pereira. [4]

Known bishops

  1. Onesimo, fl. 484 AD.
  2. Loras Joseph Watters Weihbischof (USA) 21. June 1965 – 8. January 1969
  3. Bernard Mabula Weihbischof in Tabora (Tanzania) 9. Jan 1969 – 25. Mar 1972
  4. Czesław Lewandowski Weihbischof of Włocławek 16. February 1973 – 16. August 2009
  5. Ferenc Palánki Weihbischof 27. Dezember 2010 21. – September 2015
  6. Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón Weihbischof 30 November 2015 – current

References

  1. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
  2. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 158
  3. ↑ Fidolmoma at www.gcatholic.org.
  4. ↑ Fidoloma at www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
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