Diocese of Africa

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Diocese of Africa
Dioecesis Africae
Diocese of the Roman Empire
314 – 439

Diocese of Africa - AD 400
CapitalCarthage
Historical eraLate Antiquity
• Administrative reforms of Diocletian
314
• Arrival of Vandals
429
439
Political subdivisions
Succeeded by
Vandal Kingdom
Today part of Algeria
 Tunisia
 Libya
Coin of Bonifatius Comes Africae (422-431 CE).[1]

The Diocese of Africa (

Latin: Dioecesis Africae) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa, except Mauretania Tingitana. Its seat was at Carthage, and it was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of Italy
.

The diocese included the provinces of

Numidia Militiana and Tripolitania. In current geo-political terms, the Diocese of Africa included the entire coastline of Tunisia, Algeria with some mountainous hinterlands, plus the western half of Libya
's coastline.

The diocese existed from the time of the

Eastern Roman Empire in the Vandalic War, they were grouped anew, but this time in a praetorian prefecture
.

References

Sources

  • R. Pierce Beaver (June 1936). "The Organization of the Church of Africa on the Eve of the Vandal Invasion". Church History. 5 (2). American Society of Church History: 68–181.
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