Diocese of Africa
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Diocese of Africa Dioecesis Africae | |||||||
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Diocese of the Roman Empire | |||||||
314 – 439 | |||||||
Diocese of Africa - AD 400 | |||||||
Capital | Carthage | ||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||
• Administrative reforms of Diocletian | 314 | ||||||
• Arrival of Vandals | 429 | ||||||
439 | |||||||
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Today part of | Algeria Tunisia Libya |
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. S2CID 162653403.