Lesvi
Lesvi is a
Methymna
.
The "Itinerarium Antonini" describes Lesvi as situated twenty-five miles from Tupusuctu or Tiklat and eighteen miles from Horrea Aninici (now Ain-Roua, south of Béjaïa). The town was therefore located on the Sava (Oued-Bou-Sellam). However, there are no archaeological remains.
Two of its bishops are recorded: Romanus, a
King Huneric
in 484.
The diocese was nominally restored as a Catholic
titular bishopric
.
It had had the following incumbents, all of the fitting episcopal rank :
- Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice (1 Aug 1908 – 27 Jul 1925)
- Denis O’Donaghue (26 Jul 1924 – 7 Nov 1925)
- Simone Chu Kai-min (2 Aug 1926 – 11 Apr 1946)
- Timothy Finbar Manning (3 Aug 1946 – 16 Oct 1967)
- José Tomás Sánchez (5 Feb 1968 – 13 Dec 1971)
- Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak (12 Jan 1987 – 28 Nov 1992)
- Juan María Leonardi Villasmil (27 Jan 1994 – 12 Jul 1997)
- Antoni Dziemianko (4 Jul 1998 – 3 May 2012)
- Bohdan Manyshyn (2014.04.02 – )
References
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 916
Sources
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lesbi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.- Catholic hierarchy
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lesbi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.