Siccesi
The diocese of Siccesi (Latin: Dioecesis siccessitana) is a suppressed and
Roman Catholic Church
.
History
Sicchi, is an ancient bishopric of the Roman province of
Bishop of Prague.[3]
Diocese seat
The
Kingdom of Numidia, and during the Second Punic War, the kings of Siga sided with Rome.[4][5] The city got some importance inside the Roman Africa, especially with African emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. With the Arab conquest, during the second half of the seventh century, disappeared all references to Siga in documented history.[6][7]
Known bishops
- At the Donatistof Roman Africa, the town was represented by the Donatist Martino, without a Catholic adversary.
- Empatia participated in the Vandal King Huneric, after which Empatia was exiled.
- William Patrick O'Connor Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, United States (18 Feb 1967 Appointed – 31 Dec 1970 Resigned)
- James Stephen Sullivan (25 Jul 1972 Appointed – 29 Mar 1985 Appointed, Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota)
- Enrique San Pedro (1 Apr 1986 Appointed – 13 Aug 1991 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas)
- Karel Herbst (19 Feb 2002 Appointed - )
References
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Christianity in Africa, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p.278.
- ^ "Sigus (titular see)". Catholic Hierarchy.
- ^ S. Gsell, Atlas archéologique de l'Algérie, Alger-Paris 1911.
- ^ P. Grimal, Les fouilles de Siga, MEFR, 54, 1937, p. 108-141.
- ^ Bowna, Alan. The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337. (Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2005)
- ^ Vuillemot, G. Notes sur un lot d'objets découverts à Siga, "BSGAO" 1953, p. 1-9; Fouille de la nécropole du phare dans I'ile de Rachgoun, Libyca 1955, p. 7-76; Fouilles du Mausolée de Beni-Rhenane en Oranie, "CRAI" 1964, p. 71-95; "Siga et son port fluvial", AntAfr 1971, p. 39–86.
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