Vagada (Numidia)
Vagada, also known as Vagadensis and Bagatensis,Roman Catholic diocese.
Location
Vagada was located in the region of Numidia. It has been tentatively identified with the ruins at El-Aira in the modern Constantine Province, Algeria (36° 19' 3" North, 6° 49' 43" East), situated between what was Cirta and Thibilis. Vagada was known to be on the Magerada River. Epigraphic remains have given the name of the town as Bagatensis.[3]
Bishopric
Vagada was also the seat of an ancient
, after which Fulgentius was exiled.The current
Denis James Hart
(10 Nov 1997 Appointed – 22 Jun 2001).
Known bishops
- Fulgenzio (fl.484)
- Paul Bouque, (1934–1955)
- Joannes Maria Michael Holterman (1956–1958)
- José Lecuona Labandibar(1958–1997)
- Denis James Hart(1997–2001)
- Robert Camilleri Azzopardi (2001–2004)
- Bohdan Dzyurakh (2005–current)
References
- ^ Stephanus Antonius Morcelli, Africa christiana; in tres partes tributa. Brixiae, (Offic. Bettoniana 1816-1817)
- ^ Bulletin of the Société de l'histoire de France (J. Renouard, 1844)
- ^ Grieshaber, Frank. "Epigraphic Database Heidelberg". edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 437
- ^ Historical Directory, Volume 10 (Société de l'histoire de France, 1845).
- ^ Jean Louis Maier, The Episcopate of Roman, Vandal and Byzantine Africa (Swiss Institute of Rome, 1973) p236.
- ^ Die Apostolische Nachfolge Annuario Pontificio 1868 – 05.07.2017.
- ^ Vagada at www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Vagada at www.gcatholic.org.