Episcopal see of Carthage

Episcopal see of Carthage

This is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Carthage, often referred to as Primate of Proconsular Africa, Numidia, Tripolitania and Mauretania.[citation needed]

During the 3rd to the 7th century, the Bishop of Carthage has (unofficial) ecclesiastical primacy over these suffragan provinces in Northern Africa:

In the church as a whole, the Bishop of Carthage lay within the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, what some call the Patriarchate of the West.

The episcopal see largely became titular after the 7th century when the Exarchate of Africa, a Byzantine territory, fell to the Arab invasion. From the 17th century Carthage was under an apostolic vicariate. This was suppressed in 1798 and was only restored in 1843.

In 1884 the see was restored with the rank of archdiocese, but in 1964 it was reduced to that of territorial prelature, with its name changed to "Tunis". In 1995 the prelature became a diocese, followed by its elevation to an archdiocese in 2010.[1]

The present Archbishop of Tunis is Maroun Elias Lahham, since 2005.

Contents

Bishops, apostolic vicars, archbishops and prelates of the see

Bishops of Carthage

  • Epenetus of Carthage
  • Optatus (may actually be bishop of Thuburbo Minus instead)
  • Agrippinus (c. 197)
  • Cyrus
  • Donatus I
  • St. Cyprian (249–258)
  • Carpophorus (258–?)
  • Lucian
  • Mensurius (?–311)
  • Caecilianus (311–c. 325)
    • Majorinus; anti-patriarch (311–315)
    • Donatus II Magnus; anti-patriarch (315–355; exiled 347)
  • Gratus (c. 330's – 352)
    • Parmenianus; anti-patriarch (355–391)
  • Restitutus (352–373)
  • Genethlius (373–?)
  • St. Aurelius (391–?)
    • Primian; anti-patriarch (391–393), 1st time
    • Maximianus; anti-patriarch (393–394)
    • Primian; anti-patriarch (394 – c. 400's), 2nd time
  • Capreolus
  • Quodvultdeus (c. 434 – c. 454; fled 439)
  • St. Deogratias (c. 454–456)
    • vacant (456–481)
  • St. Eugenius (481–505; exiled 496)
    • vacant (505–523)
  • Boniface (c. 523 – c. 535)
  • Repartatus (c. 535 – c. 553; banished 551)
  • Primosus or Primasius (c. 553 – c. 565)
  • Publianus (c. 581)
  • Dominicus (c. 591)
  • Fortunius (c. 632)
  • Victor (c. 635)
    • unknown
  • Thomas (c. 1053)
  • Cyriacus (c. 1076)
    • unknown

Apostolic Vicar of Tunis, c. 1650–1884

  • Jean le Vacher (1650–1683), from 1668 also Apostolic Vicar of Algiers

unknown; Suppressed in 1798 and restored in 1843

  • Mgr. Sutter (1843–1881)

Archbishops of Carthage, 1884–1964

  • Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie (1881–1892), archbishop from 1884
  • Barthélemy Clément Combes (1893–1922)
  • Alexis Lemaître (1922–1939)
  • Charles-Albert Gounot (1939–1953)
  • Paul-Marie Maurice Perrin (1953–1964)

Prelate of Tunis, 1964–1995

  • Paul-Marie Maurice Perrin (1964–1965)
  • Michel Callens (1965–1990)
    • vacant (1990–1992)
  • Fouad Twal (1992–1995)

Bishops of Tunis, 1995–2010

  • Fouad Twal (1995–2005)
  • Maroun Lahham (2005–2010)

Archbishops of Tunis, since 2010

  • Maroun Lahham (2010–present)

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "Elevazione della Diocesi di Tunis (Tunisia) ad Arcidiocesi" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2010-05-22. http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/25612.php?index=25612&lang=en. 

Coordinates: 36°48′01″N 10°10′44″E / 36.80028°N 10.17889°E / 36.80028; 10.17889


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