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Gisipa

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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

The Diocese of Gisipa (Latin: Rite Gisipensis) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[1][2]

Location

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The bishopric of Gisipa, was centered on a Roman town called Gisipam, the location of which is now lost to history,[3] although being in Africa Proconsularis it is certain that it was in what is modern north Tunisia.

History

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The sources mention four bishops.

Today Gisipa survives as titular bishop,[4] the current bishop is Vitorino José Pereira Soares, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 466.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 173–174.
  3. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Gisipa at GCatholic.org.
  4. ^ David Cheney, Gisipa in catholic-hierarchy.org.
  5. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Gisipa at GCatholic.org.
  6. ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 224, Number 18,559