Benepota Explained

The diocese of Benepota (Latin: Dioecesis Benepotensis|link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

Benepota, in today's Algeria, is an ancient bishopric of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.^{[1] [2] [3]} The location of the see is not currently known,^[4] But what is known is that the Bishop of the town attended a meeting of bishops convened in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal.^[5]

Today Benepota survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Leopold Hermes Garin Bruzzone, of Canelones.^[6]

Known bishops

• Honorius (fl.484 AD)
• Francisco Rendeiro, (1965–1967)
• José Cerviño Cerviño (1968–1976)
• Tadeusz Rybak (1977–1992)
• Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, (2002–current)

Notes and References

1. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp.99–100.
3. Auguste Audollent, "Benepotensis", in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VII, 1934, col. 1276.
4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0295.htm Benepota
5. Patrologia Latina, vol.LVIII, coll. 274 e 339.
6. Web site: Benepota (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. Cheney. David M.. www.catholic-hierarchy.org. 2018-01-29.