Migirpa Explained

Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE.^[1] The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia.^{[2] [3]}

Church use

Migirpa was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese,^{[4] [5]} an episcopal see, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.^[6] The Diocese of Migirpa (in Latin Rite Migirpensis) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[7] There were five bishops documented in late antiquity at Migirpa and four in the 21st century.

• Felix of Migirpa,(also called Prime) took part in the Council of Carthage (256) by St. Cyprian to discuss the question of the lapsi.^{[8] [9]}
• Tutus participated in the Council of Carthage (397).
• Victor or Vittore, the Catholic representative at the Council of Carthage (411).^[10]
• Glorius the Donatist representative at the Council of Carthage (411).^[11]
• Pascasio who attended the Synod of Carthage (484) called by Vandal king Huneric, after which Pascasio was exiled to Corsica.

Today Migirpa survives as a home suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church. The current bishop is Andris Kravalis, of Riga.

• Martin Wiesend (1967–2003)
• Daniel Joseph Bohan (2003–2005)
• Jude Joseph Tyson (2005–2011) known for his progressive views within the church.
• Michael Gerber (June 12, 2013 - December 13, 2018)
• Andris Kravalis (since March 8, 2019)^[12]

Notes and References

1. R.B. Hitchner Migirpa.
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1159.htm Titular Episcopal See of Migirpa
3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3m18.html Migirpa
4. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
5. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 227–228.
6. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 211.
7. David M. Cheney, Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
8. [Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]
9. [Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]
10. Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
11. Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360.
12. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,865.