Praesidium (bishopric) explained

The diocese of Presidio (Latin: Dioecesis Praesidiensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church.^[1]

History

Presidium, identifiable with ruins at Henchir-Somâa in present-day Tunisia, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Byzacena.^[2]

There are two bishops known from this diocese.^{[3] [4]}

• The Leonatist a Donatist, who took part in the Carthage conference of 411, which brought together the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman North Africa.
• Fausto attended the synod gathered in Carthage by the Vandal king Huneric in 484, after which Fausto was exiled.

Today, Presidio survives as a titular see; the current titular bishop is Roger William Gries, former auxiliary bishop of Cleveland.

bishops

• Leonzio † (mentioned in 411) (Donatist bishop)
• Fausto † (mentioned in 484)
• Giuseppe Carata † (May 17, 1965 - April 8, 1967 appointed titular bishop of Canne)
• Władysław Miziołek † (19 February 1969 - 12 May 2000 deceased)
• Roger William Gries, since 3 April 2001

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3p12.html Praesidium
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1421.htm Titular Episcopal See of Præsidium
3. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
4. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 256.