Sinnuara Explained

The Diocese of Sinnuara (in Latin : Dioecesis Sinnuaritana) is a sede soppressa and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The bishopric is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Carthage.

The diocese was during the Roman Empire centered on a town called Sinnuara, in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. That town is now lost but was in what is today Tunisia.

There are two documented bishops of this diocese:

• The Catholic bishop, Stefano, who attended the Council of Carthage (411). It seem the city did not have at Donatist bishops at that time.
• Bishop Paul, who took part in the synod called in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric, after which Paul was exiled.
• Today Sinnuara survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Felipe González González, Vicar Apostolic of Caroní.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Known bishops of Sinnuara

• Stefano (fl. 411)
• Paul (fl. 484)
• Julio Xavier Labayen (1966–1978)
• Kurongku (1978–1981)
• Patras Yusaf (1981–1984)
• Felipe González González, since 25 November 1985.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3s34.html La sede titolare
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1618.htm Sinnuara
3. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p.222.