Titular diocese of Partenia
Partenia or Parthenia ( Latin Partheniensis ) is a Roman Catholic titular bishopric .
It goes back to a submerged diocese in a place of the same name in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis , which existed until the invasion of the Vandals in the 5th century. The last officiating bishop there , Rogatus , was banished in 484. The city was abandoned in the early Middle Ages. The bishopric was on the Algerian plateau in what is now the Algerian province of Sétif, south of the city of Sétif .
The diocese was restored in 1964 as a titular bishopric in partibus infidelium (ie "in the land of the unbelievers").
The diocese gained unexpected prominence through the French bishop Jacques Gaillot , who on January 13, 1995, allegedly under pressure from the French government, in particular the interior minister Charles Pasqua , was replaced by Pope John Paul II as bishop of Evreux and moved to the titular seat of Partenia was moved. Bishop Gaillot resurrected the lost diocese as a "diocese without borders" on the Internet. Using modern means of communication, he communicates with people all over the world over the Internet from his monastery cell in Paris. The website partenia.org, which is written in several languages and is the central point of contact for the virtual diocese, is visited by up to 65,000 people every month. The bishop's letters and diary notes on social issues are also regularly published there.
The following persons were titular bishops of Partenia :
| Titular Bishops of Partenia | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Fallani | Curia Bishop in Rome | 4th June 1964 | July 23, 1985 |
| 2 | José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR | Auxiliary Bishop in Panama | December 30, 1985 | October 29, 1994 |
| 3 | Jacques Gaillot | former bishop of Évreux | January 13, 1995 | |
See also
literature
- Stefano Antonio Morcelli: Africa Christiana: in tres partes tributa. Volume 1. Bettoni, Brixen 1816, p. 253 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Jacques Gaillot: Eglise virtual, Eglise de l'an 2000. Un évêque au royaume d'Internet. Editions Albin Michel, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-226-10673-1 .
- Pierre Pierrard: A nous la parole: Partenia, dix ans. Harmattan, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-7475-9010-0 .
Web links
- http://www.partenia.org/
- http://partenia2000.over-blog.com/
- http://partenia-au-dela-des-frontieres.over-blog.com/
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 35 ° 57 ' N , 5 ° 21' E