Quaestoriana (also spelled Quæstoriana) was an ancient civitas (town) and bishopric in Roman Byzacena( North Africa). [1] Quaestoriana is also a suppressed and titular see of the province of Byzacena (North Africa) in the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga. [2] Its present location is in modern Tunisia.
The exact location of the town is now lost to history though we do know it was a civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena. [3]
Quaestoriana was important enough in the Late Roman province of Byzacena to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Hadrumetum ( Sousse)'s Metropolitan Archbishopric but, like most, was to fade. The diocese of Questoriana was in the Roman province of Byzacena.
There are two documented bishops of this diocese: [4] [5]
The diocese was nominally restored as titular bishopric in 1933. [6] It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, except the archiepiscopal first:
Quaestoriana (also spelled Quæstoriana) was an ancient civitas (town) and bishopric in Roman Byzacena( North Africa). [1] Quaestoriana is also a suppressed and titular see of the province of Byzacena (North Africa) in the Roman Catholic Church. The current bishop is Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga. [2] Its present location is in modern Tunisia.
The exact location of the town is now lost to history though we do know it was a civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena. [3]
Quaestoriana was important enough in the Late Roman province of Byzacena to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Hadrumetum ( Sousse)'s Metropolitan Archbishopric but, like most, was to fade. The diocese of Questoriana was in the Roman province of Byzacena.
There are two documented bishops of this diocese: [4] [5]
The diocese was nominally restored as titular bishopric in 1933. [6] It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, except the archiepiscopal first: