Vazari-Didda

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Vazari-Didda or Vazari Didda) was an Ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Its presumed modern site is Henchir-Badajr, in present Tunisia.

History

Vazari-Didda was important enough in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis to be one of Carthage's Metropolitan archbishopric's. Vazari-Didda, perhaps identifiable with Henchir-Badajr in today's Tunisia, remains an ancient episcopal titular see of the Roman province of 'Africa Proconsolare, and a suffragan of the 'Archdiocese of Carthage'.

Among the bishops present at the conference Carthage of 411, which saw gathered together the bishops Catholics and Donatists of Africa, participated Publianus episcopus Bazarididacensis plebis, who declared to have no Donatist competitors in his diocese.^[1] but he is uncertain identification of this office and the geographic location of his bishopric is uncertain. Today Vazari-Didda survives as titular see, and the current Bishop is Jose Colin Bagaforo Mendoza, auxiliary bishop of Cotabato.

Titular see

Vazari-Didda was the seat of an ancient bishopric also known as Vazari-Didda.^[2][3] The Diocese was nominally restored as Latin Catholic titular bishopric in 1933.^[4]

It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank with an archiepiscopal (intermediary rank) exception :

Known Bishops

• Publiano (fl. 411 )
• Titular Archbishop Lawrence Leo Graner,^[5][6] Holy Cross Fathers (C.S.C.) (1967.11.23 – 1971.01.23), as emeritate:formerly last Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh) (1947.02.13 – 1950.07.15), promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Dacca (1950.07.15 – 1967.11.23)
• Titular Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1972.12.09 – 1988.03.21)
• Titular Bishop Jose Serofia Palma)^[7] (1997.11.28 – 1999.01.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines) (1997.11.28 – 1999.01.13), later Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines) (1999.01.13 – 2006.03.18), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo (Philippines) (2006.03.18 – 2010.10.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Cebu (2010.10.15 – ...), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) (2011.12.01 – 2013.12.01)
• Titular Bishop José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo ^[8](2006.02.02 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Source and External links

• GCatholic with titular incumbent bio links

See also

• Vazari
• Vazi-Sarra

References

1. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et collectio very wide, t. IV, coll. 105 and 268.
2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana , Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 97-98
3. Auguste Audollent, v. Bazarididacensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. VII, 1934, col. 61
4. Vazari-Didda] at Catholic heirachy.org.
5. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,143
6. Titular Episcopal See of. Vazari-Didda at GCatholic.org.
7. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,222
8. Pope Benedict names new auxiliary bishop for Cotabato .