Menefessi
Menefessi is a former ancient city and bishopric in Tunisia. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see.
History
Menefessi was located near modern Henchir-Djemmiah. In Roman times, it belonged to the North African Roman province of Byzacena. The city was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric, but faded.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks :
- Titular Bishop Ignatius John Doggett, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1969.06.06 – 1976.07.07)
- Titular Archbishop Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1976.07.08 – 1977.11.11), later Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (1991.06.28 – 2007.01.06)
- Titular Bishop István Ács, Pauline Fathers (O.S.P.P.E.) (1988.12.23 – 1993.03.27)
- Titular Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez (1997.02.21 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop-emeritus of Guadalajara
Notes
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