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Sfasferia


Sfasferia is a former Ancient city and bishopric in Roman North Africa which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Sfasferia was one of many cities, important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, in the papal sway, to become a suffragan bishopric.

Its only historically documented incumbent, bishop Rufus, partook in the synod called at Carthage by king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom in 484, after which he was exiled like most Catholic participants, unlike their Donatist heretic counterparts.

It faded completely, even its site somewhere in modern Algeria hasn't been identified.

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Sfasferia (Latin =Curiate Italian) / Sfasferien(sis) (Latin adjective).

It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :


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