Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE.R.B. Hitchner Migirpa. The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia. Titular Episcopal See of Migirpa. Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org.
Church use Migirpa was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 227–228. an episcopal see, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 211. The Diocese of Migirpa (in Latin Rite Migirpensis) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.David M. Cheney, Migirpa at catholic-hierarchy.org. There were five bishops documented in late antiquity at Migirpa and four in the 21st century.
Felix of Migirpa,(also called Prime) took part in the Council of Carthage (256) by St. Cyprian to discuss the question of the lapsi.Augustine, The Writings Against the Manichaeans, Chapter 9.—13Augustine, On Baptism, Against the Donatists, chapter 9. Tutus participated in the Council of Carthage (397). Victor or Vittore, the Catholic representative at the Council of Carthage (411).Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360. Glorius the Donatist representative at the Council of Carthage (411).Brent D Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p360. Pascasio who attended the Synod of Carthage (484) called by Vandal king Huneric, after which Pascasio was exiled to Corsica. Today Migirpa survives as a home suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church. The current bishop is Andris Kravalis, of Riga. Martin Wiesend (1967–2003) Daniel Joseph Bohan (2003–2005) Jude Joseph Tyson (2005–2011) known for his progressive views within the church. Michael Gerber (June 12, 2013 – December 13, 2018) Andris Kravalis (since March 8, 2019)Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,865.
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