Uzzipari Explained

Uzzipari was a Roman town of the Roman Empire during late antiquity. An exact location for the town has been lost to history^[1] although that it was in the Roman province of Africa Proconsolaris means it must have been in northern Tunisia. In antiquity the town was also the seat of a Christian bishopric,^{[2] [3]} suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.

There are three documented bishops of this diocese.

• the Catholic Bishop Mariano attended the Council of Carthage 411, and participated in another council of Carthage in 419.
• Augenzio who attended the synod in Carthage called by the Vandal king Huneric in 484, after which Augenzio was exiled.
• Semenzio took part in the Carthaginian council of 525.

Today Uzzipari survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current Bishop is Thomas Chakiath of Ernakulam-Angamaly.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1919.htm Titular Episcopal See of Uzippari
2. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
3. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 365–366.
4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1919.htm Titular Episcopal See of Uzippari