Bure (diocese)

Bulnensis, also known as Bure, is a titular episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church[1] ascribed to [2] the ecclesiastical province of Africa Proconsularis, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.[3]

Very little is known of the ancient Christian diocese. The bishopric is mentioned in passing by Optatus of Milevi[4] Only one bishop is known from antiquity and the exact location of Bure is not known, though it is thought to be in the region of Djebel-Gorra and was doubtless in Tunisia.

Bure ceased to function as a Catholic diocese with the arrival of the Islamic armies at the end of the 7th century and was only established as a titular diocese in 1933. Today Bure survives as a titular bishopric.[5]

Known Bishops of Buritanus:

  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 464
  2. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Bure at GCàtholic.org.
  3. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p.110.
  4. ^ Optati Afri Milevitani Episcopi de Schismate Donatistarum contra Parmenianum Donatistam libri septem. In eosdem notæ et emendationes M. Casauboni.
  5. ^ Bure (Titular See) at catholic-hierarchy.org.