Primate of Africa

The Primate of Africa is an honorific title in the Catholic Church, but in early Christianity was granted to the leading bishop (primas) in Africa. There were at times primates in Numidia and Byzacena,[1] and Donatist claimants,[2] but generally the role of the Bishop of Carthage was seen as preeminent.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b François Decret, Early Christianity in North Africa (James Clarke & Co, 25 Dec. 2014) p86.
  2. ^ Maureen A. Tilley, The Bible in Christian North Africa: The Donatist World (Fortress Press, 1997) p133.
  3. ^ Leslie Dossey, Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa (University of California Press, 2010) p125.