El-Kentour

El-Kentour is situated 3 km south of Aïn Bouziane and 4½ km north of Zighoud Youcef. The topography is mountainous, with the Oued Ensa river flowing to the east. The boundary between Skikda and Constantine Province runs through the village.

In Roman and Vandal times the town was known as Centuriones.

The town was the seat of an ancient BishopricStefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 136J. Ferron, v. Centuriensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, (Paris 1953), coll. 145-146 and was from the 4th to the 6th century a stronghold of Donatism. The Bishopric remains today a titular see of the Catholic Church,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.465 and the current bishop is Vasyl Tuchapets. Known bishops include:

; Titular bishops

• Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets since 2012, Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0469.htm Titular Episcopal See of Centuriones].
• Renato Mayugba (2005–2012), auxiliary bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan, Philippines
• Kiro Stojanov (1999–2005), auxiliary bishop of Skopje
• {{ill|Alberto Trevisan|de||pt}} (1964–1998), auxiliary bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (1964–1967), auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1967–1973)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3c08.html Centuriones] at catholic-hierarchy.org.

; Residing bishops

• Firmianus Catholic bishop fl.484.
• Ianuarius Donatist bishop fl411.
• Nabor of Centurio,J. Stevenson, W. H. C. Frend, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_WmKAAAAQBAJ&dq=Nabor+of+Centurio&pg=PT367 A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337] (Baker Books, 1 Jul. 2013) attendee of Council of Cirta fl303-305.

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Category:Populated places in Skikda Province

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