Lapda
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Lapda, was a civitas (town) of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.[http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2l22.html Lapda] at catholic-hierarchy.org.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ, Volume 2 (William Straker, 1834) p441. Its exact location is now lost to history, though probably somewhere in central modern Tunisia. Also known as Labdia.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ, Volume 2 (William Straker, 1834) p446.Joseph Bingham, The works of the learned Joseph Bingham, M.A. (Robert Knaplock, 1726 ) p412.
Lapda was also the seat of an ancient Christian episcopal see,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 466.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), pp. 193–194. suffragan to the Archdiocese of Carthage.[http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2l22.html Lapda] at catholic-hierarchy.org.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ, Volume 2 (William Straker, 1834) p441.
There are three bishops of antiquity mentioned by the historical sources.
- The Donatist bishop Rufino attended the Conference of Carthage (411). The diocese had no Catholic counterpart.
- Jona was present at the Synod of Carthage (484) called by the Vandal king Huneric.
- Victor witnessed the document of doctrine following the Council of Carthage (525) held by Metropolitan Bonifacio.
Today David Cheney, [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2l22.html Diocese of Lapda], at Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Lapda survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is José Mauricio Vélez García, of Medellín.