Ita (Africa)


Ita was an ancient city and former bishopric in Roman North Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular see in Algeria.

History

Media was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become one of the many suffragan dioceses, but was to fade completely, no ruins being identified.
Its only historically documented bishop was Lucius, who attended the Council of Carthage in 484 called by the Arian king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after which he was banished like most Catholic participants, unlike the Donatist heretical counterparts.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin titular bishopric of Ita / Iten.
It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal rank: