Migirpa


Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE. The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia.

Church use

Migirpa was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese, an episcopal see, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. The Diocese of Migirpa is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. There were five bishops documented in late antiquity at Migirpa and four in the 21st century.
Today Migirpa survives as a home suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church. The current bishop is Andris Kravalis, of Riga.