Centuria (Numidia)

Centuria, also known as Centuriensis, was a Roman era town in Numidia, Roman province of Africa. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Ain El Hadjar^[1] in Algeria,^[2][3] south of Saida.

Bishopric

The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric and the seat is currently vacant. Known bishops of the town include:

• Quodvultdeus (fl. 402–411) (Catholic bishop attended the Council of Milevum (402) and Council of Carthage (411)
• Cresconio fl. 411) (rival Donatist)
• Gennaro fl.484
• Luis Camargo Pacheco (1622–1665)^[4][5][6][7]
• Johann Kaspar Kühner (1664–1685)
• Andrew Giffard (1705 Appointed – Did not take office)
• John Douglass (1790–1812)^[8]
• Myles Prendergast (1818–1844)
• Antonio Majthényi (1840–1856)
• St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, (1857–1861) ^[9]
• Thomas McNulty (1864–1866)
• Bonifacio Antonio Toscano (1874–1896)
• Giuseppe Perrachon (1925–1944)
• Stanislao Czajka (1944–1965)
• William Joseph Moran (1965–1996)
• Piotr Libera (1996–2007)
• Ferenc Cserháti (2007–2023)^[10]
• Jeffrey M. Monforton (2023–present)