Dystis


Dystis was a city and bishopric in Roman Libya, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Its modern location has been postulated in northern Tunisia or somewhere in southern modern Libya.

History

Dystis was important enough in the Roman province of Libya Superior -Libya Pentapolitana; originally part of Cyrenaica - to become one of the suffragan sees in this province, which depend directly on the Patriarchate of Alexandria without a proper Metropolitan, but faded like most bishoprics in Roman Africa.
Its only recorded Suffragan Bishops were:
In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Dystis / Dystien / Disti.
It is vacant, having had only these incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal rank, with an archiepiscopal exception :