Forontoniana was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae (W. Straker, 1840) p231. The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia.Forontoniana at .gcatholic.org
Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 161. The only known bishop of this diocese was Felix, who took part in the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric, after which Felix was exiled. Today Forontoniana survives as a titular bishopric.La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
Known Bishops Felix (mentioned in 484) Notitia Byzacena, 08. Luigi Poggi (1965–1994) Pierfranco Shepherd (1994–2015)La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org Dagoberto Campos Salas (2018- )La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org
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