The Diocese of Fronta () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.162Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 162.
During the Roman Empire the Diocese of Fronta, was of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The location of the seat of the diocese remains unknown but has been tentatively identified with Fortassa, Uzès-le-Duc in modern Algeria.Fronta at www.gcatholic.org The only known bishop of this diocese from antiquity is Donato, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which the bishop was exiled.
Today Fronta survives as a titular bishopricDavid M. Cheney, Fronta at www.catholic-hierarchy.org and the current bishop is Josef Grünwald, of Augsburg.Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,590.
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