The diocese of Rufiniana (Latin: Dioecesis Rufinianensis) is a suppressed and titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.entry at www.catholic-hierarchy.org. The exact location of the diocese is now lost to history, but it was likely in northern Tunisia.entry at, www.gcatholic.org
History There are two documented bishops of this diocese:Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 263. the Catholic Mariano, who spoke at the Carthage conference of 411, which saw the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman Africa gathered together; on that occasion the bishopric did not have Donatist bishops; the bishop Donatus, who took part in the synod gathered in Carthage by the Vandal king of Hungary in 484, after which he was exiled.
Today Rufiniana survives as a titular bishop's seat; the current titular bishop is Anton Leichtfried, auxiliary bishop of Sankt Pölten. Known Bishops Mariano (fl 411) Donato (fl 484) Nikë Prela (1969 - 1996) Luiz Vicente Bernetti, (1996 - 2005) Anton Leichtfried, (2006 - current)
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