Buto (Diocese)

The Diocese of Buto is a suppressed, vacant and titular see of both the Roman Catholic and Coptic Churches, centered on the ancient City of Buto in the Nile Delta of Egypt.[1]

Location

Buto identified with Tell al-Fara'in ("Pharaohs' Mound") and the village of Ibtu or Abtu near the city of Desouk (Arabic: دسوق‎‎),[2] was an ancient city in the Nile Delta is one of the oldest cities on earth, with a history back to the Neolithic age. During the Roman and Byzantine era it became the seat of an early Christian bishopric.

History

During the Roman and Byzantine era there was a Bishopric based in the town of Buto. Ammon, bishop of Buto attended the Council of Chalcedon,[3] and the last Titular Bishop František Tomášek[4] spoke at Vatican 2.[5][6]

The see remains part of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa. and is a titular See in the Roman Catholic Church.

See also

References

  1. ↑
    Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Butos". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  2. ↑ Wilkinson, R. H. The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, (Thames & Hudson, 2000), p. 104.
  3. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p338.
  4. ↑ Butus at Catholic heirachy.org.
  5. ↑ Bernard C. Pawley, Observing Vatican II (Cambridge University Press, 2014)p285.
  6. ↑ Butus at GCatholic.org.
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