Editing Hippo Regius (section)

== {{anchor|Bishops}}<!-- [[Bishop of Hippo]] redirects here-->Ecclesiastical history ==
Hippo was an ancient bishopric, one of many suffragans in the former [[Roman province]] of [[Numidia]], a part of the residential see of [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]. It contains some ancient ruins, a hospital built by the [[Little Sisters of the Poor]] and a fine [[Basilique Saint Augustin|basilica]] dedicated to St. Augustine. Under St. Augustine there were at least three monasteries in the diocese besides the episcopal monastery.{{sfn|Pétridès|1910}}

The diocese was established around 250 AD. Only these six bishops of Hippo are known:
* Saint Theogenes{{sfn|Tabbernee|2014}}(256? – [[martyr]] 259?)
* Saint Leontius{{sfn|Tabbernee|2014}} (died 303?)
* [[Fidentian|Fidentius]] (martyr ?304)
* Valerius (388?–396), who ordained St. Augustine
* the "Doctor of Grace", Saint Augustine (354 – 28 August 430, [[Coadjutor bishop|coadjutor]] in 395, bishop in 396)
* Heraclius (coadjutor in 426, bishop in 430).

It was suppressed around 450 AD.

=== Council of Hippo ===
{{main|Synod of Hippo}}
Three church councils were held at Hippo (393, 394, 426){{sfn|Pétridès|1910}} and more synods – also in 397 (two sessions, June and September) and 401, all under Aurelius.{{sfn|Havey|1907}}

The synods of the Ancient (North) African church were held, with but few exceptions (e.g. Hippo, 393; [[Milevum]], 402) at [[Carthage]]. We know from the letters of [[Cyprian|Saint Cyprian]] that, except in time of persecution, the African bishops met at least once a year, in the springtime, and sometimes again in the autumn. Six or seven synods, for instance, were held under St. Cyprian's presidency during the decade of his administration (249–258), and more than fifteen under Aurelius (391–429). The Synod of Hippo of 393 ordered a general meeting yearly, but this was found too onerous for the bishops, and in the Synod of Carthage (407) it was decided to hold a general synod only when necessary for the needs of all Africa, and it was to be held at a place most convenient for the purpose. Not all the bishops of the country were required to assist at the general synod. At the Synod of Hippo (393) it was ordered that "dignities" should be sent from each ecclesiastical province. Only one was required from [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] (in Libya), because of the poverty of the bishops of that province. At the Synod of Hippo (393), and again at the Synod of 397 at Carthage, a list of the books of Holy Scripture was drawn up,{{sfn|Havey|1907}} and these books are still regarded as the constituents of the Catholic canon.

=== Titular episcopal see ===
The Hippo(ne) diocese was nominally revived in 1400 as Catholic Latin [[titular bishopric]] of the (lowest) episcopal rank, for which no incumbent is recorded.

It ceased to exist on 23 September 1867, when the see was formally united with the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine]].