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Diocese of Thizica

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Thizica was a town in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It served as a Latin Catholic titular see. The city's ruins are located at present-day Techga or Tchegga in northern Tunisia.

Bishopric

The names of two early bishops of the see are known:

  • Novellus (mentioned by Saint Augustine of Hippo as condemned to death by Donatists (heretics) in 313)
  • Vitalia (mentioned in 646)

    • The modern use of the diocese as a titular see began in 1967. There have been four bishops since that time:

  • Edwin Broderick (March 1967 – March 1969)
  • Alfonso Nava Carreón (May 1969 – March 1990)
  • Edwin Frederick O'Brien (February 1996 – March 1998)
  • Louis Dicaire (February 1999 – Present)

    • Of these, O'Brien held the personal title of archbishop.

    References

    Diocese of Thizica Wikipedia
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