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Location
  
Algeria

Region
  
Algiers Province

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Tamentfoust (in Arabic: تمنتفوست), also known as La Pérouse, was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the Dar El Beïda district of Algiers, Algeria. It was the bishopric of Rusginiae, and is now also a Latin Catholic titular see.

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Geography

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Tamentfoust forms a cap on the Algiers bay - its position on the righthand side of this bay gave rise to the Amazigh name "Tamentfoust" meaning "right hand" or "right side".

Different names

The port has had many names over history:

History

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Rusguniae was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae's Metropolitan Archbishopric. It would later fade.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric .

It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

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  • José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1967.09.15 – 1976.01.06)
  • Paul Zinghtung Grawng (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09), succeeding as Bishop of Myitkyina (1976.12.09 – 2003.05.24), also President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1982 – 1992); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – 2014.04.03) and President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2006 – 2012)
  • Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1988.02.26 – 1996.11.30)
  • Anthony Ireri Mukobo, Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.) (1999.12.22 – ...), Apostolic Vicar of Isiolo (Kenya)

    • Monuments and edifices

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    The city has a series of historical buildings, such as Tamentfoust Castle (now a museum) built by Ramdhan Agha in 1661, and the vestiges of the ancient Roman city of Rusguniae. Maritime history is represented by the "Naval Academy of Tamentfoust" known as the biggest naval academy on the continent. The views from the harbour are also a big attraction for visitors.

    References

    Tamentfoust Wikipedia
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