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Titular see of Rucuma

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Location
  
Tunisia

Country
  
Tunisia

Established
  
2 July 1966

Region
  
Bizerte Governorate

Bishop
  
Thomas Maria Renz

Titular see of Rucuma

Rucuma was a city in the late Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, now northern Tunisia.

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Its bishopric was a suffragan of Carthage. No longer a residential see, it is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.

Diocesan bishops

These include:

  • Lucianus (mentioned in 255)
  • Maximus (mentioned in 646)
  • Titular bishops

  • Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet † (2 Jul 1966 Appointed - 10 Dec 1970 Resigned)
  • Patrick Fani Chakaipa † (15 Oct 1972 Appointed - 31 May 1976 Appointed, Archbishop of Salisbury)
  • John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (25 May 1984 Appointed - 20 Jan 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida)
  • Thomas Maria Renz (29 Apr 1997 Appointed - )
  • References

    Titular see of Rucuma Wikipedia