Tabuda
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Thouda
Tabuda | |
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Town | |
 The ruins of Thouda, Biskra, Algeria | |
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  Thouda Location in Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 34°50′N 5°44′E / 34.833°N 5.733°E | |
| Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (+1) |
| Postal code | 07000 |
Tabuda, Thouda or Tahuda (former Roman Thabudeos)[1] was a Roman–Berber colonia in the province of Numidia. A key town in the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires, it is identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of Sidi Okba, Algeria.
Bishopric
[edit]The Diocese of Tabuda (Tabudensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Numidia.[2][3]
Known Bishops
- Laurent Tétrault, (13 Nov 1947 Appointed – 14 Mar 1951 Died)
- Teodor Bensch (26 Apr 1951 Appointed – 1 Dec 1956)
- Antonio Añoveros Ataún † (25 Aug 1952 Appointed – 2 Apr 1964)
- Teodor Bensch † (21 Sep 1954 Ordained Bishop – 1 Dec 1956)
- James Louis Flaherty † (8 Aug 1966 Appointed – 9 Aug 1975)
- Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (3 May 1985 – 30 Dec 2019)
- Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (27 Feb 2020 - )[4]
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Roman North Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Amira Khouas; Mohamed Hamoudi; Fatma Khaldaoui; Hamza Mihoubi; Yacine Rabah Hadji (2017). "Subsurface geophysics applied to archaeological investigation of Thabudeos Roman fortress (Biskra, Algeria)". Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 10 (522). doi:10.1007/s12517-017-3260-1. S2CID 135096972.
- ^ Tabuda catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
- ^ "Tabuda (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
Bibliography
[edit]- Pierre Morizot, Regard sur les inscriptions de Thouda du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours, Volume 154, Issue 2, Feb 2016
External links
[edit]- Images of the Tabuda (Thouda) site in the Manar al-Athar digital photo archive resource