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
editThe 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]
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
