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References
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 125–126
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 465
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 860
- ↑ Information on the diocese
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