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Grimidi was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, located at 3.73031 35.87687 in North Africa. [1] It flourished from about 30BC to about 640AD. Numerous ruins litter the site.

Bishopric

The diocese of Tamazuca (Latin: Dioecesis Tamazucensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [2] [3] It is presumed that the diocese of Tamazuca, [4] was centered on the ancient town Grimidi in today's Algeria. [5]

Known bishops have included: [6]

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References

  1. "Gunugu: a Pleiades place resource". Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.468.
  3. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.304.
  4. David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
  5. Titular Episcopal See of Tamazuca, at GCatholic.org.
  6. David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.