Tunnuna

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Tunnuna was an ancient city and diocese in Roman Africa. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

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History

Tunnuna was located in modern Tunisia. It was important enough in Roman-era province of Africa Proconsularis to become one of the many suffragans of the capital Carthage's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded like most.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Titular bishopric of Tunnuna (Latin and Curiate Italian) / Tunnunen(sis) (Latin adjective).

It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : [1]

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References

  1. "Titular See of Tunnuna, Tunisia". GCatholic. Retrieved 2020-03-24.