Ksour-El-Khaoua
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Ksour-El-Khaoua is a locality in southern Tunisia, North Africa.[1] During the Roman Empire the town was a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena.[2] and the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.[3]
The ancient Christian bishopric[4] survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[5][6][7]
The only Bishop known from this diocese is Stefano, who participated in the Council of Carthage (641). The current titular bishop of the town is John Stephen Knight.[8]
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References
[edit]- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1),
- ^ "Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.
- ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 226.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.