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]

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

References

  1. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
  2. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
  3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1),
  4. ↑ "Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  5. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
  6. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.
  7. ↑ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 226.
  8. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
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