Bordj-Bou-Djadi

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Bordj-Bou-Djadi is an archaeological site and former

Latin Catholic titular see
.

History

Roman North Africa
, during 4th century.

The stone ruins at Bordj-Bou-Djadi have been tentatively identified with the

BC until around 640AD
.

Several of its bishops are known from antiquity:[3]

Titular see

The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin

as Ucres (Latin and Curiate Italian) / Ucren(sis) (Latin adjective)/

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

See also

  • List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia

References

  1. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Ucres
  2. ^ Ucres.
  3. .
  4. ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,448

Sources and external links

Bibliography
  • J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, pp. 51–52