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Precausa (Latin: Præcausa) was an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena in North Africa. Its exact location remains unknown[1] but it was in the present Sahel region of Tunisia.
Precausa was also the
, after which Adeodato was exiled.Today Præcausa survives as titular bishop. It was erected as a titular see in 1933. The
Roman Catholic Church today and the current bishop is Józef Wysocki, auxiliary bishop emeritus of Elbląg, Poland.[4][5] Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara was bishop of Præcausa for a time.[6]
References
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Præcausa at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 256
- ^ Praecausa at catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Præcausa at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Harris M. Lentz III, Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary (McFarland, 2001) p39.
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