Thuburnica (see)
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Thuburnica is a former Roman city and bishopric, presently a Catholic titular see.
History
The Ancient city of
Carthage
.
Ancient Bishopric
Very Little is known of the ancient Bishopric. Only one
catholic Bishop
at the Council of Carthage 411.
Titular see
In 1933, the Ancient diocese was nominally restored as a
Latin Catholic titular see
.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, with a single archiepiscopal exception :
- Attilio Beltramino, Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.) (1948.01.08 – 1953.03.25)
- Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel (1955.02.04 – 1958.02.24)
- Heinrich Tenhumberg (1958.05.28 – 1969.07.07)
- Barthélémy Malunga (1969.07.24 – 1971.03.11)
- Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi (1985.10.28 – 1987.03.07) (later Archbishop)
- Titular Archbishop Palestrina(2009.02.24 – ...)
- Christopher Cardone, Dominicans (O.P.) (2001.03.27 – 2004.10.19)
- José Leopoldo González González (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)
- Rolf Steinhäuser, auxiliary bishop of Cologne (2015.12.11 - ...)