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Tisedi

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Tisedi was an ancient city and episcopal see, which remains a Latin Church titular see within the Catholic Church.

History

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Tisedi, located near modern Aziz-Ben-Tellis in present Algeria, was one of many towns in the Roman province of Numidia which was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric but faded completely.

Three of its residential bishops are recorded (although author Morcelli assigns them to Tiddi):

Titular see

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The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the Latin Church titular see of Tisedi (Latin)/Tisedi (Curiate Italian)/Tiseditanus (Latin adjective).

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

See also

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Sources and references

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Bibliography
  • J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, pp. 433–434
  • H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 95