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[[File:Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD).svg|thumb|right|Roman Empire - [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] (125 AD)]]
'''Masuccaba''' an [[classical antiquity|ancient]] [[civitas|Roman town]] in the [[Roman province]] of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] (North Africa).
The [[Late Antiquity|ancient]] town was also the seat of a Christian [[bishopric]]<ref>[[Pius Bonifacius Gams]], ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.</ref><ref>Stefano Antonio Morcelli, ''Africa christiana'', Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 216.</ref> called in [[Latin]] Dioecesis Masuccabensis. The only known ancient [[bishop]] of this town was Passinatus, who took part in the [[Council of Carthage (484)|synod assembled in Carthage in 484]] by the [[Arianism|Arian]] King [[Huneric]] of the [[Vandal Kingdom]], after which Passinato was exiled to Vandal-controlled [[Sicily]].
Today Masuccaba survives as a [[titular bishop]]ric of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] the location of Masuccaba is not exactly known,<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1108.htm Titular Episcopal See of Masuccaba], at GCatholic.org.</ref> but it is presumed to be in today's [[Algeria]].  The current [[bishop]] is [[Tony Neelankavil]], [[Auxiliary bishop]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2m65.html Masuccaba], at catholic-hierarchy.org.</ref>
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[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis]]
[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Africa]]
[[Category:Ancient Berber cities]]
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