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[[File:Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD).svg|thumb|right|Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD).]]
'''Tatilti''' was an [[Classical antiquity|ancient]] [[civitas|town]] of the [[late antiquity|Byzantine]] and [[Roman Empire]]s in the [[Roman province]] of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]]. It is identifiable with the modern town of [[Souk El Khemis]], [[Algeria]].<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1730.htm Titular Episcopal See of Tatilti] at GCatholic.org.</ref>
The town was the site of a [[Roman Army]] camp,<ref>Jean-Pierre Laporte, [https://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Roman_Forts_and_Camps Les camps romains d'Aras et de Tatilti] (Algérie, Maurétanie césarienne) .</ref> as evidenced by numerous inscription in the area.
The town was also the [[cathedra|seat]] of the ancient [[bishopric]] of Tatiltensis.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2t58.html Tatiltensis], at catholic-hierarchy.org</ref><ref>J. Mesnage, ''L'Afrique chrétienne'', (Paris, 1912), p. 466.</ref> Although the [[diocese]] ceased to effectively function with the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb]], the diocese continues in name at least as a [[titular see]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>''[[Annuario Pontificio]] 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013</ref>  Tatiltensis current [[bishop]] is [[Eulises Gonzáles Sánchez]] of [[Colombia]].
'''Known bishops'''
* Donato  ([[floruit|fl.]]484)
* Jesus Y. Varela (1967–1971)
* [[Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini]] (1972–1992)
* [[Adalberto Martínez Flores]] (1997–2000)
* [[Eulises González Sánchez]] (2000–current)
==References==
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Algeria]]
[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis]]
[[Category:Ancient Berber cities]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1st millennium BC]]
[[Category:1st-millennium BC establishments]]
[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Africa]]
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