Grimidi
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Grimidi was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, located at 3.73031 35.87687 in North Africa.[1] It flourished from about 30BC to about 640AD. Numerous ruins litter the site.
Bishopric
The diocese of Tamazuca (Latin: Dioecesis Tamazucensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] [3] It is presumed that the diocese of Tamazuca,[4] was centered on the ancient town Grimidi in today's Algeria.[5] Known bishops have included:[6]
- Dacianus (fl.411) (A Donatist bishop who attended the Catholic/Donatist conference of 411.)
- Lucius (f.l484) A Catholic bishop who attended the 484 AD synod called by Huneric, king of the Vandals.
- John Bernard McDowell (1966–2010)
- Peter Chung Soon-taick (2013–2021)
References
- ↑ "Gunugu: a Pleiades place resource". Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.468.
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.304.
- ↑ David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Tamazuca, at GCatholic.org.
- ↑ David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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