Titular see of Rucuma

Rucuma
Shown within Tunisia
Location Tunisia
Region Bizerte Governorate
Coordinates 37°02′53″N 9°31′18″E / 37.048181°N 9.521675°E / 37.048181; 9.521675
Titular see of Rucuma
Rucuma (adjectival form: Rucumensis)
Location
Country Tunisia
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established July 2, 1966
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Titular Bishop Thomas Maria Renz

Rucuma was a city in the late Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, now northern Tunisia.

Its bishopric was a suffragan of Carthage. No longer a residential see, it is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[1]

Diocesan bishops

These include:[2]

Titular bishops

References

  1. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 960
  2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 263

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