Tabuda

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Thouda
سيدي عقبة
Sidi Okba, Algeria
town
Sidi Okba street scene [1]
Sidi Okba street scene [1]
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Thouda is located in Algeria
Thouda
Thouda
Location in Algeria
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Elevation 87 m (285 ft)
Time zone +1 (UTC+1)
Postal code 07000

Tabuda or Thouda was a city in North Africa during the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires that is identifiable with ruins at the Oasis adjacent to the village of Sidi Okba, Algeria.

The city was taken by Muslim Forces, under Uqba ibn Nafi in 683 AD.

Bishopric

The Diocese of Tabuda (Tabudensis) is a suppressed and titular See of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Numidia.[2][3]

Known Bishops

  • Laurent Tétrault, (13 Nov 1947 Appointed - 14 Mar 1951 Died)
  • Teodor Bensch (26 Apr 1951 Appointed - 1 Dec 1956)
  • Antonio Añoveros Ataún † (25 Aug 1952 Appointed - 2 Apr 1964)
  • Teodor Bensch † (21 Sep 1954 Ordained Bishop - 1 Dec 1956)
  • James Louis Flaherty † (8 Aug 1966 Appointed - 9 Aug 1975)
  • Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (3 May 1985 - )

References

  1. "A Street, Sidi Okba, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899.
  2. Tabuda.Cathoic heirachy.org.
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  4. Tupper, William Vaughn, Entrance to Sidi Okba, (Tupper Scrapbooks Collection, 1930) Volume 1: Algeria.


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