Tabuda, Thouda or Tahuda (former Roman Thabudeos) was a

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–

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colonia in the province of Numidia. A key town in the

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and

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empires, it is identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of

Sidi Okba Sidi Okba () is a Communes of Algeria, commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD. The nearest big city is Biskra which is located 18 km away. Sidi Okba sits on an oas ...

, Algeria.

Bishopric

The Diocese of Tabuda (''Tabudensis'') is a suppressed and

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of the

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in the province of

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. 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 – 30 Dec 2019) *Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (27 Feb 2020 - ) File:Roman Africa.JPG, Roman North Africa.

References

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Bibliography

* Pierre Morizot
Regard sur les inscriptions de Thouda du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours
Volume 154, Issue 2, Feb 2016

External links

Images of the Tabuda (Thouda) site
in the Manar al-Athar digital photo archive resource Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis 7th-century disestablishments in the Exarchate of Africa Archaeological sites in Algeria Catholic titular sees in Africa