The Catholic Church in

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is part of the worldwide

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, under the spiritual leadership of the

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Dioceses

The Catholic church in

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presently comprises only a single

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, in the national capital

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: * the non-Metropolitan

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. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions in Tunisia. As this solo-episcopate warrants no national conference, it partakes in the regional

Episcopal conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

of Northern Africa (French: ''Conférence Episcopale Régionale du Nord de l’Afrique'', C.E.R.N.A.) together with

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(hosting the headquarters in

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and

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, the 'Great

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' (Arab region West of Egypt). There is also an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level) to Tunisia, which is however vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to neighbour

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(in

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). All defunct jurisdictions are precursors of current (residential or, mostly, titular) sees.

Archdiocese

There are around 30,700 Catholics in this predominantly

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ic country, which forms a single diocese – the Archdiocese of Tunis. Accordingly, the only Catholic

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is that of St. Vincent de Paul in

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. The building was completed in 1897, while Tunisia was a French protectorate. Catholic influence during the colonial period also included extensive missionary work by the French

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, Cardinal Lavigerie. The cathedral in his time was the church of Saint Louis in

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, was also built in the 19th century, when the archdiocese, under Cardinal Lavigerie, held the primacy of all Roman Africa.

Titular sees

* One Metropolitan

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ncient & modern* 343 Episcopal

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s : Abaradira, Abari, Abbir Germaniciana, Abbir Maius, Abidda, Abitinæ,

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, Absa Salla, Abthugni, Abziri, Acholla,

Æliæ Aeliae or Æliæ was a Roman-era city in the province of Byzacena. The town must have been of some importance as it was made a bishopric early after the Council of Nicaea and it was a Catholic diocese throughout antiquity. Its exact location is ...

, Africa (see),

Afufenia Afufenia (also called ''Afufeniensis'') was a Roman era city in the province of Byzacena. Its exact location is unknown, but it would have been situated in central Tunisia. Afufenia was also the seat of an ancient Catholic bishopric. and was me ...

, Agbia,

Aggar Aggar may refer to the following : * Aggar (city) Aggar was a town and bishopric (now titular) in the Roman province of Byzacena. One of two cities in the area, it left vast ruins that are now called (Henchir) Sidi Amara. These edifices are situa ...

, Aggersel, Altiburus, Ammædara, Amudarsa,

Ancusa Ancusa was a city in the Roman-Berber province of Byzacena in modern Tunisia. The exact location of the civitas is unknown. The city was also the seat of an ancient Christian Bishopric which survives today as a titular bishopric of the Roman Cathol ...

Apisa maius Apisa Maius is a former Roman- Berber city and present Latin Catholic titular bishopric. History Apisa Maius was an Ancient city in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It was a bishopric, suffragan to the Metropolitan of Carthage. Its ...

, Aptuca, Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena, Aquæ in Byzacena, Aquæ in Proconsulari, Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari, Aquæ regiæ, ,

Assuras Assuras, sometimes given as Assura or Assur, was a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa. Ruins of its temples and theatres and other public buildings are at ''Henchir-Zenfour''. Bishopric At an early stage Assuras became the cent ...

Aurusuliana Aurusuliana was a Roman Era city located in what was the Roman Province of Byzacena (Roman North Africa) and today modern Tunisia. The exact site of the city remains unknown and a source of some controversy. It is now generally considered to have be ...

, Ausafa, Ausana, Ausuaga,

Autenti Autenti (Latin: Rite Autentensis) was a Roman– Berber civitas and bishopric in Africa Proconsularis. It was a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Autenti was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena, the ruins of which are situated betw ...

, Auzegera,

Avensa Avensa (''Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima'') was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas. It was in the process of financial restructuring, after it went into bankruptcy due to poor management in 2002, with Santa Barbara Airlines t ...

, Avioccala, Avissa, Avitta Bibba,

Bahanna Dhorbania, also known as ''Henchir Oued Nebhana'', is a village and locality in Tunisia. It's also the site of Ancient city and former bishopric Bahanna, now a Latin Catholic titular see. Location Dhorbania is in the Kairouan Governorate of Tuni ...

, Bararus, Basilinoplis,

Bassiana ''Acritoscincus'' is a genus of Australian skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to the ''Eugongylus'' group; the genus ''Oligosoma ''Oligosoma'' is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand, Norfol ...

, Bavagaliana, Belali, Bencenna, Beneventum, Bennefa,

Bilta Bilta also known as Balta or Balţah, is an antique town in northern Tunisia, close to Mateur in today's Bizerte governorate Bizerte Governorate ( ar, ولاية بنزرت ' ) is the northernmost of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is in ...

, Bisica,

Bladia Henchir-Baldia is an archaeological site and locality in southern Tunisia. The stone ruins are tentatively associated with Bladia, a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena during the Roman Empire. It was a Catholic bishopric. Bladia was the seat ...

Bonusta Bonusta was a town, not far from Carthage, in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. No trace of it has been identified.Stefano Antonio Morcelli''Africa christiana'' Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 105–106 Bishop Rufinianus At the Confe ...

, Boseta, Bossa, Botriana, Buleliana,

Bulla Bulla (Latin, 'bubble') may refer to: Science and medicine * Bulla (dermatology), a bulla * Bulla, a focal lung pneumatosis, an air pocket in the lung * Auditory bulla, a hollow bony structure on the skull enclosing the ear * Ethmoid bulla, pa ...

Bulla regia Bulla Regia was a Berber, Punic, and Roman town near present-day Jendouba, Tunisia. Its surviving ruins and archaeological site are noted for their Hadrianic-era semi-subterranean housing, a protection from the fierce heat and effects of the sun ...

, Bulna, Bure, Buruni, Buslacena,

Cabarsussi Cabarsussi, was an ancient civitas (municipality) and bishopric in the Roman province of Byzacena (Roman North Africa), that is tentatively identifiable with ruins at Drâa-Bellouan in modern Tunisia. The current bishop is Terence Robert Curtin, ...

, Cæciri, Canapium, Capsa,

Carcabia The Diocese of Carcabia is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Historically, three bishops are mentioned being from Carcabia: *Victorian participated in the Council of Cabarsussi, held in 393 by Maximianus, a dissident sect of the Dona ...

, Cariana, Carpi,

Cebarades Cebarades (in Latin Rite Cebaradesensis) was a Roman– Berber civitas in the province of Byzacena in modern Tunisia. The town was the seat of an ancient Roman Catholic bishopric. Its diocese is now a titular bishopric. The current bishop ...

, Cefala,

Cellæ in Proconsulari Cellae in Proconsulari was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin titular see. History The Roman Era civitas (city) in Roman North Africa is tentatively identified with ruins at Ain Zouarin in modern Tunisia. The l ...

, Cenæ, Cenculiana, Cerbali, Cercina,

Chusira The Diocese of Cusira is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Cusira, was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena, and is identifiable with Kessera ( Kesra) in the Siliana Governorate modern Tunisia. Cusira was on th ...

, Cibaliana, Cilibia, Cillium, Cincari, Cissita, Clypia,

Crepedula Crepedula was an ancient Roman–Berber civitas in the province of Byzacena in Africa Proconsularis. It was located in modern Tunisia. The town was also the seat of a Catholic diocese. There are three known bishops of this diocese. * The Catholic ...

, Cresima, Cubda, Cufruta, Culusi, Curubis, Decoriana, Dices, Dionysiana, Druas,

Drusiliana Drusiliana was a ''civitas'' (town) of Roman North Africa. Bingham called it a city of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. An inscription of Constantine the Great was found in the city ruins and it appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana The ...

, Dura,

Edistiana Edistiana was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and in late antiquity of Byzacena. It was located in the modern Tunisia. It was a former Catholic diocese. Edistiana was a titular bishopric of the Roman C ...

Egnatia, Byzacena Egnatia, Byzacena is an ancient civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena in North Africa. The exact location of the town is not known, but was in the Sahel region of Tunisia. The town was in ancient times the seat of an ancient Roman Catholic bish ...

Eguga Eguga was a ''civitas'' in Africa Proconsulare during the Roman Empire. It was located in present-day Tunisia. The city was also the seat of an ancient Roman Catholic diocese. Eguga was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. The only bishop ...

Elephantaria in Proconsulari Sidi Ahmed Djedidi is a town and hill near Hammamet, Tunisia, 64 Kilometers south of Tunis. It is located at 36.4 n and 10.4 e. During the Roman Empire the town was known as Elephantaria and was a civitas of the Africa Proconsularis. The city at th ...

Febiana {{unreferenced, date=July 2017 Febiana was city and former bishopric in Roman North Africa, which only remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History Febina, in present-day Tunisia, was among the many cities of sufficient importance in the Roman ...

Feradi maius Pheradi Majius is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia located at 36.250003° N 10.397047° E near the modern town of Sidi Khalifa in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia that is located at 36° 14′ 58″ N, 10° 23′ 57″E. During the Roman ...

, Feradi minus, Filaca,

Fissiana The Diocese of Fissiana ( la, Fissianensis) is suppressed Latin Church diocese and current titular see of the Catholic Church. Location The exact location for the cathedra, seat of the diocese is unknown,Foratiana,

Forontoniana Forontoniana was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity. The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia. Forontoniana was also the seat of an ancient episcopal ...

, Furnos maior,

Furnos minor Furnos was the name of two towns and bishoprics in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa (in present-day Tunisia). They are referred to as Furnos Maior and Furnos Minor, as now as separate Latin Catholic titular sees. Locations * The ruins ...

, Gaguari, Garriana, Gemellæ in Byzacena,

Germaniciana Abbir Germaniciana also known as Abir Cella is the name of a Roman and Byzantine-era city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today northern Tunisia). The city was also the seat of a bishopric, in the ecclesiastical province of Cartha ...

, Girba, Gisipa,

Giufi Bir Mcherga ( Arabic : بئر مشارڨة ) is a town and commune in the Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia in the northwest of Tunisia, the site of former Roman North African city and bishopric Giufi, which only remains as Latin Catholic titular see. ...

, Giufi Salaria,

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, Gratiana, Gubaliana,

Gummi in Byzacena {{refimprove, date=February 2017 Gummi in Byzacena was a city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History The city, in modern Tunisia, presumed near modern Henchir-Gelama or Henchir-El-Senem, was important ...

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, Gunela, Gurza,

Hadrumetum Hadrumetum, also known by many variant spellings and names, was a Phoenician colony that pre-dated Carthage. It subsequently became one of the most important cities in Roman Africa before Vandal and Umayyad conquerors left it ruined. In the early ...

* (?formerly Metropolitan Archbishopric),

Hermiana Hermiana was a town in the Roman province of Byzacena. It may have been situated in the plain of Bled Hammiane, and had its own bishop. The diocese is now a titular see of the Catholic Church. The Latin adjective relating to the episcopal see ...

Hierpiniana Hierpiniana was a Roman era ''civitas'' (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena, Roman North Africa. The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The current titular bi ...

Hilta {{refimprove, date=November 2015 :''See St Kilda, Scotland for the island also referred to as Hilta'' Hilta was an ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Africa, in the north of modern Tunisia. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see. Histor ...

Hippo Diarrhytus Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...

, Hirina, Horrea Cœlia, Horta, Iubaltiana, Iunca in Byzacena, Lacubaza, Lapda,

Lares Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ''Lar'') were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these. Lare ...

Leptiminus Lemta, historically Leptiminus, is a town in Tunisia with a history going back over 3,000 years. History The history of the town starts in the 13th century b.c.e. with the founding attributed to Phoenician sailors.

Libertina Libertina was a town of the Roman province of Byzacena in North Africa during the Roman Empire. The town is tentatively identified with ruins near Souc-El-Arba, Tunisia. The town was also the seat of a Christian bishopric, which survives as ...

Limisa Limisa (today Aïn-Lemsa) is a town and archaeological site in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. It is located 50 kilometers west of kairouan. The town was a Roman Catholic diocese. The street pattern of the village is fairly regular in its layout a ...

Luperciana Henchir-Tebel is a town and archaeological site in Al Qayrawān, Tunisia, near Kairouan Henchir-Tebel is 118 metres above sea level. The town is in the tribal area of the ''Oulad Emmbarek el Achour'', ''Oulad Haj en Nsir'', and the ''Jehinat''. an ...

, Macon, Macriana maior, Macriana minor, Mactaris, Madarsuma, Maraguia, Marazanæ, Marazanæ regiæ, Marcelliana, Masclianæ, Matara in Proconsulari, Materiana, Mattiana, Maximiana in Byzacena, Maxula Prates, Medeli,

Mediana Mediana is an important archeological site from the late Roman period, located in the eastern suburb of the Serbian city of Niš. It represents a luxurious residence with a highly organised economy. Excavations have revealed a villa with peristy ...

, Megalopolis in Proconsulari, Melzi, Membressa, Menefessi, Mibiarca, Midica, Mididi, Migirpa,

Mimiana Mimiana was a Civitas, Roman town in the Roman province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town is not currently known. Bishopric Mimiana was the cathedra, center of an ancient Christian bishopric during the Byzantine Empire and Vandal Kingdom ...

, Missua, Mizigi, Mozotcori, Mulli, Munatiana, Musti, Mutia, Muzuca in Byzacena, Muzuca in Proconsulari,

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...

, Naraggara, Nationa, Neapolis in Proconsulari,

Nepte Nefta (or Nafta; ) is a Tunisian municipality and an oasis in Tozeur Governorate north of the Chott el Djerid. Religious significance Nefta is considered by most Sufis to be the spiritual home of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam; many relig ...

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, Numluli, Obba, Octaba, Octabia, Paria in Proconsolare, Pederodiana, Pertusa, Pia, Pisita, Præcausa, Præsidium, Pupiana,

Puppi Puppi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Francesco Puppi (born 1992), Italian long-distance runner * Giampietro Puppi (1917–2006), Italian physicist * Lionello Puppi (1931–2018), Italian art historian and politic ...

Putia in Byzacena The diocese of Puzia in Byzacena (Latin: Dioecesis Putiensis in Byzacena) is a suppressed and titular seat of the Roman Catholic Church. History Puzia in Byzacena was centered on a Roman Empire, Roman era civitas of the Roman Province, Province ...

, Quæstoriana,

Rucuma Rucuma is a former city and bishopric in Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History It was among the cities of sufficient importance in the late Roman province of Africa Proconsularis to become a suffragan bishopr ...

, Rufiniana, Ruspæ, Rusuca, Saia maior,

Sassura The Diocese of Sassura ( la, Dioecesis Sassuritana, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The civitas, Roman Town of Sassura, identifiable with Henchir-Ez-Zaouadi in today's Tunisia, is the cathedra, ancient episcop ...

Scebatiana Scebatiana was an ancient civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena during the Roman Empire and late antiquity. The exact location of the town is unknown, but is thought to be somewhere in southern Tunisia. Ancient Bishopric Scebatiana was the seat ...

, Scilium,

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, Segermes, Selemselæ, Selendeta,

Semina Syomin (masculine) or Syomina (feminine), alternatively spelled Semin/Semina, is a Russian surname that is derived from ''Syoma'', a diminutive of the male given name Semyon, and literally means ''Syoma's''. It may refer to: * Aleksandr Syomin (f ...

Semta The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States. It supplements the Detroit Department of Transportation, which operates buses within the ...

Septimunicia Septimunicia ( it, Settimunicia, link=no) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The location is not certain, but assumed to be in Tunisia. Today Settimunicia survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Emilio Bataclan ...

, Serra, Severiana,

Sicca Veneria El Kef ( ar, الكاف '), also known as ''Le Kef'', is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate. El Kef is situated to the west of Tunis and some east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It has ...

Siccenna Siccenna was a Roman Era town and episcopal see in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis in what is today northern Tunisia, which is now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric. History Siccenna was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see ...

, Sicilibba, Simidicca, Simingi, Siminina, Simitthu, Sinna, Sinnuara, Suas (Chaouache?),

Succuba A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to Seduction, seduce men, usually through Sexuality in Christian demonology, sexual activity. According to religious tradition, a succubus needs ma ...

Sufes Sufes was a town in the late Roman province of Byzacena, which became a Christian bishopric that is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. The town The ruins of Roman Sufes are found near Sbiba a village in Tunisia's province o ...

, Sufetula, Suliana,

Sullectum Salakta is a small Tunisian village situated by the sea. Salakta has been occupied or ruled by many civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Byzantines, Romans, and Muslim Oubéidines. The attractions include a beach, catacombs, an ancient cem ...

, Sululos, Sutunurca, Tabalta, Tabbora, Tacia montana, Taddua,

Tagarata Tagarata was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The ancient city has been tentatively identified with ruins at Bir-El-Djedidi, Tunisia. The ancient city was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, suffragan ...

, Tagarbala, Tagaria, Tagase,

Talaptula Talaptula was an ancient Roman Empire, Roman-Berbers, Berber civitas of the Roman province, province of Byzacena, which existed during the Roman era and late antiquity. The exact location of the town is unknown. An ancient Catholic Church, Catholic ...

, Tamalluma, Tamata, Tamazeni, Tambeæ,

Tanudaia The diocese of Tanudaia (in Latin: Dioecesis Tanudaiensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church located in today's Tunisia. Originally an ancient episcopal seat in the Roman province of Byzacena. Though not all authors agr ...

Taparura Taparura was an ancient Berber, Punic and Roman city in the location of modern-day Sfax, Tunisia. It was a former Catholic diocese. The same ancient name was revived in the 1980s as a coastal urban development project on the location of former che ...

, Taraqua, Tarasa in Byzacena, Teglata in Proconsulari,

Tela Tela is a town, with a population of 38,030 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida. History Colonial era Tela was founded by the Spanish conquistador ...

, Temuniana, Tepelta,

Tetci The diocese of Tetci ( la, Dioecesis Tetcitana, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. An exact location of the town is now lost to history but it was in today's Tunisia. Tecti was an ancient bishopric of the Ro ...

, Thabraca, Thagamuta, Thala,

Thapsus Thapsus, also known as Tampsus and as Thapsus Minor to distinguish it from Thapsus in Sicily, was a Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bekalta, Tunisia. Geography Thapsus was established on Ras ed-Dimas, an easily defended promontory ...

Thasbalta Thasbalta was a city and Catholic diocese in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis during the Roman Empire and of Byzacena during late antiquity. The exact location of this city is unknown but it was in the Oued es Segui river valley, north o ...

Thelepte Thelepte ( ber, تلابت) was a city in the Roman province of Byzacena, now in western Tunisia. It is located near the border with Algeria about 5 km north from the modern town of Fériana and 30 km south-west of the provincial capital ...

, Thenæ, Theudalis,

Theuzi Theuzi is a former ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa and present Latin Catholic titular see. Its modern location is unclear, but is believed to have been somewhere in present Tunisia. History Aquae Novae was important enough in the Rom ...

Thibaris Thibaris was a town in the late Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. Location An inscription fixes the exact site at the ruins now called Henshir Hamamet, in a plain watered by the Wady Tibar, which has retained the name of the town. These r ...

, Thibica,

Thibiuca Tibiuca was a Roman era civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. Tibiuca has been tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Gâssa, Tunisia. During antiquity, Tibiuca was the seat of an ancient bishopric, suffragan of the Archdioce ...

, Thiges,

Thignica Thignica was a town in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It served as a Latin Catholic titular see. The town Thignica's stone ruins are called Aïn Tounga, located southwest of Testour, Tunisia. They are very extensive and cover the s ...

, Thimida, Thimida regia, Thisiduo, Thizica, Thuburbo maius,

Thuburbo minus Tebourba ( aeb, طبربة ') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city ( Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see. Thuburbo Minus Historically Thuburbo Minu ...

Thuburnica Thuburnica was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the Maghreb. It was located in the present-day El Kalâa, near Chemtou in western Tunisia. It may have been the ancient town of Bulla Regia. History The Late Roman Republican general Caius Marius ...

, Thubursicum-Bure, Thucca terebenthina, Thuccabora,

Thugga Dougga or Thugga or TBGG was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The current archaeological site covers . UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents " ...

, Thunigaba, Thunudruma, Thunusuda,

Thysdrus Thysdrus was a Carthaginian town and Roman colony near present-day El Djem, Tunisia. Under the Romans, it was the center of olive oil production in the provinces of Africa and Byzacena and was quite prosperous. The surviving amphitheater is a Wor ...

Tigias Tigias was a Roman- Berber town in the province of Africa Proconsularis in Byzacena. Its stone ruins are located in Henchir-Taus in the oasis of Kriz, Tunisia. The city was also the seat of an ancient diocese, which remains a titular see of ...

, Tigimma,

Tiguala Tiguala was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town remains unknown for certain, but it was in Sahel in northern Tunisia. Bishopric Tiguala was also the seat of an ancient diocese, which remains a ti ...

, Tinisa in Proconsulari, Tisili, Tituli in Proconsulari, Trisipa, Trofimiana, Tubernuca, Tubulbaca, Tubyza, Tulana, Tunes (now Tunis), Tunnuna, Turres in Byzacena, Turris in Proconsulari,

Turris Tamalleni Turris Tamalleni was a Colonia (Roman), town in North Africa, dating from the Carthageinian, Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine and Vandal era. Geography The town was west of Tacapes and South of Gafsa, Capsa. It is located on the oasis of El-Mansoura ...

, Turrisblanda, Turuzi,

Tusuros Tozeur ( ar, توزر, ; ber, ⵜⵓⵣⴻⵔ, Tuzər) is a city in southwest Tunisia. The city is located northwest of Chott el Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el Gharsa. It is the capital of Tozeur Governorate. It was th ...

, Uccula,

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, Ucres, Ululi, Unizibira,

Uppenna Uppenna or Upenna is a Tunisian archaeological site located on the site of the present locality of Henchir Chigarnia. The site has delivered a basilica and the remains of a fortress . Location The site is located at Henchir Fraga at 36° 09′ 57 ...

, Urusi, Usula,

Uthina :'' Uthina'' is also a spider genus ( Pholcidae) Uthina or Oudna ( ar, أوذنة) was an ancient Roman-Berber city located near Tunis, Tunisia. History Uthina was a town in the province of Africa Proconsularis, now northern Tunisia. Uthina beca ...

, Utica, Utimma,

Utimmira Utimmira was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The town was somewhere near Carthage in today's Tunisia, but the exact location has been lost to history. Utimmira was the seat of an ancient episcopal see, suffra ...

, Uzalis, Uzippari, Uzita,

Vaga VAGA is an artists collective dedicated to improving mental health and fighting cognitive decline through art therapy. The organisation brings together artists, clinicians and academic psychologists to foster research collaboration and the develop ...

, Valentiniana, Vallis, Vartana,

Vassinassa Vassinassa was an ancient Roman– Berber city in the province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town is not known for certain, but it was in northern Tunisia. Bishopric Vassinassa was the seat of an ancient bishopric, which remains a tit ...

, Vazari, Vazari-Didda, Vazi-Sarra,

Vegesela in Byzacena Vegesela in Byzacena was a Roman Era town tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Recba in modern Tunisia. The town was in the Roman province of Byzacena. The ancient town was also the seat of an ancient Christian Bishopric, which survi ...

, Vertara, Vibiana,

Victoriana Victoriana is a term used to refer to material culture related to the Victorian period (1837–1901). It often refers to decorative objects, but can also describe a variety of artifacts from the era including graphic design, publications, pho ...

, Vicus Aterii, Vicus Augusti, Vicus Turris, Villamagna in Proconsulari, Vina, Vinda,

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Voli Volitanus also known as Voli and Bolitana was a Roman era civitas (town) of Africa Proconsularis, a suffragan metropolis of Carthage in Roman North Africa. Location The town of Voli is now in modern Tunisia, though the exact location of Voli i ...

, Zama maior,

Zama minor Zama, also known as Xama, is in what is now Tunisia and is best known for its connection with what is called the Battle of Zama in which on 19 October 202 BC, Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, which ended the Second Punic War with victory f ...

, Zarna, Zella, Zica, Zuri.

Tunisian independence

The number of Catholics fell following Tunisian independence. The ownership of many Catholic buildings, including the Saint Louis Cathedral, was transferred to the state under a

modus vivendi ''Modus vivendi'' (plural ''modi vivendi'') is a Latin phrase that means "mode of living" or " way of life". It often is used to mean an arrangement or agreement that allows conflicting parties to coexist in peace. In science, it is used to descr ...

reached between the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

and the Republic of Tunisia.

Facilities

Catholics form the majority (around 20,000 out of 25,000) of Christians in the country.International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Tunisia
United States

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(September 14, 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the

public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired ...

.'' However, only about 500 of these Catholics regularly practice. The Diocese of Tunis operates 12 churches, 9 schools, several libraries, and 2 clinics. In addition to holding religious services, the Catholic Church has opened a

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

, freely organized cultural activities, and performed charitable work throughout the country. Occasionally, Catholic religious groups hold services in private residences or other locations.

Ecumenical outreach

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

visited Tunisia on April 15, 1996, to give support to the Church there and called for a peaceful dialogue between Muslims and Christians across North Africa.William D. Montalbano. Pope Urges Dialogue With Muslims. Los Angeles Times. April 15, 1996. There are an estimated 8.5 million Muslims in Tunisia.

References

External links

Homepage of the Diocese of Tunis
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Dioceses

Archdiocese

Titular sees

Tunisian independence

Facilities

Ecumenical outreach

See also

References

External links