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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 the Limes Tripolitanus, at 9.36482N 35.81447E, flourished from 330BC to about 640AD, was a city of refuge during nomad invasions from the Sahara, south, and was the cathedra, seat of an ancient episcopal see. At this venue, according to some authors including Mesnage and Ferron, could be attributed to the bishop Felix Custrensis, who was among the Catholic bishops Council of Carthage (484), summoned to Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric.
Today Cusira survives as titular bishopricDavid Cheney
Diocesi di Cusira
at Catholic-Hierarchy.org. and the current bishop is Łukasz Mirosław Buzun, of Kalisz.
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 the Limes Tripolitanus, at 9.36482N 35.81447E, flourished from 330BC to about 640AD, was a city of refuge during nomad invasions from the Sahara, south, and was the cathedra, seat of an ancient episcopal see. At this venue, according to some authors including Mesnage and Ferron, could be attributed to the bishop Felix Custrensis, who was among the Catholic bishops Council of Carthage (484), summoned to Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric.
Today Cusira survives as titular bishopricDavid CheneyDiocesi di Cusira
at Catholic-Hierarchy.org. and the current bishop is Łukasz Mirosław Buzun, of Kalisz.
References
Catholic titular sees in Africa Ancient Berber cities Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Archaeological sites in Tunisia {{Tunisia-stub