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Tamalluma is a former Roman city which remains a Latin Catholic titular bishopric


History

The city was at Telmin, an oasis in present Tunisia, one of many in the
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of
Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis. History At the end of the 3rd century AD, t ...
, which were suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishopric
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 earl ...
(Sousse), but faded.


Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a
titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
, of the (lowest) episcopal) rank, with a single incumbent of Archiepiscopal rank. David Cheney, Tamalluma, Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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Known Bishops

*Habetdeus (Catholic bishop mentioned in 484) *Antonio † (mentioned in 484) (Arian bishop) * ''
Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
George Joseph Biskup (1967.07.20 – 1970.01.03) as
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of Indianapolis (USA) (1967.07.20 – 1970.01.03), later succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (1970.01.03 – death 1979.03.20); previously
Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of Hemeria (1957.03.09 – 1965.01.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(USA) (1957.03.09 – 1965.01.30), then Bishop of Des Moines (USA) (1965.01.30 – 1967.07.20) * Francis Joseph Walmsley (1979.01.08 – 1998.03.07), last Military Vicar (1979.01.08 – 1986.07.21) and first
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(1986.07.21 – 2002.05.24) of the
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* António José Cavaco Carrilho Carrilho (1999.02.22 – 2007.03.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of (O)Porto (Portugal) (1999.02.22 – 2007.03.08); later Bishop of
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(Portugal) (2007.03.08 – ...) * Anton Bal (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(
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) (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12), later succeeded as Bishop of Kundiawa (2009.01.12 – 2019.07.26) and as Archbishop of Madang (2019.07.26 – ...) * Samuel Irenios Kattukallil (2010.01.25 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of
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External links and sources


GCatholic
Specific {{Reflist Catholic titular sees in Africa