Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Tambeae was a

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located in the

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in Africa Proconsulare. It existed from the Roman era into

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Bishopric

Tambeae must have been of some importance as it was the

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of an

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which remains today as a

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of the

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. There are five documented bishops of this African diocese. *Secondiano took part in the council held in Carthage in 256 by St.

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to discuss the question concerning the lapsii. *Gemellio took part in the council of Cabarsussi, held in 393 by the Maximianists, a dissident sect of the

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, and signed the deeds. *At the Carthage conference of 411, which saw the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman Africa gathered together, the town was represented by the Catholic bishop Sopater and the Donatist Faustino. *Servus Dei intervened at the synod gathered in Carthage by

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the Vandal king in 484, after which he was exiled. Today Tambeae survives as a titular bishop's seat;http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_t.htm Die Apostolische Nachfolge]. the current titular bishop is John Anthony Boissonneau, auxiliary bishop of Toronto. *

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(1966 - 1968) * Francisco Raval Cruces (1968 - 1970) * Beato Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez (1970 - 1974) *

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(1974 - 2000) *

John Anthony Boissonneau John Anthony Boissonneau (born December 7, 1949 in Scarborough) is a Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop in Toronto, Canada. He was ordained a priest on December 14, 1974.Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,980. Pope John Paul II appointed h ...

, 2001

References

{{reflist Archaeological sites in Tunisia Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province)