Tebourba ( aeb, طبربة ') is a town in
Tunisia
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, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital
Tunis
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, former ancient city (
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 Minus w ...
) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic
titular see
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 ...
.
Thuburbo Minus
Historically Thuburbo Minus was a settlement in
Africa Proconsularis, located at present-day Tebourba. Thuburbo Minus is mentioned in the ''
Antonine Itinerary
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'', 44, and the ''
Tabula Peutingeriana''. Situated on a hill, the city occupied only a part of the ancient site, when it was rebuilt in the 15th century by the Andalusian Moors. The Roman amphitheatre was still standing at the end of the 17th century, when it was destroyed to build a bridge. The nearby
Thuburbo Maius
Thuburbo Majus (or Thuburbo Maius) is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia. It is located roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara. Other towns along the way inc ...
is in ruins.
The diocese of Thuburbo Minus was a suffragan of
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...
. It was at Thuburbo Minus that the Christian
martyr
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s
Perpetua and Felicity with their companions were arrested. The two known
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
s of this city are: Victor, present at the
Conference of Carthage (411)
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Synod of 251
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, where he had as his competitor the
Donatist Maximinus; and Germanus, who signed (646) the letter of the bishops of the proconsulate to the
Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople
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against the
Monothelites.
Titular see
It is included in the
Catholic Church
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's list of
titular bishoprics since the diocese was formally revived in the late 19th century.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank:
Titular Episcopal See ofThuburbo minus
* Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (1892.02.27 – 1896.12.03)
* François Gerboin, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (1897.01.28 – 1912.06.27)
* Étienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr. (1913.01.28 – 1935.10.05)
* Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, Jesuits
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(S.J.) (1936.12.23 – 1955.09.14) as last Apostolic Vicar of Fianarantsoa
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History
It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo king ...
(Madagascar) (1936.12.23 – 1955.09.14), promoted first Bishop of Fianarantsoa (1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11), again promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (1958.12.11 – 1962.04.02); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Odessus
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(1962.04.02 – death 1970.10.07)
* Cesare Marie Guerrero (1957.03.14 – 1961.03.28), as emeritate; previously Bishop of Lingayen (Philippines) (1929.02.22 – 1937.12.16), Titular Bishop of Limisa (1937.12.16 – 1949.05.14) & Auxiliary Bishop of Manila
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(Philippines) (1937.12.16 – 1949.05.14), Bishop of San Fernando
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(Philippines) (1949.05.14 – 1957.03.14)
* William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), Maryknoll Fathers
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(M.M.) (1961.06.06 – 1962.03.10)
* Nicholas Grimley, Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (1962.05.07 – 1995.06.09)
* Antonio Pepito Palang, Divine Word Missionaries
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(S.V.D.) (2002.03.25 – ...), Apostolic Vicar of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines)
World War II
Tebourba was the scene of a battle in the Tunisia Campaign of World War II, lasting from November 29 until December 4, 1942. The battle involved the troops of the British Army against the Axis Forces.
The Hampshire Regiment held the town for several days until it fell to the Germans on December 4.Gosport
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is also named after the battle, as is the Tebourba House apartment block in nearby Fareham. A row of 8 council houses on Outlands Lane in Curdridge, Hampshire are named Tebourba Way.
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