Tisedi was an ancient city and episcopal see, which remains a

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within the

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History

Tisedi, located near modern Aziz-Ben-Tellis in present

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, was one of many towns in the

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which was important enough to become a

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but faded completely. Three of its residential bishops are recorded (although author Morcelli assigns them to

Tiddi Tiddis (also known as ''Castellum Tidditanorum'' or ''Tiddi'') was a Roman city that depended on Cirta and a bishopric as "Tiddi", which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It was located on the territory of the current commune of Bni Hamden in ...

): * Donatus I suffered gravely, according to Saint

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(bishop of

Milevis Milevum (in Latin even "Milev" or "Mireon"; ''Μιραίον'' in Ancient Greek) was a Roman–Berber city in the Roman province of Numidia. It was located in present-day Mila in eastern Algeria. History In Ptolemy's "Geography" (vol. IV, i ...

), under the heresy

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and was deprived of his see in 362 by their bishop Felix of Idicra * The

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, called by

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of the Vandal Kingdom, was attended for Tisedi by both a

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bishop Lampadius, who was banished afterwards, and his Donatist counterpart, Donatus.

Titular see

The

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was nominally restored in 1933 as the

of Tisedi (Latin)/Tisedi (Curiate Italian)/Tiseditanus (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: * Joseph Kilasara,

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(C.S.Sp.) (1966.11.03 – death 1978.11.21), as emeritate, formerly Bishop of

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(

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) (1960.01.12 – 1966.11.03) * Jorge Ardila Serrano (1980.10.27 – 1988.05.21) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Colombia) (1980.10.27 – 1988.05.21); later Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (1988.05.21 – retired 2001.06.15), died 2010 * Luis Gutiérrez Martín,

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(C.M.F.) (1988.09.15 – 1995.05.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Spain) (1988.09.15 – 1995.05.12), Bishop of

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(Spain) (1995.05.12 – retired 2007.11.03), died 2016 * Neil E. Willard (1995.06.27 – death 1998.03.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Quebec, Canada) (1995.06.27 – 1998.03.25) * Gerhard Feige (1999.07.19 – 2005.02.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Germany) (1999.07.19 – 2005.02.23), next succeeded as Bishop of Magdeburg (2005.02.23 – ...) * Marian Rojek (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Poland) (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30); later Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów (Poland) (2012.06.30 – ...) * Gustavo Alejandro Montini (2014.02.14 – 2016.12.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (2014.02.14 – 2016.12.16); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Tomé, Santo Tomé (Argentina) (2016.12.16 – ...) * Horst Eberlein (2017.02.09 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Germany), no previous prelature.

Sources and references

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; Bibliography : * J. Mesnage, ''L'Afrique chrétienne'', Paris 1912, pp. 433–434 * H. Jaubert, ''Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne'', in ''Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine'', vol. 46, 1913, p. 95 Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa

History

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See also

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