Tisili is a former city and diocese of in Roman Africa; it is now a 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 archbi ...
in modern
Tunisia
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, with its precise location not being defined.
History
Tisili was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Africa proconsularis
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to become a
suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
bishopric of its capital
Carthage
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, 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 classic ...
's Metropolitan Archbishopric. It was however to fade with the city.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored 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 ...
in 1933.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) class :
* Américo Henriques (1966.07.03 – 1971.02.02), as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Lamego
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(Portugal) (1966.07.03 – 1967.04.15) and
Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego (1967.04.15 – 1971.02.02); later succeeded as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1971.02.02 – 1972.02.19), Bishop of
Nova Lisboa
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(Angola) (1972.02.19 – 1976.04.13)
*
José Manuel Estepa Llaurens
José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (1 January 1926 – 21 July 2019) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who was Military Archbishop of Spain from 1983 to 2003. He was made a cardinal in 2010.
Biography
Born in Andújar, Spain, on 1 Janua ...
, (1972.09.05 – 1983.07.30), as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Madrid
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(Spain) (1972.09.05 – 1983.07.30); later Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain (Spain) (1983.07.30 – 1986.07.21),
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 ...
of
Velebusdus
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The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyus ...
(1983.07.30 – 1989.11.18), promoted
Archbishop Military Ordinary of
Spain
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(Spain) (1986.07.21 – 2003.10.30), Titular Archbishop of
Italica
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(1989.11.18 – 1998.03.07), created
Cardinal-Priest
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of
S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010.11.20
011.04.29– ...)
* Oscar Angel Bernal (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18), as Auxiliary Bishop of
Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18); later Bishop of
Girardota
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The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: ''Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá'') is the ...
(Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1996.07.04)
*
Hans-Jochen Jaschke
Hans-Jochen Jaschke (29 September 1941 – 11 July 2023) was a German Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück, Osnabrück from 1989 to 1994 and of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg, Hamburg from 199 ...
(1988.11.18 – 2023.07.11),
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Hamburg
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(Germany)
See also
* Tišīlī (تشيلي), Arabic name for
Chile
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References
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External links
GCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa