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Apisa Maius

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Africa Proconsularis.

Apisa Maius is a former Roman-Berber city and present Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

History

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Apisa Maius was an Ancient city in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.

It was a bishopric, suffragan to the Metropolitan of Carthage.

Its ruins are at Tarf-Ech-Chena, in modern Tunisia.

Titular see

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In 1933, the diocese was nominally revived as a titular see of the lowest (episcopal) rank.[1]

So far, it had the following consecutive incumbents, all members of Latin congregations:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1).
  2. ^ GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links