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Thizica
Thizica was a civitas in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It served as a Roman Catholic diocese. The city's ruins are located at present-day Techga or Tchegga in northern Tunisia.J. Mesnage''L'Afrique chrétienne'' Paris 1912, p. 156 Bishopric The names of two early bishops of the see are known: *Novellus (mentioned by Saint Augustine of Hippo as condemned to death by Donatists (heretics) in 313) *Vitalia (mentioned in 646) The modern use of the diocese as a titular see began in 1967. There have been four bishops since that time: * Edwin Broderick (March 1967 – March 1969) * Alfonso Nava Carreón (May 1969 – March 1990) * Edwin Frederick O'Brien (February 1996 – March 1998) * Louis Dicaire (February 1999 – July 2020) Of these, O'Brien held the personal title of archbishop. References Sources and external links Harnack, 89-96 Catholic titular sees in Africa {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2012 and headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019. O'Brien served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 2007 to 2011 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA, from 1997 to 2007. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1996 to 1997. Early life and education Edwin O'Brien was born in 1939 in the Bronx, New York, to Edwin Frederick, Sr. and Mary Winifred O'Brien. One of three children, he had two brothers, Ken and Tom, now deceased. O'Brien graduated from Our Lady of Solace Parish School in the Bronx in 1953 and attended St. Mary's High School in Katonah, New York from 1953 to 1957. O'Brien entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York in 1959, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1961), Master of Divinity (1964), and Master of Arts (1965) degrees. Priesthood O'Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
