Tabuda, Thouda or Tahuda (former Roman Thabudeos) was a

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colonia in the province of

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empires, it is identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of

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Bishopric

The Diocese of Tabuda (''Tabudensis'') is a suppressed and

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in the province of

. Known Bishops *Laurent Tétrault, (13 Nov 1947 Appointed – 14 Mar 1951 Died) *Teodor Bensch (26 Apr 1951 Appointed – 1 Dec 1956) *Antonio Añoveros Ataún † (25 Aug 1952 Appointed – 2 Apr 1964) *Teodor Bensch † (21 Sep 1954 Ordained Bishop – 1 Dec 1956) *James Louis Flaherty † (8 Aug 1966 Appointed – 9 Aug 1975) *Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (3 May 1985 – 30 Dec 2019) *Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (27 Feb 2020 - ) File:Roman Africa.JPG, Roman North Africa.

References

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Bibliography

* Pierre Morizot
Regard sur les inscriptions de Thouda du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours
Volume 154, Issue 2, Feb 2016

External Links

Images of the Tabuda (Thouda) site
in the Manar al-Athar digital photo archive resource Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis 7th-century disestablishments in the Exarchate of Africa Archaeological sites in Algeria Catholic titular sees in Africa