Precausa () was an ancient

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of the

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in North Africa. Its exact location remains unknown but it was in the present

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. Precausa was also the

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of an ancient

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. Only one bishop of Precause is known from antiquity, Adeodato, who attended the

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called by the

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king

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, after which Adeodato was exiled. Today Præcausa survives as titular bishop. It was erected as a titular see in 1933. The

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remains a

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of the

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today and the current bishop is

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, auxiliary bishop emeritus of

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, Poland.

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was bishop of Præcausa for a time.Harris M. Lentz III, ''Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary'' (McFarland, 2001) p39.

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