Ad Turres (Byzacena)

Map showing Turres

Turres in Byzacena was a Roman and Vandal era City in North Africa.

The exact location of the town is unknown but is probably the ruins at Tamarza or nearby ruins of Msilica. Tamarza is located close to the Algerian border, 70 km from Tozeur and is surrounded by steep and arid wild country. The site is renownd for its clear water cascades and springs that irrigate the towns park.[1]

Bishopric

Tamarza

Turres in Byzacena was the site of an early Bishopric in Roman Times. The diocese ceased to function with the arrival of Islam in the 680sAD, but remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church[2][3][4] in the province of Byzacena.[5]

Bishops

Oasis de Tamerza.
  1. Juan Carlos Aramburu Bishop of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) June 14, 1967 April 22, 1975
  2. Bonifácio Piccinini Bishop of Cuiabá ( Brazil ) June 27, 1975 August 15, 1981
  3. Manuel Salazar y Espinoza Emeritus Bishop of Leon de Nicaragua ( Nicaragua ) December 19, 1981 August 16, 1995
  4. Hil Kabashi Apostolic administrator of southern Albania December 3, 1996

References

  1. ↑ Tamarz at barclaystravel.com]
  2. ↑ de:Turres in Byzacena (Titularbistum)&prev=search The Apostolic Succession.
  3. ↑ de:Turres in Byzacena (Titularbistum)&prev=search Turres in Byzacena at GCAtholic.org.
  4. ↑ Turres in Byzacena at Catholic heirachy.org.
  5. ↑ Joseph Bingham, Origines sive Antiquitates ecclesiasticae (sumtibus Orphanotrophei, 1727) p 529.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.