Tigisi in Numidia

Detail of the Tabula Peutingeriana (1-4th century CE ; showing Tigisi (Taourga)

'Tigisi in Numidia', was a town and episcopal see of the Roman province of Numidia.

Tigisis, identified as Taourga was a fortified town of Numidia, in the neighborhood of Lambese and Thamagada.^[1]

Bishopric

The town of Tigisis was the seat of a bishopric during the Roman, Vandal and Byzantine era.^[2] The persecution under Diocletian appears to have reached its height in Tigisis during Feb. 304.

Bishops

• Secundus of Tigisis, Primate of Numidia.^[3]
• Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath(16 Feb 1968 Appointed - 5 Mar 1973)
• Mogale Paul Nkhumishe(5 Nov 1981 Appointed - 9 Jan 1984)
• Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, (15 May 1989 Appointed - 16 Oct 2010)
• Peter Andrew Comensoli (20 Apr 2011 Appointed - 20 Nov 2014)

References

1. Procop. Vandal. ii. 13.
2. Tigisi at Catholic heirachy.org
3. Francois Decret, Early Christianity in North Africa(James Clarke & Co, 2011) p102.