Diocese of Thizica

Thizica was a town in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. Its ruins are at present-day Techga or Tchegga in northern Tunisia.^[1]

Bishopric

The names of two early bishops of the see are known:^[1]

• 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 – Present)

Of these, O'Brien held the personal title of archbishop.

References

Sources and external links

• http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/courses/535/Harnack/bk4ch3-229.htm
• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3t48.html