Ksour-El-Khaoua

Ksour-El-Khaoua is a locality in southern Tunisia, North Africa.[1] During the Roman Empire the town was a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena.[2] and the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.[3]

The ancient Christian bishopric[4] survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[5][6][7]

The only Bishop known from this diocese is Stefano, who participated in the Council of Carthage (641). The current titular bishop of the town is John Stephen Knight.[8]

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

References
  1. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
  2. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1),
  4. "Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  5. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
  6. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.
  7. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 226.
  8. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
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