Girus Tarasii
Girus Tarasii was a town in the Roman province of Numidia that became a residential episcopal see. It is tentatively identified with ruins situated at what is now called Henchir-Tarsa in Algeria.[1]
Girus Tarasii was probably the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives as a titular see of the Catholic Church,[1] by the name Tarasa in Numidia.
History
Bishopric
The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric.[2][3]
Little is known of the bishopric. However, the bishop here, Cresconio, attended the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric after which the bishop was exiled.[4] The city may have been the home of Zosimus,[5] who participated in the Council of Carthage (256) called by Cyprian to discuss the problem of Lapsi, though more likely he was of Tarasa of Byzacena.[6]
- Zosimus? (fl 256)
- Cresconio (fl 484)
- Urbain Etienne Morlion (1939–1959)
- Antonino Pinci (1961–1987)
- Luis del Castillo Estrada (1988–1999)[7]
- Artur Grzegorz Mizinski, from 3 May 2004
The bishopric ceased to effectively function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb but was re-founded in name in the early 20th century and remains as a titular bishopric.[8] The current bishop is Artur Grzegorz Miziński of Poland.[9]
See also
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Girus Tarasii is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[10]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 903
- Back to citation Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig 1931), p. 468.
- Back to citation Morcelli
- Back to citation H. Jaubert, "Évêchés Anciens et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne", in Reports of Notices et Memoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 79.
- Back to citation J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris 1912), p. 432.
- Back to citation Old Faithful magazine November 26, 2015.
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Tarasa in Numidia, at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1527133