Maturba
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Maturba is a locality in Algeria, North Africa.
During the Roman Empire there was a Roman town located here. That town flourished in late antiquity from AD 300 to AD640.[1] The town did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
Maturba was also the seat of an ancient titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] The bishopric survives today as a titular see.[3] The current bishop is Paul Simick who replaced José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León in 2014.[4]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Maturba is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation D. J. Mattingly, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Martuba at Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012
- Back to citation Maturbensis at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- Back to citation Diocesi di Maturba at www.gcatholic.org; Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467; Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 217.
- Back to citation Diocesi di Maturba at www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q1910800