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Precausa (Latin: Præcausa) was an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena in North Africa. Its exact location remains unknown[1] but it was in the present Sahel region of Tunisia.
Precausa was also the seat of an ancient diocese.[2][3] Only one bishop of Precause is known from antiquity, Adeodato, who attended the Synod of Carthage (484) called by the Vandal king Huneric, after which Adeodato was exiled.
Today Præcausa survives as titular bishop. It was erected as a titular see in 1933. The bishopric remains a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church today and the current bishop is Józef Wysocki, auxiliary bishop emeritus of Elbląg, Poland.[4][5] Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara was bishop of Præcausa for a time.[6]
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Precausa is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[7]
References
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Præcausa at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
- Back to citation Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 256
- Back to citation Praecausa at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Præcausa at GCatholic.org.
- Back to citation Harris M. Lentz III, Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary (McFarland, 2001) p39.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q718603