Diocese of Thizica explained

Thizica was a civitas in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It served as a Roman Catholic diocese. The city's ruins are located at present-day Techga or Tchegga in northern Tunisia.^{[1] [2]}

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  - July 2020)
• Fernando Ortega (August 2023-present)

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

Sources and external links

• Harnack, 89-96
• (Titular See) Thizicensis

Notes and References

1. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 156
2. Web site: Places: 315216 (Thizika) . Hitchner, R. . R. Warner, R. Talbert . T. Elliott, S. Gillies . May 2, 2016 . Pleiades.