Grimidi Explained

Grimidi was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, located at 3.73031 35.87687 in North Africa.^[1] It flourished from about 30BC to about 640AD. Numerous ruins litter the site.

Bishopric

The diocese of Tamazuca (Latin: Dioecesis Tamazucensis|link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^{[2] [3]} It is presumed that the diocese of Tamazuca,^[4] was centered on the ancient town Grimidi in today's Algeria.^[5]

Known bishops have included:^[6]

• Dacianus (fl.411) (A Donatist bishop who attended the Catholic/Donatist conference of 411.)
• Lucius (f.l484) A Catholic bishop who attended the 484 AD synod called by Huneric, king of the Vandals.
• John Bernard McDowell (1966–2010)
• Peter Chung Soon-taick (2013–2021)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gunugu: a Pleiades place resource. Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. en. 2018-01-29.
2. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
3. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.304.
4. David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1711.htm Titular Episcopal See of Tamazuca
6. David Cheney, Diocese of Tamazuca, at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.