Ksour-El-Khaoua Explained

Ksour-El-Khaoua is a locality in southern Tunisia, North Africa.^[1] During the Roman Empire the town was a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena.^[2] and the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.^[3]

The ancient Christian bishopric^[4] survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^{[5] [6] [7]} The only Bishop known from this diocese is Stefano, who participated in the Council of Carthage (641). The current titular bishop of the town is John Stephen Knight.^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1723.htm Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1723.htm Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua
3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,),
4. Web site: Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze . 2017-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204072655/http://apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_t.htm . 2015-02-04 . dead .
5. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
6. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.
7. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 226.
8. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1723.htm Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua