Tabalta Explained

Tabalta was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and of Byzacena during the late antiquity. It was a Catholic diocese led by Juan Bustos.

The site of the ancient town is tentatively given as ruins at Henchir-Gourghebi in the Sahel region of Tunisia.[1]

The city was also the seat of a titular Bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] [3] modern Henchir-Gourghebi in Tunisia.[4] The current bishop is Szymon Stłukowski who replaced Jose Kalluvelil of Roman Catholic Diocese of Poznań in 2015.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1679.htm Biskopric of Tabalta
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=zJzdI6bhvvYC&dq=Henchir-Gourghebi&pg=PA84 The "Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti.
  3. http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_t.htm The apostolic succession
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1679.htm Biskopric of Tabalta
  5. Web site: Tabalta (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy].