Tabuda Explained

Thouda
Settlement Type:	Town
Other Name:	Tabuda
Mapsize:	180
Pushpin Map:	Algeria
Pushpin Mapsize:	300px
Pushpin Label Position:	above
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Algeria
Timezone:	+1
Utc Offset:	+1
Coordinates:	34.8333°N 49°W
Elevation M:	87
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	07000

Tabuda, Thouda or Tahuda (former Roman Thabudeos)^[1] was a Roman - Berber colonia in the province of Numidia. A key town in the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires, it is identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of Sidi Okba, Algeria.

Bishopric

The Diocese of Tabuda (Tabudensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Numidia.^{[2] [3]}

Known Bishops

• Laurent Tétrault, (13 Nov 1947 Appointed – 14 Mar 1951 Died)
• Teodor Bensch (26 Apr 1951 Appointed – 1 Dec 1956)
• Antonio Añoveros Ataún † (25 Aug 1952 Appointed – 2 Apr 1964)
• Teodor Bensch † (21 Sep 1954 Ordained Bishop – 1 Dec 1956)
• James Louis Flaherty † (8 Aug 1966 Appointed – 9 Aug 1975)
• Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (3 May 1985 – 30 Dec 2019)
• Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (27 Feb 2020 -)^[4]

Bibliography

• Pierre Morizot, Regard sur les inscriptions de Thouda du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours, Volume 154, Issue 2, Feb 2016

External links

• Images of the Tabuda (Thouda) site in the Manar al-Athar digital photo archive resource

Notes and References

1. Amira Khouas. Mohamed Hamoudi. Fatma Khaldaoui. Hamza Mihoubi. Yacine Rabah Hadji . Subsurface geophysics applied to archaeological investigation of Thabudeos Roman fortress (Biskra, Algeria). Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2017. 10. 522. 10.1007/s12517-017-3260-1. 135096972.
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2t11.html Tabuda
3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
4. Web site: Tabuda (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy].