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Crepedula

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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

Crepedula was an ancient RomanBerber civitas in the province of Byzacena in Africa Proconsularis. It was located in modern Tunisia. The town was also the seat of a Catholic diocese.[1][2][3]

There are three known bishops of this diocese.

Today Crepedula survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Karl Borsch,[4] of Aachen.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 146.
  3. ^ J. Ferron, v. Crepedula in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, (Paris 1956), coll. 1021–1022
  4. ^ David M. Cheney. "Crepedula (Titular See)". catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  5. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Crepedula, at GCatholic.org.