Tamalluma
Appearance
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Tamallumais a former Roman city which remains a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
History
[edit]The city was at Telmin, an oasis in present Tunisia, one of many in theRoman provinceofByzacena,which weresuffraganof the Metropolitan ArchbishopricHadrumetum(Sousse), but faded.[1][2][3]
Titular see
[edit]The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as atitular bishopric,of the (lowest) episcopal) rank, with a single incumbent of Archiepiscopal rank.[4]
Known Bishops
[edit]- Habetdeus (Catholic bishop mentioned in 484)
- Antonio † (mentioned in 484) (Arian bishop)
- Titular ArchbishopGeorge Joseph Biskup (1967.07.20 – 1970.01.03) asCoadjutor ArchbishopofIndianapolis(USA) (1967.07.20 – 1970.01.03), later succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (1970.01.03 – death 1979.03.20); previouslyTitular BishopofHemeria(1957.03.09 – 1965.01.30) asAuxiliary BishopofDubuque(USA) (1957.03.09 – 1965.01.30), then Bishop ofDes Moines(USA) (1965.01.30 – 1967.07.20)
- Francis Joseph Walmsley (1979.01.08 – 1998.03.07), last Military Vicar (1979.01.08 – 1986.07.21) and firstMilitary Ordinary(1986.07.21 – 2002.05.24) of theBishopric of the Forces in Great Britain
- António José Cavaco Carrilho Carrilho (1999.02.22 – 2007.03.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of(O)Porto(Portugal) (1999.02.22 – 2007.03.08); later Bishop ofFunchal(Portugal) (2007.03.08 –...)
- Anton Bal (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12) as Auxiliary Bishop ofKundiawa(Papua New Guinea) (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12), later succeeded as Bishop of Kundiawa (2009.01.12 – 2019.07.26) and as Archbishop of Madang (2019.07.26 –...)
- Samuel Irenios Kattukallil (2010.01.25 –...), Auxiliary Bishop ofTrivandrum of the Syro-Malankars(India,Eastern CatholicofAntiochian Rite)
External links and sources
[edit]Specific
- ^Pius Bonifacius Gams,Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig,1931), p. 468.
- ^Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia,1816), p. 303.
- ^J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris,1912), p. 157.
- ^David Cheney, Tamalluma, Catholic-Hierarchy.org.