Girus Tarasii

Girus Tarasii was a town in the Roman province of Numidia that became a residential episcopal see. It is tentatively identified with ruins situated at what is now called Henchir-Tarsa in Algeria.^[1]

Africa proconsularis SPQR.

Girus Tarasii was probably the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives as a titular see of the Catholic Church,^[1] by the name Tarasa in Numidia.

History

Bishopric

The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric.^[2][3]

Little is known of the bishopric. However, the bishop here, Cresconio, attended the synod in Carthage in 484 called by the Vandal king Huneric after which the bishop was exiled.^[4] The city may have been the home of Zosimus,^[5] who participated in the Council of Carthage (256) called by Cyprian to discuss the problem of Lapsi, though more likely he was of Tarasa of Byzacena.^[6]

• Zosimus? (fl 256)
• Cresconio (fl 484)
• Urbain Etienne Morlion (1939–1959)
• Antonino Pinel (1961–1987)
• Luis del Castillo Estrada (1988–1999)^[7]
• Artur Grzegorz Mizinski, from 3 May 2004

The bishopric ceased to effectively function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb but was re-founded in name in the early 20th century and remains as a titular bishopric.^[8] The current bishop is Artur Grzegorz Miziński of Poland.^[9]

See also

• List of Catholic titular sees