Girus Tarasii
Town in Numidia, Ancient Rome
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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]
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 Pinci (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]
