Also known as
Tucca Terebentina, the
diocese is an ancient episcopal see of the
Roman province of
Byzacena. In antiquity the bishopric was centered on
Dougga. The diocese was founded during the
Roman Empire and survived through the
Arian Vandal and
Orthodox Byzantine empires, only ceasing to function with the
Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The bishopric was re-founded in name at least in the 20th century and it remains today a
Roman Catholic Church titular see. Very little is known of the history of the Bishopric. The
donatist bishop Pascasio, who was present at the
Carthage conference of 411 may have belonged to this town but it is uncertain. Today Thucca Terebentina survives as a
titular bishop's seat having been re-founded in the 1930s and the current titular bishop is
Gerardo Antonio Zerdín Bukovec,
apostolic vicar of
San Ramón. Modern bishops have included: •
André Lefebvre (Bishop),(1967 - 1976 ) who was dismissed. •
Pío Bello Ricardo, (1977 - 1981) who was appointed
bishop of Los Teques. •
Luis Sáinz Hinojosa,(1982 - 1987 ) who was appointed
archbishop of La Paz. •
Gerardo Antonio Zerdín Bukovec, who has held the office since 19 January 2002. ==References==