The exact location of the town is now lost to history though we do know it was a
civitas of the
Roman Province of
Byzacena.
Ancient Bishopric Quaestoriana was important enough in the Late
Roman province of
Byzacena to become one of the many
suffragans of its capital
Hadrumetum (
Sousse)'s Metropolitan Archbishopric but, like most, was to fade. The diocese of Questoriana was in the
Roman province of
Byzacena. There are two documented bishops of this diocese: • Vittoriano, who took part in the synod gathered in
conference of 484 in
Carthage that was called by the Vandal king
Huneric, following which he was exiled; • Stefano (called from the Beatus sources Stephanus, spes in Deo), who intervened at the Antimonotelite Council of Carthage in 641.
Titular see The diocese was nominally restored as
titular bishopric in 1933. It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank,
except the archiepiscopal first: • Titular Archbishop
Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1967.04.13 – 1968.01.15) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of
Rabat (
Morocco) (1967.04.13 – 1968.01.15), succeeded as Archbishop of Rabat (1968.01.15 – 1982.07.17), later
Archbishop-Bishop of
Perpignan–Elne (France) (1982.07.17 – 1996.01.16) •
Joseph A. Carroll (1968.10.04 – death 1992.02.29), as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Dublin (Ireland) (1968.10.04 – 1989.06.15) and as emeritatus •
Michael Neary (1992.05.20 – 1995.01.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Tuam (
Ireland) (1995.01.17 – ...) •
Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga (1996 – ...), O.F.M., Apostolic Vicar emeritus of
Galápagos (
Ecuador) == References ==