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.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 903
Girus Tarasii was probably the seat of an ancient bishopric which survives as a titular see of the Catholic Church, by the name Tarasa in Numidia.
History
Bishopric The city was the seat of an ancient bishopric.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig 1931), p. 468.
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.Morcelli The city may have been the home of Zosimus,H. Jaubert, "Évêchés Anciens et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne", in Reports of Notices et Memoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, p. 79. 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.J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris 1912), p. 432. Zosimus? (fl 256) Cresconio (fl 484) Urbain Etienne Morlion (1939–1959) Antonino Pinci (1961–1987) Luis del Castillo Estrada (1988–1999)Old Faithful magazine November 26, 2015. 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.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468. The current bishop is Artur Grzegorz Miziński of Poland.Titular Episcopal See of Tarasa in Numidia, at GCatholic.org.
See also List of Catholic titular sees
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