Aïn Tebernoc is a former Catholic diocese and archaeological site in Tunisia.
History Aïn Tebernoc has numerous Roman era ruins and is tentatively identified as the site of the ancient city of Tubernuca,Reinhart Herzog, Peter Lebrechtschmidt, [Handbook of the Latin Literature of Antiquity, Issue 5 ] (CHBeck, 1989). a municipium of the Roman Province of Africa ProconsolareJoseph-Anatole Toulotte, Geography of Christian Africa: Proconsular. Author: (Rennes, 1892) p312. Numerous inscriptions in situ confirm the name and status of the Roman city.Joseph-Anatole Toulotte, Géographie de l'Afrique chrétienne(Rennes, 1892) p299.
Following the Reconquista of Spain, a group of Andalusian Moors settled in its ruins at the end of the 15th century.
Ancient Tubernuca was also the seat of an ancient Catholic Bishopric.Episcopal See of Tubernuca at GCatholic.org. It was a suffragan of Carthage, which survives today as a titular Bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. Only one bishop from antiquity is known to us, Repositus, a correspondent with Cyprian.Joseph-Anatole Toulotte, Géographie de l'Afrique chrétienne(Rennes, 1892) p299. The current bishop of the Bishopric is Antuan Ilgit, auxiliary bishop of Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia since 2023.
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