During the Roman Empire Maiuca was a Roman town, of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, now lost to history, but that flourished in late antiquity but did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.Maiuca at www.gcatholic.org. The town was the seat of an ancient bishopric,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 466.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 211. but we have lost all records of that institution, though it survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819–1013 The current Bishop is Jan Stefan Gałecki.Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Additions/Corrections (front)
References