Crepedula was an ancient RomanBerber civitas in the province of Byzacena in Africa Proconsularis. It was located in modern Tunisia. The town was also the seat of a Catholic diocese.[1][2][3]

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

There are three known bishops of this diocese.

Today Crepedula survives as titular bishopric and the current bishop is Karl Borsch,[4] of Aachen.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 146.
  3. ^ J. Ferron, v. Crepedula in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, (Paris 1956), coll. 1021–1022
  4. ^ David M. Cheney. "Crepedula (Titular See)". catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  5. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Crepedula, at GCatholic.org.