Cubda was an ancient city in Tunisia. It is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.
The town was an ancient bishopric,J. Ferron, v. Cubdensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, (Paris, 1956), col. 1083.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 146. centered in an unknown city, Titular Episcopal See of Cubda. probably of the same name. It was situated in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, now northern Tunisia.Cubuda at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.Titular Episcopal See of Cubda.
History The church records tell of only 2 known bishops of this diocese. Thomas, a Catholic bishop at the Council of Carthage (411), (no Donatists bishops represented the town). Gentile at the antimonotelita Council of Carthage (646).
Cubda survives today as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p.465. and the current bishop is Efraín Mendoza Cruz, of Mexico, who replaced José María Izuzquiza Herranz in 2011.
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