Ksour-El-Khaoua is a locality in southern Tunisia, North Africa. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org. During the Roman Empire the town was a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org. and the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ),
The ancient Christian bishopric survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 307.J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 226. The only Bishop known from this diocese is Stefano, who participated in the Council of Carthage (641). The current titular bishop of the town is John Stephen Knight. Titular Episcopal See of Taraqua, at gcatholic.org.
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