Turrisblanda

Turrisblanda, was a Roman and Byzantine era colonia (town) in the Roman Empire province of Byzacena in what is today modern Tunisia. Its exact location remains unknown. It was also a capital of an historic diocese of the Roman Empire. The bishopric remains today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

Known bishops

There are three bishops attributed to this diocese.

• The Donatist Maximinus who attended the Carthage conference of 411, which brought together the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman Africa; on that occasion the town did not have the Catholic bishop.
• Paul who took part in the synod gathered in Carthage by the Huneric the Vandal king in 484, after which Paul was exiled.
• Datianus participated in the antimonothelite council of 641.

The Titular see was established 1933.

• Jan Pietraszko, Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow November 23, 1962 – March 2, 1988
• Jan Szkodoń, Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow May 14, 1988 – August 28, 2025

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