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Archdiocese of

Tunis

Tunisia Tunisia

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese

Immediately subject to the Holy See

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History

  • 1843: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tunis / Tunetan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Algiers and Diocese of Islas Canarias)
  • 1884.11.10: Suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Cartagine)
  • 1964.07.09: Restored as Territorial Prelature of Tunis / Tunetan(us) (Latin) (from the suppressed Archdiocese of Cartagine)
  • 1995.05.31: Promoted as Diocese of Tunis / Tunetan(us) (Latin)
  • 2010.05.22: Promoted as Archdiocese of Tunis / Tunetan(us) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2013.02.21 – ...):Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi (65)Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi (65)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Tunis (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi (65)Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi (65)
(2013.02.21 – ...)

Born:1948.04.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1972.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2013.03.16

Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia) (2013.02.21 – ...)

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (64)Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (64)
(2010.05.22 – 2012.01.19)

Ut cognoscant te

Born:1948.07.20 (Jordan)
Ordained Priest:1972.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2005.10.02

Bishop of Tunis (Tunisia) (2005.09.08 – 2010.05.22)

Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia) (2010.05.22 – 2012.01.19)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (2012.01 – 2012.11)

Titular Archbishop of Medaba (2012.01.19 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2012.01.19 – ...)

Bishops of Tunis (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (64)Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (64) (later Archbishop)
(2005.09.08 – 2010.05.22)

(see above)

Patriarch Fouad Twal (72)Archbishop Fouad Twal (72) (later Patriarch)
(1995.05.31 – 2005.09.08)

Paratum cor meum

Born:1940.10.23 (Jordan)
Ordained Priest:1966.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1992.07.22

Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia) (1992.05.30 – 1995.05.31)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tunis (Tunisia) (1995.05.31 – 2005.09.08)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (2004 – 2005)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2005.09.08 – 2008.06.21)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2008.06.21 – ...)

President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arabic Regions (2008.06.21 – ...)

President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (2008.06.21 – ...)

Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2008.06.21 – ...)

Prelates of Tunis (Roman Rite)

Patriarch Fouad Twal (72)Bishop Fouad Twal (72) (later Patriarch)
(1992.05.30 – 1995.05.31)

(see above)

Archbishop Michel Callens, M. Afr.
(1965.01.09 – 1990.08.19)

Born:1918.02.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1943.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1965.04.11
Died:1990.08.19 († 72)

Titular Archbishop of Moxori (1965.01.09 – 1990.08.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia) (1965.01.09 – 1990.08.19)

Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin
(1964.07.09 – 1965.01)

Born:1904.06.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:1936.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1947.10.28
Died:1994.10.04 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Utica (1947.06.07 – 1953.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagine (1947.06.07 – 1953.10.29)

Archbishop of Cartagine (1953.10.29 – 1964.07.09)

Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia) (1964.07.09 – 1965.01)

Titular Archbishop of Nova (1964.07.09 – 1970.01.16)

Apostolic Delegate to Iraq (1965.07.31 – 1966.10.14)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1965.08.02 – 1970.01.16)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq (1966.10.14 – 1970.01.06)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia (1970.01.16 – 1972)

Titular Archbishop of Gurza (1970.01.16 – 1994.10.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Tunis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar
(1884.08.08 – 1884.08.31)

Born:1846.11.19 (Greece)
Consecrated Bishop:1884.08.31
Died:1891.08.10 († 44)

Vicar Apostolic of Tunis (Tunisia) (1884.08.08 – 1884.08.31)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1884.08.08 – 1891.08.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Malta (Malta) (1885.04.23 – 1889.01.11)

Apostolic Delegate to Haiti (1890.11.28 – 1891.08.10)

Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela (1890.11.28 – 1891.08.10)

Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie
(Apostolic Administrator 1881.06.28 – 1884.11.10)

Bishop Fidèle Sutter, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1844.07.05 – 1881.06.28)

Born:1796.03.16 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1844.09.29
Died:1883.08.30 († 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Tunis (Tunisia) (1844.07.05 – 1881.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1844.07.05 – 1881.08.02)

Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (1881.08.02 – 1883.08.30)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.05.03

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