Sassura Explained

The Diocese of Sassura (la|Dioecesis Sassuritana|link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.The Roman Town of Sassura, identifiable with Henchir-Ez-Zaouadi in today's Tunisia, is the ancient episcopal seat of the diocese which was in the Roman province of Byzacena.^{[1] [2] [3]}

They are just two of Sassura's documented bishops.

• Servius intervened in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal, after which Servius was exiled.
• Bonifacio took part in the anti-monotheistic council of 641.

Today Sassura survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Rupert Graf zu Stolberg, auxiliary bishop of Munich and Freising.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2s29.html Sassura
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1515.htm Sassura
3. J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 169.