The city was also the seat of a bishopric, in the ecclesiastical provinceofCarthage.
The only known Bishop of antiquity was Felix fl436-484, who was bishop of the town for 44 years and sent into exile under the Vandals.[11]
Although the bishopric ceased to effectively function at the end of the 7th century with the arrival of the Islamic armies, Titular Bishops have been be appointed to the diocese since the beginning of the 20th century.
The bishop presently assigned to the Titular See is Ruben Caballero Labajo, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cebu, appointed in 23 June 2022.[12]
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^Africa, The Epigraphic Year 1979 (1982), p. 205-215.
^Poinssot, Louis Inscriptions de Suo et de MaxulaComptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, / Année 1936 / Volume 80 / Numéro 4 / pp. 280-287.
^ abA. Beschaouch, La découverte d'Abbir Maius, municipe de Caracalla en Afrique Proconsulaire, BSAF 1974, 1979, p118-123
^A. Bel Faïda, "Les aqueducs de l'Afrique Romaine. Le dossier épigraphique", in: V. Bridoux (Hrsg.), Contrôle et distribution de l'eau dans le Maghreb antique et médiéval (Rom 2009) p136.