Boreum, Cyrenaica


Boreum was a city and diocese in Roman Libya. It is now a Roman Catholic titular see.
Its modern location is Tabibbi, in southern modern Libya.

History

Boreum was important enough in the Roman province of Libya Superior to become one of the suffragan sees in this province, which depended directly on the Patriarchate of Alexandria without a proper Metropolitan, but faded like most bishoprics in Roman Africa. Only one ancient bishop is known, the Arian bishop Senziano, mentioned in 325.

Titular see

In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin titular bishopric of Boreum / Borien / Boreo.
It is vacant, having had only these incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal rank: