Aptuca (Africa) or Henchir Oudeka, also known as Aptucca/Aptuca, Henchir-Oudeka/Henchir-Semmech..B. Hitchner, R. Warner, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Aptuc(c)a: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/314880> [accessed: 21 October 2016] or Udeka is a village and archaeological site in Tunisia, North Africa located at 36.409344, 8.940301.Caius Plinius Secundus, Geography: Africa and Asia: Natural History / Historia Naturalis in 37 volumes (Walter de Gruyter, Jan 1, 1993) p142.
History During Roman and Byzantine times the town was an oppidum civilium on the Oued Tessa river.Cajus Plinius Secundus d. Ä., Geographie: Afrika und Asien: Naturkunde / Naturalis Historia in 37 Bänden (Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan. 1993) p 142. south east of Bulla Regis.Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire. Origines Ecclesiasticae calls it 'A city in Africa Proconsilaris'.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian, Volume 3 p234.
Bishopric The town was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843) p234. which remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Known bishops include: Victor 411 (Conference of Carthage)Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) by Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière p1164. Ianuarius fl 411, Donatist bishop at the Council of Carthage (411).Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p587. Ianuarius 425 Henri Irénée Marrou, André Mandouze, Anne-Marie La Bonnardière, Prosopographie de l'Afrique chrétienne (303–533) p586. Alfonso Niehues (Brazil) 3 August 1965 – May 18, 1967 Aptucensis at Catholicheirachy.org. Alois Stöger (Austria) July 3, 1967 – 12 December 1999 Titular Episcopal See of Aptuca at GCatholic.org. Richard Joseph Malone (United States) 27 January 2000 – 10 February 2004 Andrews Thazhath (India) 18 March 2004 – 22 January 2007 Reinhard Pappenberger (Germany) 6 February 2007
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