Roman Catholic Diocese of Suacia
The Diocese of Svač (Latin: Dioecesis Suacinensis, Serbian: Svačka biskupija) was a bishopric centred on the town of Svač (Latinized as Suacia), which is today the village lying to the east of Ulcinj in Montenegro that is called in Serbian Шас, in Croat Šas, and in Albanian Shas.
The area was part of the late Roman province of Dalmatia Superior, and the Catholic Church, which includes the diocese in its list of titular sees, accordingly treats it as a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Doclea.[1]
The territory of the Diocese of Svač was incorporated into that of Shkodrë in 1530.[2]
Bishops
- Mark (ca. 1262)
- Peter (ca. 1284)
- Franjo Crutta, apostolic administrator (1641 - ????)
Titular bishops
- Denis J. Moynihan (17 July 1969 - 10 December 1970)
- Charles Roman Koester (2 January 1971 - 24 December 1997)
- Richard Edmund Pates (22 December 2000 - 10 April 2008)
- Bernardito Cleopas Auza (8 May 2008 - Present)
References
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 976
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Suacia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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