Diocese of Moldovița
The Diocese of Moldovița was a relatively short-lived (1418-1550) Latin bishopric in the Bukovina region of present Romania.
History
In 1418 a Latin Diocese of Moldovita / Moldawitza / Suczawa [i.e. Suceava in Polish] / Moldavien(sis) (Latin adjective) was established in the Principality of Moldavia.
In 1550 it was suppressed, without direct successor.
Recorded incumbents were : (all Roman Rite)
- probably incomplete
- Suffragan? Bishops of Moldovita
- Pierre de Insula (1476.03.29 – death 1484)
- Simon Dobriozanus (1484.11.14 – death 1497).
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Romania
- Orthodox Moldovița Monastery at Vatra Moldoviței
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