Diocese of Domokos explained

The Diocese of Domokos (Latin dioecesis Domocensis or Dimicensis) or Thaumaci (Thaumacensis) was an ancient bishopric centred on the town of Domokos. It has been a suffragan of the See of Larissa since 732, when it ceased to be under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of the West (the Pope). In 1882, when Domokos became part of the Kingdom of Greece, the diocese became subject to the autocephalous Church of Greece. It was suppressed in 1899.

Latin diocese

In 1204, when Domokos fell to the Fourth Crusade, the authority of the Pope was reestablished and a series of Latin bishops held the diocese. The impoverished diocese was incapable of supporting more than three clergy in 1210, and in July 1208 it had been administratively united to the diocese of Kalydon by Pope Innocent III. Its incumbent at that time was a Burgundian, Gales of Dampierre, the second Latin bishop. After Domokos was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, it became a titular see for the Latins. Three medieval titulars are known: Marcus Morellus, from about 1334; John, who died in 1366; and his successor, another John, a Franciscan friar. The Latin diocese of Domokos has been vacant since 21 November 1943.

List of titular Catholic bishops

Titular bishops of Domokos (Thaumaci)
No.NameOfficefromto
1Enrique Lasso de la Vega15 December 1728
2Ramón Falcón SalcedoAbbot of San Ildefonso25 November 1790 21 February 1794
3Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont18 December 1795 11 August 1800
4József Király Auxiliary bishop of Esztergom18 September 180711 January 1808
5Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín, OPApostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo15 December 1828 30 September 1834
6Johann Georg MüllerAuxiliary bishop of Trier22 July 1844 4 October 1847
7John Thomas Mullock, OFMCoadjutor of St. John's14 December 1847 14 July 1850
8Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie ChalandonCoadjutor of Belley3 October 1850 25 July 1852
9Manuel Ignacio Riaño, OPApostolic Vicar and Coadjutor of Bùi Chu20 August 1866 26 November 1884
10Peter BourgadeApostolic Vicar of Tucson7 February 1885 10 May 1897
11Jean-Marie Simon, OSFSApostolic Vicar of Keimoes-Upington3 May 1898 21 November 1932
12Marie-Luc-Alphonse-Emile Barillon, MEP10 January 1933 27 July 1935
13Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, MEPApostolic Vicar and Coadjutor of Hung Hoá7 July 1936 21 November 1943

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