Diocese of Moldovița

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The Diocese of Moldovița was a relatively short-lived (1418-1550) Latin bishopric in the Bukovina region of present Romania.

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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).

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