Diocese of Domokos

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.[1]

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.[2][3] 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. Name Office from to
1 Enrique Lasso de la Vega 15 December 1728
2 Ramón Falcón Salcedo Abbot of San Ildefonso 25 November 1790 21 February 1794
3 Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont Auxiliary bishop of Toledo 18 December 1795 11 August 1800
4 József Király Auxiliary bishop of Esztergom 18 September 1807 11 January 1808
5 Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín, OP Apostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo 15 December 1828 30 September 1834
6 Johann Georg Müller Auxiliary bishop of Trier 22 July 1844 4 October 1847
7 John Thomas Mullock, OFM Coadjutor of St. John's 14 December 1847 14 July 1850
8 Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon Coadjutor of Belley 3 October 1850 25 July 1852
9 Manuel Ignacio Riaño, OP Apostolic Vicar and Coadjutor of Bùi Chu 20 August 1866 26 November 1884
10 Peter Bourgade Apostolic Vicar of Tucson 7 February 1885 10 May 1897
11 Jean-Marie Simon, OSFS Apostolic Vicar of Keimoes-Upington 3 May 1898 21 November 1932
12 Marie-Luc-Alphonse-Emile Barillon, MEP Bishop emeritus of Malakka 10 January 1933 27 July 1935
13 Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, MEP Apostolic Vicar and Coadjutor of Hung Hoá 7 July 1936 21 November 1943

Notes

  1. ^ Pétridès 1912.
  2. ^ Richard 1989, p. 60 n. 41.
  3. ^ Thomas 1987, p. 248.

Sources

  • Pétridès, S. (1912). "Thaumaci". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  • Richard, Jean (1989). "The Establishment of the Latin Church in the Empire of Constantinople (1204–1227)". In Arbel, Benjamin; Hamilton, Bernard; Jacoby, David (eds.). Latins and Greeks in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204. London: Frank Cass. pp. 45–62.
  • Thomas, John P. (1987). Private Religious Foundations in the Byzantine Empire. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 9780884021643.