The Roman Catholic Diocese of Suacia (, , ) was a

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with see in the town of Svač (Latinized as Suacia), which is today the village lying to the east of

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that is called in Serbian Шас, in Croat Šas and in Albanian Shas.

History

The area was part of the late

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of Dalmatia Superior, and the

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, which includes the diocese in its list of Latin

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s, accordingly treats it as a

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of the

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. The diocese of Svač (Suacia in Italian, Šas in Croatian, Suacium in Latin) was established circa 1000. The see of the Diocese of Svač was suppressed in 1530, when its canonical territory was incorporated into that of the Albanian then

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, now the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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; probably incomplete, notably much of the first centuries) ;''Suffragan (?) Bishops of Svač'' * Basilio (1141? – 1150?) * Pietro (1166.06 – ?) * Dominio (1190? – 1199.09) * G. (1200–?) * ? Mark (ca. 1262) * ? Peter (ca. 1284) * Gregorio (1303?–1307) * Benedetto (1307.12.24 – 1317.07.08), later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(

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) (1317.07.08 – death 1317) * Zaccaria,

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O.P.) (1318.07.13 – ?) * Sergio (? – death 1345?) * Paolo,

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(O. Carm.) (1345–?) * Pietro (1363?–?) * Minore (? – 1403.09.13), later Archbishop of

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(Durazzo,

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) (1403.09.13 – ?) * Petrus Kirten (1404.02.27 – ?) * Antonio da Firenze,

(O.P.) (1418.08.12 – ?) * Pietro (1420 – 1435.05.14), later Bishop of

(Dulcigno,

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) (1435.05.14 – death 1441?) * Sergio (1439.05.18 – ?death ?1440) * Paolo Dusso (1440.11.16 – 1445.12.22), later Bishop of Drivasto (Albania) (1445.12.22 – 1455) * Antonio da Fabriano,

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O.F.M.) (1446.07.18 – 1465.04.20), later Bishop of

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(northeastern

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) (1465.04.20 – death 1469) * Francesco (? – death 1507?) * Stefano (1507.02.07 – ?) * Nicola (1517.04.08 – ?) * Giovanni Rosa (1520.01.27 – 1524.10.12), later Bishop of

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(Croatia) (1524.10.12 – 1531.04.23), then Bishop of

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(Croatia) (1531.04.23 – 1549) while remaining

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of above Skradin (1531.04.23 – 1549) * Tommaso (1530.07.13 – ?)

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as

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of Suacia. It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank: * Denis J. Moynihan (17 July 1969 – 10 December 1970), on emeritate, formerly Bishop of

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(

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) (1941.07.05 – 1952.02.10) and Bishop of Kerry (Ireland) (1952.02.10 – 1969.07.17); died 1975 *

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(2 January 1971 – death 24 December 1997), as

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of Saint Louis (USA) (1971.01.02 – 1991.09.10) and on emeritate * Richard Edmund Pates (22 December 2000 – 10 April 2008), as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2000.12.22 – 2008.04.10); later Bishop of

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(USA) (2008.04.10 – ...) * Bernardito Cleopas Auza (8 May 2008 – ...), as papal diplomat:

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(ambassador) to

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(2008.05.08 – 2014.07.01), Permanent Observer to the United Nations (UN) (2014.07.01 – ...) and Permanent Observer to the

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(OAS) (2014.07.16 – ...)

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