of new bishoprics from existing ones, by the middle of the 12th century the number of suffragans—apart from Ohrid itself—had decreased to 23 (modern names in parentheses): Kastoria, Skopia (Skopje), Belebousdion (Velbazhd), Sardike or Triaditza (Sofia), Malesobe or Morobisdion (unlocated), Edessa or Moglena, Herakleia (Bitola) or Pelagonia, Prisdiana, Tiberioupolis or Stroummitza (Strumica), Nisos, Kephalonia or Glabinitze, Morabos or Branichevo, Sigida or Belegrada (Belgrade), Bidine (Vidin), Sirmion (Sremska Mitrovica), Lipenion, Rhasos (Ras), Selasphoros or Diabolis (Devol), Slanitza or Pella, Illyrikon or Kanina, Grebenon (Grevena), Drastar (Silistra), Deure (Debar), and the Vreanoti (Vranje), called also "bishopric of the Vlachs". See also Archbishop of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Church Bulgarian Orthodox Church Serbian Orthodox Church Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima References and notes Sources External links The history of Achrida (Ohrid) according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). History of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. 1019 establishments in Europe Dioceses established in the 11th century Bulgarian Orthodox Church Defunct religious sees of the Serbian Orthodox Church Medieval Ohrid First Bulgarian Empire Ohrid Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Europe 11th-century Eastern Orthodoxy Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 1767 disestablishments in Europe Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia