Diocese of Surozh for Surozh, the old name of the city as an episcopal see in the Russian Orthodox Church, which has been nominally transferred to the Russian Orthodox Diocese in Great Britain and Ireland. Latin bishopric of Soldaia Under Genoese rule, a Latin Catholic diocese of Soldaia was established in 1390, which has had the following residential bishops : Bonifacius (19 August 1393 – ? death) John Greenlaw, O.F.M. (18 September 1400 – ?) Ludovico, O.P. (? – 15 December 1427) Agostino di Caffa, O.P. (23 July 1432 – ? death) Giovanni di Pera, O.P. (9 July 1456 – ? death) Leonard Wisbach, O.P. (6 October 1480 – ? death) It was suppressed circa 1500 after the Ottoman conquest of the Crimea in 1475. Latin titular metropolitan see of Sugdaea In 1933 the see was nominally restored as titular bishopric of Sugdæa (Sugdaea), which was promoted in 1948 to metropolitan titular archbishopric. It is vacant for decades, having had a single incumbent : Titular Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. (1950.12.04 – 1970.12.07), emeritus as former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) (1937.08.12 – 1950.12.04). Latin titular episcopal see of Soldaia In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric. It has been vacant for decades, having had a single incumbent: Titular Bishop José Romão Martenetz, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.) (1958.05.10 – 1971.11.29), as Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1958.05.10 – 1962.05.30); succeeded as Apostolic Exarch of Brazil of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29), later Eparch (Bishop) of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10). See also Gazaria (Genoese colonies) - the name for Genoese communities in Crimea List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine Roman Crimea Krasnokam‘yanka - Qızıltaş - Krasnokamyenka References Sources Sugdea, Surozh, Soldaia in History and Culture of the Ruthenian Ukraine - Scientific conference materials, Kiev-Sudaq, 2002 (prints only) Sugdea Collection, Kiev-Sudaq (Академпериодика, 2004) Miscellaneous publications by A. Yu. Vinogradov Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 428 Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1229-1232 Daniele Farlati-Jacopo Coleti, Illyricum Sacrum, vol. VIII, Venice 1819, p. 126 Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 457; vol. 2, p. 240 (Библиотека Якова Кротова) External links GCatholic Soldaia GCatholic Sugdaea History and monuments of Sudak Monastery of St. Stephen of Surozh The murder of