The diocese ceased to exist with the coming of Islam in the 7th century, and Gratianopolis is not mentioned in a list of dioceses in the sixth and seventh centuries.[1]
Titular see
From 1652, the diocese was restored as a Catholic
titular bishopric of Gratianopolis.
The following people were given the title, Bishop of Gratianopolis:[2]
Edouard Charles Fabre (1873.04.01 – 1876.05.11) as
Coadjutor Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1873.04.01 – 1876.05.11), succeeding as suffragan Bishop of Montréal (1876.05.11 – 1886.06.08), promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of
Montréal (Canada) (1886.06.08 – 1896.12.30)
Marie-Laurent-François-Xavier Cordier (French) (1882.06.18 – death 1895.08.14) as Apostolic Vicar of
Cambodia (now Phnom Penh,
Cambodia) (1882.06.18 – 1895.08.14)
Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous, C.SS.R. (1891.10.01 – death 1907.09.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Praha (
Bohemia, Czechia) (1891.10.01 – 1907.09.19)
Dimitri Salachas (2012.05.14 – ...),
Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece (2008.04.23 – retired 2016.02.02) and Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law (2014.08.27 – 2015) and as emeritus.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gratianopolis". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 466
Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 175–176
Jan Kurczewski, Kościół zamkowy, czyli Katedra Wileńska w jej dziejowym, liturgicznym, architektonicznym i ekonomicznym rozwoju, Vilnius 1908, p. 325