Latin Diocese of Tiflis
The Diocese of Tiflis was a short-lived Roman Catholic bishopric in Transcaucasia, with its seat in the present Tbilisi, which was suppressed but turned into a Latin titular see until its ultimate suppression.
History
It was established on 9 August 1329 as the Diocese of Tiflis, without a direct precursor. No residential incumbent was available.It was suppressed in 1356 without any direct successor, but immediately turned into a Latin Titular bishopric of the same name, Tiflis.
It was again suppressed in about 1800, even as a titular see, having had the following incumbents, of the appropriate episcopal rank with a single archiepiscopal exception, also the only secular priest:
- Heinrich Vuyst, Friars Minor as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn
- Johannes Ymminck, Augustinians, first as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, then as Auxiliary Bishop of Münster ; died 1493
- Albert Engel, O.F.M. as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn
- Johannes Schneider, O.F.M. as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn
- ''Titular Archbishop Stephanus Autandil, no actual prelature.''