Roman Catholic Diocese of Milopotamus


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Milopotamus is a former Latin Catholic bishopric on Crete in southern Greece and present Latin titular bishopric, now under the later assumed name Eleutherna.

Ecclesiastical history

Modern Lefterna, in Mylopotamos, Crete, was the seat since 1212 of a Latin Roman Catholic Diocese of Milopotamus, which was suppressed in 1669.

Resident bishops

Titular see of Eleutherna (originally Milopotamus)

When the diocese of Milopotamus was suppressed in 1669, it was immediately turned into a Latin Titular bishopric of the lowest rank, which had its name changed gradually in the 20th century into titular see of Eleutherna.
It is vacant, having had the following incumbents:Saint Bishop Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián, Dominican Order