Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid was a Latin Catholic archdiocese, suppressed in the 1700s, and is now a titular see, at modern Ohrid in North Macedonia.
History
Ancient Achrida, in the Roman province of Epirus Novus, was the capital of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Ohrid, which became Orthodox.Among its suffragans was the Diocese of Bela and the Diocese of Tzernicus.
In 1300 or 1320, a new Latin Catholic archdiocese was founded. It was suppressed in 1700, but would have two Catholic successor titular archbishoprics.
Episcopal ordinaries
;Residential Metropolitan Archbishops of Ohrid- Nicola, OP
- Matteo, OFMConv
- Rafael Levaković, OFM
- Andrea Bogdani, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Skopje, remaining Apostolic Administrator of Acrida
- , OFMObs, previously Archbishop-Bishop of Prizren
- ''Apostolic Administrator Andrea Bogdani ''
Titular Metropolitan Archbishoprics
Latin Titular see
At its suppression in 1700, the former Latin residential archdiocese became a Latin Catholic titular archbishopric of the highest rank.It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting archiepiscopal rank :
- , OSBM, Eastern Catholic ; previously Titular Bishop of Dionysias, no actual prelature
- , OFMRef as emeritate; previously Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Smyrna succeeding as last Apostolic Vicar of Smyrna, promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Smyrna
- Leopoldo Angelo Santanché, OFM, first as Archbishop of Santo Domingo, then as Apostolic Vicar of Constantinopole ; later Archbishop-Bishop of Fabriano
- Placido Petacci as 'promoted' emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of as Auxiliary Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina, Bishop of Tivoli
- Andrea Aiuti, first as Prior General of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and Apostolic Delegate to British East India, then as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith ; later Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria and as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati
- , OFM as emeritate, previously Archbishop of Durrës
- Michael Kelly as Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney ; next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney
- Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, OCD) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly ; next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ
- , first as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Mohilev, then as Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev ; next Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius
- Cleto Cassani as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of Thacia Montana as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Sassari, succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari
- Alexandre Vachon as Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa ; next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa
- as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai ; next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Octava
- José Humberto Quintero Parra as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida ; next Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas, President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
- Miguel Paternain, CSsR on emeritate; previously Bishop of Melo, last Bishop of Florida–Melo restyled first Bishop of Florida, Titular Bishop of Mades
- as Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology ; previously Undersecretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
- Varkey Vithayathil, CSsR as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church ; next Titular Archbishop of Antinoë, succeeded as Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India.
Armenian Titular see
In 1911, an Armenian Catholic Metropolitan titular archbishopric was also established.It was suppressed in 1928, having had only one incumbent :
- Giuseppe Rokossian, later Archeparch of Istanbul of the Armenians .