The Diocese of Domokos (

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''dioecesis Domocensis'' or ''Dimicensis'') or Thaumaci (''Thaumacensis'') was an ancient

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centred on the town of

Domokos Domokos (), the ancient Thaumacus or Thaumace (Θαυμακός, Θαυμάκη), is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The town Domokos is the seat of the municipality of Domokos and of the former Domokos Province. The town is built ...

. It has been a

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of the

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since 732, when it ceased to be under the jurisdiction of the

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(the Pope). In 1882, when Domokos became part of the

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, the diocese became subject to the

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. It was suppressed in 1899.

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In 1204, when Domokos fell to the

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, the authority of the Pope was reestablished and a series of

bishops held the diocese. The impoverished diocese was incapable of supporting more than three clergy in 1210, and in July 1208 it had been administratively united to the diocese of Kalydon by

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. Its incumbent at that time was a Burgundian, Gales of Dampierre, the second Latin bishop. After Domokos was reconquered by the

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, it became a

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for the Latins. Three medieval titulars are known: Marcus Morellus, from about 1334; John, who died in 1366; and his successor, another John, a

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List of titular Catholic bishops

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