Titular Episcopal See of Balecium, Albania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Balecium (latine) / Balecio (Italiano) / Balcien(sis) (Latin)

Location: Balezo, Kischa-Balecit, pr. Dalmazia Superiore, m. Doclea, Albania

1300?: Established as Diocese of Balecio / Balezo
1500: Suppressed
1933: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Balecium (latine) / Balecio (Italiano) / Balcien(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (2024.04.20 – ...):

Bishop Reynaldo B. Bersabal (61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Bishops of Balecio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leonardo
(? – 1488.07.30)

Bishop of Balecio (? – 1488.07.30)

Bishop of Lesina (1488.07.30 – ?)

Bishop Leonardo da Napoli, O.P.
(1459.08.31 – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (1459.08.31 – ?)

Bishop Bernardo da Viviers, O.F.M.
(1428.11.03 – 1459?)

Died:

1459?

Bishop of Balecio (1428.11.03 – 1459?)

Bishop Michele Paoli
(1424.09.01 – 1428.10.11)

Died:

1445?

Bishop of Balecio (1424.09.01 – 1428.10.11)

Bishop of Drivasto (1428.10.11 – 1445?)

Bishop Domenico Godani
(1422.06.04 – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (1422.06.04 – ?)

Bishop Alfonso da Cáceres, O.F.M.
(1420.03.27 – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (1420.03.27 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni
(? – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (? – ?)

Bishop Andreas Citer, O.F.M.
(1351.06.01 – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (1351.06.01 – ?)

Bishop Gerwicus de Grünberg, O.F.M.
(1347.03.05 – 1350)

Died:

1350

Bishop of Balecio (1347.03.05 – 1350)

Bishop Guglielmo
(? – ?)

Bishop of Balecio (? – ?)

Titular Bishop: Bishop Herwig Gössl (57) (later Archbishop) (2014.01.24 – 2023.12.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Franz Lackner, O.F.M. (68) (later Archbishop) (2002.10.23 – 2013.11.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一) (78) (1985.12.21 – 2002.07.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Claude Feidt (later Archbishop) (1980.07.05 – 1985.02.16)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Amaury Castanho (1976.07.19 – 1979.11.30)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop) (1953.06.29 – 1974.12.12)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. (1938.12.13 – 1953.04.29)