Chunavia is the name of coastal region in central Albania and former bishopric in the country, now a Latin Catholic titular see. Chunavia was one of the oldest medieval bishoprics in Albania. It is the coastal region between Durrës and the mouth of the Mat (near Fushë Kuqe). [1]
The city in the former Roman province of Epirus Nova was important enough to become a suffragan of its capital Durrës's Metropolitan see circa 1300 AD, known in Latin as Cunavia, only to be suppressed again circa 1470.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
Chunavia is the name of coastal region in central Albania and former bishopric in the country, now a Latin Catholic titular see. Chunavia was one of the oldest medieval bishoprics in Albania. It is the coastal region between Durrës and the mouth of the Mat (near Fushë Kuqe). [1]
The city in the former Roman province of Epirus Nova was important enough to become a suffragan of its capital Durrës's Metropolitan see circa 1300 AD, known in Latin as Cunavia, only to be suppressed again circa 1470.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :