Former Diocese of Tiraspol (original) (raw)

1848.07.03: Established as Diocese of Cherson (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev and became suffragan of Mohilev)
1852: Renamed as Diocese of Tiraspol / Tiraspolitan(us) (Latin)
1921: Lost territory to Diocese of Iaşi
1991.01.16: Lost territory to Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky
1991.04.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of European Russia and became suffragan of Minsk–Mohilev
1993.10.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Moldova
1993.12.30: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Caucasus
2002.02.11: Suppressed (to Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov)

Bishops of Tiraspol (Roman Rite)
Bishop Josef Alois Kessler (later Archbishop) (1904.04.01 – 1930.01.23)Born:1862.08.12Consecrated Bishop:1904.11.10Died:1933.12.09 († 71)Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1904.04.01 – 1930.01.23)Titular Archbishop of Bosporus (1930.01.23 – 1933.12.09)
Bishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp (later Archbishop) (1902.06.09 – 1903.11.09)Born:1851.12.02Ordained Priest:1886.07.20Consecrated Bishop:1902.11.03Died:1939.07.25 († 87)Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1902.06.09 – 1903.11.09)Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1903.11.09 – 1917.07.25)Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1917.07.25 – 1918.10.23)Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1917.07.25 – 1939.07.25)
Bishop Anton Johann Zerr (1889.12.30 – 1902.06.06)Born:1849.03.10Ordained Priest:1872.03.11Consecrated Bishop:1883.06.03Died:1932.12.15 († 83)Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis (1883.03.15 – 1889.12.30)Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1883.03.15 – 1889.12.30)Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1889.12.30 – 1902.06.06)Titular Bishop of Salona (1925.11.23 – 1932.12.15)
Bishop Franz Xaver von Zottman (1872.02.23 – 1889.12)Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1872.02.23 – 1889.12)
Bishop Ferdinand Helanus Kahn, O.P. (1850.05.20 – 1864.10)Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1850.05.20 – 1864.10)