The Diocese of Mozotcori (Latin: Dioecesis Mozotcoritanaentry in catholic-hierarchy.org.) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
History The seat of the Mozotcori bishop remains unknown but it was centered somewhere in what is today Tunisia.Entry in gcatholic.org. The ancient episcopal see was within of the Roman province of Byzacena,Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 233. and is known from late antiquity. The only known bishop of this diocese is Fortunato, who took part in the Council of Carthage (484) called by the Vandal king, Huneric, after which the bishop was exiled.
Today Mozotcori survives as a titular bishopricEntry in gcatholic.org. and the current bishop is Stephanus Han Jung-hyun, Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon.entry in catholic-hierarchy.org.
Known bishops Fortunato (mentioned in 484 ) Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai (1967–1972 ) José Alberto Llaguno Farias (1975 – February 26, 1992) José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (February 15, 1997 – 2001) Gilberto Gómez González (2001–2009) Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa (2010-2020)Entry in gcatholic.org.entry in catholic-hierarchy.org. Stephanus Han Jung-hyun (2020–present)entry in catholic-hierarchy.org. References