Metropolis of Thessaloniki

In its early centuries, the see of Thessaloniki became the metropolitan diocese of the Roman province of Macedonia. After the creation of major ecclesiastical jurisdictions, the see of Thessalonica was subordinated to the patriarch of Rome, rising to become the archbishopric of the Eastern Illyricum. Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima, covering modern day Serbia, Montenegro and western Bulgaria, was detached in 535. Roman control—and the use of Latin as a liturgical language—continued until , when the see was transferred to the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople. Under Constantinople, it was reduced in status to a "simple" metropolitan see, with 5 to 12 suffragan sees, although the metropolitans continued to use the title of "archbishop" as well. ==List of bishops==