[1][better source needed] The bishopric was founded circa 900, without precursor jurisdiction.
Many incumbents were Italian and/or member of a missionary regular order.
[2] After the overthrow of Dioclea, the bishops of Pulati were Suffragans of the Greek Archdiocese of Salonica (Thessalonica).
Under the Turkish rule, with the decay of its population, after the death of Vincenzo Giovanelli appointed in 1656, the bishops no longer resided at Pulati.
The Franciscan Peter Karagić was nominated Bishop of Pulati in 1697 and Apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Scopia in Albania.