Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in 13ᵗʰ century

DateAscendingCountryChange
1202Ireland IrelandDiocese of Clonard was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Meath)
1202Ireland IrelandDiocese of Meath was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Clonard and became suffragan of Armagh)
1202Latvia LatviaDiocese of Üxküll was renamed as Diocese of Riga
1203Spain SpainDiocese of Lérida lost territory to Diocese of Huesca–Jaca
1203.05.07Italy ItalyArchdiocese of Matera was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acerenza)
1204Greece GreeceDiocese of Chios was established
1204Greece GreeceDiocese of Oleno was established
1204Greece GreeceDiocese of Santorini was established
1205Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Athens was established (with suffragan sees Aulon, Carystus, Ceo, Coronea, Daulis, Megara, Negroponte, Scyrus and Thermopylæ)
1205Turkiye TurkiyePatriarchal See of Constantinople was restored
1206Italy ItalyTerritorial Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela was established (from Diocese of Patti and without ecclesiastical province)
1207Greece GreeceDiocese of Kefalonia was established (became suffragan of Corinthus)
1207Greece GreeceDiocese of Syros was established
1207Italy ItalyDiocese of Cuma was suppressed (to Diocese of Aversa and Diocese of Pozzuoli)
1208Greece GreeceDiocese of Andros was established (became suffragan of Athens)
1210Ireland IrelandDiocese of Mayo was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam)
1211Ireland IrelandDiocese of Ardmore was suppressed (to Diocese of Lismore)
1211Ireland IrelandDiocese of Ceanannus Mór was suppressed (to Diocese of Meath)
1212Greece GreeceDiocese of Milopotamus was established
1212Greece GreeceDiocese of Zakynthos was established
1213Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Leal was established (from Diocese of Riga)
1213Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Crete was established
1215.01.28Germany GermanyDiocese of Chiemsee was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg)
1215.02.25Ireland IrelandDiocese of Glendalough was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dublin)
1217Latvia LatviaDiocese of Semgallia was established (became suffragan of Hamburg–Bremen)
1218Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Reval was established
1218.01.13Italy ItalyDiocese of Terni was restored (from Diocese of Narni and Diocese of Spoleto and without ecclesiastical province)
1218.03.29England EnglandDiocese of Sarum was renamed as Diocese of Salisbury
1218.06.22Austria AustriaDiocese of Seckau was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg and became suffragan of Salzburg)
1219Egypt EgyptPatriarchal See of Alexandria was demoted as Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria
1219England EnglandDiocese of Bath and Glastonbury was renamed as Diocese of Bath
1219Latvia LatviaDiocese of Curland was established (from Diocese of Riga and became suffragan of Hamburg–Bremen)
1219Spain SpainDiocese of San Martiño de Mondoñedo–Dume was renamed as Diocese of Mondoñedo (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Braga)
1220Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Virumaa was established (from Diocese of Riga)
1221.03.26Italy ItalyArchpresbyterate nullius of Acquaviva delle Fonti was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari e Canosa)
1222.03.11Greece GreeceDiocese of Kefalonia was renamed as Diocese of Kefalonia–Zakynthos (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Zakynthos)
1222.03.11Greece GreeceDiocese of Zakynthos was suppressed (to Diocese of Kefalonia–Zakynthos)
1223France FranceDiocese of Bethléem à Clamecy was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Bethlehem–Ascalon and became suffragan of Sens)
1223Palestine PalestineDiocese of Bethlehem–Ascalon was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy)
1224Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Dorpat was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Leal and became suffragan of Lund)
1224Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Leal was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Dorpat)
1225Morocco MoroccoDiocese of Fez was established
1225Morocco MoroccoDiocese of Marocco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo)
1227Austria AustriaTerritorial Abbacy of Wettingen-Mehrerau was established
1227Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Virumaa was suppressed
1227Romania RomaniaDiocese of Milcovia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom)
1227Spain SpainDiocese of Baeza was restored
1228Italy ItalyDiocese of Fiesole exchanged territory with Diocese of Firenze
1228Italy ItalyDiocese of Firenze exchanged territory with Diocese of Fiesole
1228.05.10Austria AustriaDiocese of Lavant was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg and became suffragan of Salzburg)
1228.10.01Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Saare-Lääne was established (from Diocese of Dorpat and Diocese of Riga)
1229.01.20Serbia SerbiaDiocese of Srijem was restored (from Diocese of Bosnia and became suffragan of Kalocsa)
1230Greece GreeceDiocese of Chersonissos was established
1230Italy ItalyMetropolitan Archdiocese of Siponto was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manfredonia
1230Italy ItalyDiocese of Sovana lost territory to Abbacy nullius of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle Tre Fontane
1230Turkiye TurkiyeMetropolitan Archdiocese of Nicomedia was suppressed
1232Spain SpainDiocese of Calahorra was renamed as Diocese of La Calzada
1234Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Saare-Lääne was renamed as Diocese of Saare-Lääne
1235Spain SpainDiocese of La Calzada was renamed as Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada
1236Spain SpainDiocese of Córdoba was restored (from former Diocese of Écija, former Diocese of Egabro, former Diocese of Elvira and former Diocese of Italica)
1237Morocco MoroccoDiocese of Fez was suppressed (to Diocese of Marocco)
1237.07.15Spain SpainDiocese of Mallorca was restored (from Diocese of Barcelona)
1238Spain SpainDiocese of Segorbe was restored (from Diocese of Albarracin)
1238.10.10Spain SpainDiocese of Valencia was restored (became suffragan of Tarragona)
1239England EnglandDiocese of Coventry was renamed as Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
1239Italy ItalyDiocese of Noli was established (from Diocese of Savona and became suffragan of Genova)
1240Greece GreeceDiocese of Thermopylæ was suppressed
1240Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Thessalonica was suppressed
1240Italy ItalyDiocese of Comacchio lost territory to Diocese of Cervia
1240.05.22Italy ItalyDiocese of Osimo was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Recanati)
1240.05.22Italy ItalyDiocese of Recanati was established (from Diocese of Numana and from the suppressed Diocese of Osimo)
1240.11.15Italy ItalyDiocese of Recanati lost territory to Diocese of Numana
1243Italy ItalyDiocese of Lodi was suppressed
1243.07.23Poland PolandDiocese of Warmia was established
1243.07.29Poland PolandDiocese of Chełmno was established (became suffragan of Gniezno)
1243.07.29Poland PolandDiocese of Pomezania was established
1243.07.29Russia RussiaDiocese of Sambia was established
1244.07.19France FranceDiocese of Antibes was renamed as Diocese of Grasse
1245Spain SpainDiocese of Segorbe exchanged territory with Diocese of Valencia
1245Spain SpainDiocese of Valencia exchanged territory with Diocese of Segorbe
1245.01.03England EnglandDiocese of Bath was renamed as Diocese of Bath and Wells
1248Italy ItalyArchpresbyterate nullius of Altamura was established (from Diocese of Bitetto)
1248Italy ItalyDiocese of Tortona lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genova
1249Spain SpainDiocese of Baeza was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Jaén)
1249Spain SpainDiocese of Jaén was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Baeza)
1250Albania AlbaniaDiocese of Butrinto was established
1250Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaDiocese of Bosnia was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Bosnia)
1250Croatia CroatiaDiocese of Bosnia was established (from Diocese of Pécs, from the suppressed Diocese of Bosnia and became suffragan of Ragusa)
1250Greece GreeceDiocese of Aulon was suppressed
1250Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Gortina was suppressed
1250Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Philippi was suppressed
1250Greece GreeceDiocese of Retimo was established
1250.06.25Spain SpainDiocese of Barcelona lost territory to Diocese of Mallorca
1250.07.31Spain SpainDiocese of Cartagena was restored (without ecclesiastical province)
1251Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Saare-Lääne was renamed as Diocese of Saare-Lääne
1251Latvia LatviaDiocese of Semgallia was suppressed (to Diocese of Riga)
1251Portugal PortugalDiocese of Silves was restored
1251Spain SpainMetropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla was restored (with suffragan see Córdoba)
1251.04.01Italy ItalyDiocese of Atri was established (from Diocese of Penne)
1252Italy ItalyDiocese of Lodi was restored (became suffragan of Milano)
1253Greece GreeceDiocese of Milos was established
1253.08Ireland IrelandDiocese of Annaghdown was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam)
1254Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, Ireland IrelandDiocese of Maghera, Cenél Fearadhaigh and Ardstraw was renamed as Diocese of Derry
1255Spain SpainDiocese of Badajoz was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and became suffragan of Santiago de Compostela)
1255.01.20Latvia LatviaDiocese of Riga was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga (with suffragan sees Chełmno, Curland, Dorpat, Pomezania, Saare-Lääne, Sambia and Warmia)
1256.04.27Portugal PortugalDiocese of Coimbra exchanged territory with Diocese of Guarda
1256.04.27Portugal PortugalDiocese of Guarda exchanged territory with Diocese of Coimbra and Diocese of Viseu
1256.04.27Portugal PortugalDiocese of Viseu exchanged territory with Diocese of Guarda
1257.02.01Poland PolandDiocese of Łuków was established (from Diocese of Kraków)
1257.02.20Italy ItalyDiocese of Forconio was suppressed (to establish Diocese of L’Aquila)
1257.02.20Italy ItalyDiocese of L’Aquila was established (from Diocese of Rieti and from the suppressed Diocese of Forconio)
1257.08Poland PolandDiocese of Łuków was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków)
1258.03.18Spain SpainDiocese of Albarracin was suppressed (to Diocese of Segorbe–Albarracín)
1258.03.18Spain SpainDiocese of Segorbe was renamed as Diocese of Segorbe–Albarracín (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Albarracin)
1260Cyprus CyprusMetropolitan Archdiocese of Salamis postea Constantia was suppressed
1260Italy ItalyDiocese of Nuceria was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Amalfi and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno)
1263.07.27Italy ItalyDiocese of Recanati was suppressed (to Diocese of Numana)
1263.08.21Spain SpainDiocese of Cádiz was established (from former Diocese of Asidonia and became suffragan of Sevilla)
1264.03.13Italy ItalyDiocese of Osimo was restored (from Diocese of Numana)
1274Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Corfù was restored
1279Estonia EstoniaDiocese of Saare-Lääne was renamed as Diocese of Saare-Lääne
1285Italy ItalyDiocese of Gallese was suppressed (to Diocese of Civita Castellana)
1286Turkiye TurkiyePatriarchal See of Constantinople was demoted as Titular Patriarchal See of Constantinople
1289.12.01Italy ItalyDiocese of Recanati was restored (from Diocese of Numana)
1290Serbia SerbiaDiocese of Graeca Alba was restored
1291.07.21Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Beirut was suppressed
1295Palestine Palestine, Cyprus Cyprus, Israel Israel, Jordan JordanPatriarchal See of Jerusalem was demoted as Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem
1295.09.16France FranceDiocese of Pamiers was established (from Diocese of Toulouse and became suffragan of Narbonne)
1298.05.01Croatia CroatiaDiocese of Šibenik was established (from Diocese of Traù and became suffragan of Split)
1300Albania AlbaniaDiocese of Balecio was established
1300Albania AlbaniaDiocese of Benda was established
1300Albania AlbaniaDiocese of Konavlje was established
1300Croatia CroatiaDiocese of Korcula was established (from Diocese of Hvar and from the suppressed Diocese of Ston)
1300Croatia CroatiaDiocese of Ston was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Korcula)
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Arcadia was established
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Ario was established
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Carystus was suppressed
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Lango was established
1300Greece GreeceMetropolitan Archdiocese of Larissa was demoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Larissa
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Malvasia was suppressed
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Megara was suppressed
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Negroponte was suppressed
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Nisyros was established
1300Greece GreeceTitular Metropolitan See of Philippi was restored
1300Greece GreeceDiocese of Scyrus was suppressed
1300Iran IranDiocese of Diargorgan was established
1300Israel IsraelDiocese of San Giovanni d’Acri was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Akka
1300Israel IsraelMetropolitan Archdiocese of Cæsarea was suppressed
1300Italy ItalyAbbacy nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino was established
1300Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Byblus was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Byblus
1300Lebanon LebanonMetropolitan Archdiocese of Tyrus was demoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Tyrus
1300Russia RussiaDiocese of Tana was established
1300Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Apamea was demoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea
1300Syria SyriaTitular Metropolitan See of Damascus was restored
1300Syria SyriaDiocese of Laodicea was demoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea
1300Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Charræ was restored
1300Turkiye TurkiyeMetropolitan Archdiocese of Cyzicus was demoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cyzicus
1300Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Metropolitan See of Cæsarea Ponti was restored
1300Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Metropolitan See of Ephesus was restored
1300Turkiye TurkiyeMetropolitan Archdiocese of Myra was suppressed
1300Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Prusa was suppressed

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