Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Bulgaria |
Date | Change |
Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Abrytus was established |
Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Anchialus was established |
Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Apiaria was established |
Unknown | Titular Metropolitan See of Marcianopolis was established |
Unknown | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Mesembria was established |
Unknown | Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis was established |
Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Sozopolis was established |
200 | Diocese of Sofia was established |
1601 | Diocese of Sofia was restored (became suffragan of Bar) |
1642.12.06 | Diocese of Sofia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sofia |
1648 | Diocese of Nikopol was established (became suffragan of Sofia) |
1758 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sofia was demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sofia–Plovdiv |
1835 | Titular Metropolitan See of Sardica was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sofia–Plovdiv) |
1861 | Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite) was established |
1883.04.07 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople) |
1921 | Titular Episcopal See of Apiaria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Apiara |
1922 | Titular Episcopal See of Abrytus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abryus |
1924 | Titular Episcopal See of Abryus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abrytus |
1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Abrytus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abrittum |
1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Apiara was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Appiaria |
1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Odessus was established |
1925 | Titular Metropolitan See of Ratiaria was established |
1926 | Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis |
1926 | Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople, Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia and Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia) |
1926 | Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) |
1926 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) |
1928 | Titular Episcopal See of Odessus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Odessus |
1929 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beroë was established |
1929 | Titular Metropolitan See of Sardica was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica |
1930 | Titular Metropolitan See of Preslavus was established |
1932 | Titular Episcopal See of Anchialus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Anchialus |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Bononia was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Bucellus was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Castra Martis was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Deultum was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Dorostorum was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Germania in Dacia was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Margum was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Nicopolis ad Iaterum was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Novæ was established |
1933 | Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis in Thracia |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Sozopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto |
1933 | Titular Metropolitan See of Ternobus was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Transmarisca was established |
1933 | Titular Metropolitan See of Velebusdus was established |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Œscus was established |
1968 | Titular Episcopal See of Nicopolis ad Iaterum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Nicopolis ad Iaternum |
1979.03.03 | Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica was suppressed (to Diocese of Sofia–Plovdiv) |
1979.03.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Sofia–Plovdiv was promoted as Diocese of Sofia–Plovdiv (gained territory from the suppressed Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica and without ecclesiastical province) |
2019.10.11 | Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia (Bulgarian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (without ecclesiastical province) |
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