Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Germany
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Germany | |
Date | Change |
| 250 | Diocese of Trier was established |
| 300 | Diocese of Köln was established |
| 340 | Diocese of Mainz was established |
| 340 | Diocese of Speyer was established |
| 595 | Diocese of Konstanz was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Avenches) |
| 737 | Diocese of Passau was established (from former Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lauriacum) |
| 738 | Diocese of Augsburg was established |
| 739 | Diocese of Freising was established (from Diocese of Passau and Abbacy nullius of Stift Sankt Peter Salzburg) |
| 739 | Diocese of Regensburg was established (from Diocese of Passau) |
| 741 | Diocese of Büraburg was established |
| 741 | Diocese of Neuburg was established |
| 741 | Diocese of Würzburg was established |
| 743.04.01 | Diocese of Erfurt was established |
| 745 | Diocese of Eichstätt was established |
| 751.11.04 | Abbacy nullius of Heiligsten Erlöser in Fulda was established |
| 755 | Diocese of Erfurt was suppressed (to Diocese of Mainz) |
| 764 | Abbacy nullius of Ellwangen was established |
| 765 | Diocese of Büraburg was suppressed |
| 770 | Diocese of Worms was established |
| 772 | Diocese of Osnabrück was established |
| 772 | Diocese of Trier was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trier (with suffragan sees Metz, Toul and Verdun) |
| 780 | Diocese of Mainz was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mainz (with suffragan sees Augsburg, Eichstätt, Konstanz, Neuburg, Salzburg, Speyer, Strasbourg, Worms and Würzburg) |
| 787 | Diocese of Bremen was established |
| 787 | Diocese of Verden was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 795 | Diocese of Köln was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln (with suffragan sees Liège and Osnabrück) |
| 799 | Diocese of Paderborn was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 800 | Diocese of Münster was established (became suffragan of Köln) |
| 802 | Diocese of Neuburg was suppressed (to Diocese of Augsburg) |
| 803 | Diocese of Minden was established (became suffragan of Köln) |
| 805 | Diocese of Halberstadt was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 815 | Diocese of Hildesheim was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 831 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg was established (from Diocese of Bremen) |
| 946.05.10 | Diocese of Havelberg was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 948 | Diocese of Schleswig was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 948.10.01 | Diocese of Brandenburg was established (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 952 | Diocese of Oldenburg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 968 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Magdeburg was established (from Diocese of Halberstadt and with suffragan sees Brandenburg, Havelberg, Meißen, Merseburg and Zeitz) |
| 968 | Diocese of Meißen was established (became suffragan of Magdeburg) |
| 968 | Diocese of Merseburg was established (became suffragan of Magdeburg) |
| 968 | Diocese of Zeitz was established (became suffragan of Magdeburg) |
| 981 | Diocese of Merseburg was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Magdeburg) |
| 984 | Abbacy nullius of St. Stephanus und Vitus in Corvey was established |
| 992 | Diocese of Mecklenburg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 1004 | Diocese of Merseburg was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Magdeburg) |
| 1007.11.01 | Diocese of Bamberg was established (from Diocese of Eichstätt and Diocese of Würzburg and became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 1028 | Diocese of Zeitz was renamed as Diocese of Naumburg |
| 1050 | Diocese of Ratzeburg was established (from Diocese of Oldenburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 1072 | Diocese of Bremen was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg–Bremen) |
| 1072 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg–Bremen (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Bremen) |
| 1125 | Diocese of Lebus was established (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1155 | Diocese of Oldenburg was renamed as Diocese of Lübeck |
| 1160 | Diocese of Mecklenburg was renamed as Diocese of Schwerin |
| 1215.01.28 | Diocese of Chiemsee was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg) |
| 1536 | Diocese of Lübeck was suppressed |
| 1548 | Diocese of Havelberg was suppressed |
| 1551 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Magdeburg was suppressed |
| 1554.10.05 | Diocese of Ratzeburg was suppressed |
| 1555 | Diocese of Lebus was suppressed |
| 1555 | Diocese of Schwerin was suppressed |
| 1559 | Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz was established (from Diocese of Meißen) |
| 1560.06 | Diocese of Brandenburg was suppressed |
| 1564 | Diocese of Naumburg was suppressed |
| 1565 | Diocese of Merseburg was suppressed |
| 1566 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg–Bremen was suppressed |
| 1581.10 | Diocese of Meißen was suppressed (to Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz) |
| 1624 | Diocese of Schleswig was suppressed |
| 1631 | Diocese of Verden was suppressed |
| 1645 | Apostolic Vicariate of Bremen was restored |
| 1645 | Apostolic Vicariate of Magdeburg was restored |
| 1648 | Diocese of Halberstadt was suppressed |
| 1648 | Apostolic Vicariate of Magdeburg was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln) |
| 1648 | Diocese of Minden was suppressed (to Diocese of Hildesheim and Diocese of Osnabrück) |
| 1667.04.28 | Apostolic Vicariate of Bremen was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen |
| 1669 | Apostolic Vicariate of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt |
| 1670 | Apostolic Vicariate of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions |
| 1709.04.06 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordens was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1729 | Diocese of Passau lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wien |
| 1743 | Apostolic Vicariate of Meißen was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1752.10.05 | Abbacy nullius of Heiligsten Erlöser in Fulda was promoted as Diocese of Fulda |
| 1780.02.11 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordens was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1784 | Diocese of Passau lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wien |
| 1792.04.23 | Abbacy nullius of St. Stephanus und Vitus in Corvey was promoted as Diocese of Corvey (became suffragan of Mainz) |
| 1792.05.05 | Diocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Corvey |
| 1801.11.29 | Diocese of Aachen was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Diocese of Liège, Diocese of Münster and Mission sui juris of Batavia, from the suppressed Diocese of Roermond and became suffragan of Mechelen) |
| 1801.11.29 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mainz was demoted as Diocese of Mainz (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trier, Diocese of Metz and Diocese of Worms, exchanged territory with Diocese of Speyer and became suffragan of Mechelen) |
| 1801.11.29 | Diocese of Speyer lost territory to Diocese of Strasbourg |
| 1801.11.29 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trier was demoted as Diocese of Trier (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Diocese of Mainz, Diocese of Metz and Diocese of Namur and became suffragan of Mechelen) |
| 1801.11.29 | Diocese of Worms lost territory to Diocese of Mainz and Diocese of Speyer |
| 1803 | Diocese of Freising was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg and Diocese of Brixen) |
| 1805.02.01 | Diocese of Worms was suppressed |
| 1806 | Apostolic Vicariate of Meißen lost territory to Diocese of Wrocław |
| 1807 | Diocese of Passau exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg |
| 1808 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln lost territory to Diocese of Aachen |
| 1808.04.26 | Diocese of Konstanz lost territory to Diocese of Strasbourg |
| 1814 | Diocese of Konstanz lost territory to Diocese of Basel and Diocese of Chur |
| 1815 | Diocese of Münster lost territory to Diocese of Osnabrück |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Augsburg lost territory to Diocese of Brixen |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Bamberg was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (with suffragan sees Eichstätt, Speyer and Würzburg and gained territory from Diocese of Würzburg) |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Chiemsee was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg and to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising) |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Konstanz lost territory to Diocese of Brixen |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Mainz lost territory to Diocese of Konstanz, Diocese of Speyer and Diocese of Würzburg |
| 1818.04.01 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg, from the suppressed Diocese of Chiemsee and with suffragan sees Augsburg and Regensburg) |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Speyer lost territory to Diocese of Konstanz |
| 1818.04.01 | Diocese of Würzburg lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg and Diocese of Konstanz |
| 1818.05.02 | Diocese of Konstanz lost territory to Diocese of Brixen |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Aachen was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Diocese of Münster and Diocese of Trier) |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Corvey was suppressed (to Diocese of Paderborn) |
| 1821.07.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln lost territory to Diocese of Münster, Diocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Trier |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Mainz lost territory to Diocese of Paderborn |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Münster exchanged territory with Diocese of Osnabrück |
| 1821.07.16 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions lost territory to Diocese of Münster, Diocese of Osnabrück, Diocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Wrocław |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Osnabrück exchanged territory with Diocese of Münster |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Speyer exchanged territory with Diocese of Mainz |
| 1821.08.16 | Abbacy nullius of Ellwangen was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Rottenburg) |
| 1821.08.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau was established (from Diocese of Mainz, Diocese of Speyer, Diocese of Strasbourg, former Diocese of Worms and Diocese of Würzburg, from the suppressed Diocese of Konstanz and with suffragan sees Fulda, Limburg, Mainz and Rottenburg) |
| 1821.08.16 | Diocese of Konstanz was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau and Diocese of Rottenburg) |
| 1821.08.16 | Diocese of Limburg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Diocese of Mainz and Diocese of Trier and became suffragan of Freiburg im Breisgau) |
| 1821.08.16 | Diocese of Mainz lost territory to Diocese of Fulda |
| 1821.08.16 | Diocese of Rottenburg was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Konstanz and Abbacy nullius of Ellwangen and became suffragan of Freiburg im Breisgau) |
| 1821.08.16 | Diocese of Trier exchanged territory with Diocese of Mainz |
| 1824.03.26 | Diocese of Hildesheim exchanged territory with Diocese of Osnabrück |
| 1824.03.26 | Diocese of Mainz lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim |
| 1824.03.26 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim and Diocese of Osnabrück |
| 1824.03.26 | Diocese of Osnabrück exchanged territory with Diocese of Hildesheim |
| 1826 | Diocese of Würzburg lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg |
| 1834 | Apostolic Vicariate of Anhalt was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1839.09.17 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1839.09.17 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions was restored (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1868.07.29 | Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1868.08.08 | Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions |
| 1913 | Diocese of Eichstätt lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg |
| 1914.02.09 | Diocese of Augsburg lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising |
| 1921.03.01 | Apostolic Vicariate of Anhalt was suppressed (to Diocese of Paderborn) |
| 1921.06.24 | Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz was suppressed (to Diocese of Meißen) |
| 1921.06.24 | Apostolic Vicariate of Meißen was promoted as Diocese of Meißen (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1929 | Diocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Fulda |
| 1930 | Diocese of Fulda lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Aachen was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln and Diocese of Münster and became suffragan of Köln) |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Berlin was established (from Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Fulda lost territory to Diocese of Limburg |
| 1930.08.13 | Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Osnabrück) |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Paderborn was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (with suffragan sees Fulda and Hildesheim, gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln and Diocese of Fulda) |
| 1930.08.13 | Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was suppressed (to Diocese of Osnabrück) |
| 1933 | Diocese of Trier lost territory to Diocese of Limburg |
| 1933.07.20 | Military Vicariate of Jurisdiktionsbereich des Katholischen Feldpropstes was established |
| 1939.09.17 | Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite) was established |
| 1957.02.23 | Diocese of Essen was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Münster and became suffragan of Köln) |
| 1959.04.17 | Apostolic Exarchate of Deutschland und Skandinavien (Ukrainian Rite) was established |
| 1960.07.11 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln lost territory to Diocese of Essen |
| 1965 | Diocese of Osnabrück lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim |
| 1972.06.28 | Apostolic Administration of Görlitz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław) |
| 1972.06.28 | Diocese of Meißen lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław |
| 1973.07.23 | Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen was restored (from Diocese of Fulda and Diocese of Würzburg) |
| 1973.07.23 | Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn) |
| 1973.07.23 | Apostolic Administration of Schwerin was restored (from Diocese of Osnabrück) |
| 1975 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Essen |
| 1978.01.18 | Diocese of Rottenburg was renamed as Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart |
| 1979.11.15 | Diocese of Meißen was renamed as Diocese of Dresden–Meißen |
| 1986.07.21 | Military Vicariate of Jurisdiktionsbereich des Katholischen Feldpropstes was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Deutsches Militärordinariat |
| 1994.04.07 | Apostolic Administration of Schwerin lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim |
| 1994.06.27 | Diocese of Berlin was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Berlin (with suffragan sees Dresden–Meißen and Görlitz and exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Görlitz) |
| 1994.06.27 | Diocese of Dresden–Meißen exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen |
| 1994.06.27 | Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen was promoted as Diocese of Erfurt (gained territory from Diocese of Hildesheim, exchanged territory with Diocese of Dresden–Meißen, Diocese of Fulda and Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Paderborn) |
| 1994.06.27 | Diocese of Fulda exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen |
| 1994.06.27 | Apostolic Administration of Görlitz was promoted as Diocese of Görlitz (exchanged territory with Diocese of Berlin and Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Berlin) |
| 1994.06.27 | Diocese of Hildesheim lost territory to Diocese of Erfurt |
| 1994.06.27 | Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg was promoted as Diocese of Magdeburg (lost territory to Diocese of Dresden–Meißen and Diocese of Hildesheim, exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen and Apostolic Administration of Görlitz and became suffragan of Paderborn) |
| 1994.10.24 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg was restored (from Diocese of Hildesheim and Diocese of Osnabrück, from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Schwerin and with suffragan sees Hildesheim and Osnabrück) |
| 1994.10.24 | Apostolic Administration of Schwerin was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg) |
| 1995.11.25 | Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod) |
| 2006.12.07 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Essen |
| 2009.01 | Titular Episcopal See of Chiemsee was restored |
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