Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Jordan | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Aila was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Arad was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Areopolis was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Arindela was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Capitolias was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Draso was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Draso was suppressed |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Elusa was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Gadaræ was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Gerasa was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Hesbon was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Pella was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Zoora was established |
| 30 | Diocese of Jerusalem was established |
| 135 | Diocese of Jerusalem was renamed as Diocese of Aelia Capitolina |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Petra was established |
| 325 | Diocese of Aelia Capitolina was renamed as Diocese of Jerusalem |
| 450 | Diocese of Neila was established |
| 451 | Diocese of Jerusalem was promoted as Patriarchal See of Jerusalem |
| 500 | Diocese of Neila was suppressed |
| 1099 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was restored |
| 1200 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Petra was suppressed |
| 1295 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was demoted as Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem |
| 1400 | Titular Metropolitan See of Petra was restored |
| 1847.10.04 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo) |
| 1903 | Titular Episcopal See of Areopolis was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Areopolis |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Aila was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Aila |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Hesbon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Esbus |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Gadaræ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Gadara |
| 1925.03 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Areopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Areopolis |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Esbus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Esbus |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Aila was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Æla |
| 1932.05.02 | Archdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Abila in Palæstina was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Amathus in Palæstina was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Augustopolis in Palæstina was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Bacatha in Arabia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Bacatha in Palestina was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Charac-Moba was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Chrysopolis in Arabia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Esbus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Esbus |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Eutyme was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Medaba was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Neila was restored |
| 1933 | Titular Metropolitan See of Petra was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Petra in Palæstina |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Philadelphia in Arabia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Phæno was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Zoora was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Zoara |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Æla was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Æla |
| 1941 | Titular Episcopal See of Amathus in Palæstina was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Amathus in Palæstina |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 1991.10.01 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 1996.10.05 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1998 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem |
| 2001 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman |
| 2004 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan (Chaldean Rite) was established |
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