Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Lebanon
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Lebanon | |
Date | Change |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Arca (Maronite Rite) was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Botrys was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Orthosia was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Sarepta was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Sidon was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis in Libanum (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 50 | Diocese of Byblus was established |
| 294 | Diocese of Cilicia (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Heliopolis was established |
| 325 | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 325 | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 800 | Archdiocese of Heliopolis was suppressed |
| 1111 | Diocese of Beirut was established |
| 1122 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyrus was established |
| 1291.07.21 | Diocese of Beirut was suppressed |
| 1300 | Diocese of Byblus was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Byblus |
| 1300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyrus was demoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Tyrus |
| 1450 | Diocese of Ehden (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1500 | Archdiocese of Beirut (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1600 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis was restored |
| 1600 | Diocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1600 | Diocese of Saïdā (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1600 | Diocese of Tyr (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1626 | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Syriac Rite) was restored |
| 1629 | Archdiocese of Tripoli (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1650 | Diocese of Ehden (Maronite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1671 | Diocese of Baalbek (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1673.06.12 | Diocese of Jbeil (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1683 | Diocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
| 1683 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyr (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (with suffragan see Saïdā) |
| 1690 | Diocese of Batroun (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1701 | Diocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1702 | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Syriac Rite) was suppressed |
| 1714 | Diocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1724 | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
| 1724 | Diocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Damascus) |
| 1724.10.01 | Diocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1736 | Diocese of Saïdā (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Tyr and Saïdā) |
| 1736 | Diocese of Tyr (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Tyr and Saïdā (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Saïdā) |
| 1742.11.26 | Diocese of Cilicia (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal See of Cilicia |
| 1750 | Titular Episcopal See of Beirut was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beirut |
| 1768 | Diocese of Batroun (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jbeil) |
| 1768 | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1768 | Diocese of Jbeil (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil) |
| 1781 | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Syriac Rite) was restored |
| 1800 | Diocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1817 | Diocese of Beirut (Syriac Rite) was established (became suffragan of Antioch) |
| 1840 | Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil (Maronite Rite) lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli |
| 1881.08.16 | Diocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Gibail) |
| 1881.08.16 | Diocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail) |
| 1886.02.25 | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (became suffragan of Tyr) |
| 1897.03.21 | Diocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
| 1900 | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis in Libanum (Syriac Rite) was suppressed |
| 1900.01.26 | Diocese of Saïdā (Maronite Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Tyr and Saïdā and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1900.01.26 | Diocese of Tyr and Saïdā (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Tyr (lost territory to establish Diocese of Saïdā) |
| 1925 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beirut was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Beirut |
| 1925 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Heliopolis |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis |
| 1926 | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis |
| 1928 | Titular Episcopal See of Beirut was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beirut |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Orthosia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias |
| 1929.01.25 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 1932 | Titular Episcopal See of Heliopolis was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Arca (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Arca in Armenia |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Arca in Phœnicia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis in Phœnicia |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias in Phœnicia |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Rachlea was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis in Phœnicia |
| 1941 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Arca in Armenia (Maronite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1942 | Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias in Phœnicia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Orthosia in Phœnicia |
| 1950 | Titular Episcopal See of Arca in Phœnicia (Maronite Rite) was restored |
| 1953.06.04 | Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo) |
| 1957.07.03 | Diocese of Beirut (Chaldean Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1959.12.11 | Diocese of Sarba (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1964.11.18 | Diocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Baalbek |
| 1964.11.18 | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Bāniyās |
| 1964.11.18 | Diocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Saïdā |
| 1964.11.18 | Diocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Tripoli |
| 1964.11.18 | Diocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Zahleh–Furzol |
| 1965 | Diocese of Tyr (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Tyr |
| 1969 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli |
| 1977.08.04 | Diocese of Baalbek (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Baalbek e Zahlé |
| 1977.08.04 | Diocese of Jounieh (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1983 | Titular Episcopal See of Sarepta (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1986.05.02 | Diocese of Joubbé (Maronite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Antioch) |
| 1988.06.11 | Archdiocese of Antélias (Maronite Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Cyprus and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (lost territory to establish Diocese of Zahlé) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and to establish Diocese of Jbeil) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Jbeil (Maronite Rite) was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Joubbé (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil and Diocese of Sarba) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Sarba (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba) |
| 1990.06.09 | Diocese of Zahlé (Maronite Rite) was established (from Diocese of Baalbek e Zahlé and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Lebanon (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 1997 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Lebanon (Syriac Rite) was suppressed |
| 1999.06.05 | Diocese of Batroun (Maronite Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1999.06.05 | Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jounieh and lost territory to establish Diocese of Batroun) |
| 1999.06.05 | Diocese of Jounieh (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh) |
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