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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