Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin North Macedonia | ![]() |
Date![]() | Change |
400 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dardania was established |
500 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dardania was suppressed |
1000 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acrida was established (with suffragan see Prizren) |
1200 | Diocese of Dardania was restored |
1400 | Diocese of Dardania was suppressed |
1656 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Skopje was restored |
1700 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acrida was suppressed |
1883.06.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople) |
1911 | Titular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was established |
1924.10.29 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Skopje was demoted as Diocese of Skopje (without ecclesiastical province) |
1926 | Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) |
1928 | Titular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was suppressed |
1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Strumnitza was established |
1969.10.02 | Diocese of Skopje was renamed as Diocese of Skopje–Prizren (lost territory to Archdiocese of Bar and became suffragan of Vrhbosna) |
2000.05.24 | Diocese of Skopje–Prizren was renamed as Diocese of Skopje (lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Prizren) |
2001.01.11 | Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Križevci) |
2018.05.31 | Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje (without ecclesiastical province) |
2018.10.31 | Titular Episcopal See of Strumnitza was suppressed (to Diocese of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje) |
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