Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Palestine | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of ArchelaĂŻs was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Capharnaum was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Hiericho was established |
| 30 | Diocese of Jerusalem was established |
| 100 | Diocese of Gaza was established |
| 135 | Diocese of Jerusalem was renamed as Diocese of Aelia Capitolina |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Scythopolis was established |
| 325 | Diocese of Aelia Capitolina was renamed as Diocese of Jerusalem |
| 400 | Diocese of Maiumas Gazæ was established |
| 451 | Diocese of Jerusalem was promoted as Patriarchal See of Jerusalem |
| 600 | Diocese of Gaza was suppressed |
| 900 | Diocese of Maiumas Gazæ was suppressed |
| 1099 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was restored |
| 1100 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nazareth was established (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trani) |
| 1109 | Diocese of Bethlehem–Ascalon was established |
| 1200 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Scythopolis was suppressed |
| 1223 | Diocese of Bethlehem–Ascalon was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy) |
| 1295 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was demoted as Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem |
| 1327 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nazareth in Barletta) |
| 1462 | Titular Episcopal See of Bethlehem was restored |
| 1500 | Titular Episcopal See of Maioren was established |
| 1600 | Titular Episcopal See of Maioren was suppressed |
| 1600 | Titular Metropolitan See of Scythopolis was restored |
| 1603 | Titular Episcopal See of Bethlehem was suppressed |
| 1700 | Diocese of Nablus (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1820 | Diocese of Nablus (Maronite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1838.02.01 | Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1838.02.01 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1840 | Titular Episcopal See of Bethlehem was restored (from former Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy) |
| 1847.10.04 | Patriarchal See of Jerusalem was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo) |
| 1860.04.21 | Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was restored (no longer united) |
| 1895 | Titular Episcopal See of Gaza was restored |
| 1908 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Hiericho was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Jericho |
| 1925 | Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was suppressed |
| 1927 | Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Bitylius was established |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Jericho was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Jerichus |
| 1929 | Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was restored |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Maiumas Gazæ was restored |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Menois was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Neapolis in Palæstina was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Raphia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Sycomazon was established |
| 1947 | Titular Episcopal See of Capharnaum was suppressed |
| 1961 | Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cesarea in Palæstina |
| 1971 | Titular Episcopal See of Jerichus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ierichus |
| 1989 | Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was suppressed (united to Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie) |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 1991.10.01 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 1996 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Maronite Rite) was suppressed |
| 1996.10.05 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine (Maronite Rite) was established |
| 1997 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Chaldean Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem |
| 1997 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
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