Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Palestine |
Date | Change |
Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Archelaïs 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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