Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Scotland

Date	Change
402	Diocese of Whithorn was established
546	Diocese of Bangor was established
550	Diocese of Glasgow was established
700	Diocese of Glasgow was suppressed
750	Diocese of Ross was established
800	Diocese of Abernathy was established
800	Diocese of Whithorn was suppressed
850	Diocese of Saint Andrews was established
1050	Diocese of Abernathy was suppressed
1055	Diocese of Birsay was established
1063	Diocese of Mortlach was established
1100	Diocese of Moray was established
1107.06.20	Diocese of Dunkeld was established
1114	Diocese of Glasgow was restored
1125	Diocese of Aberdeen was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Mortlach)
1125	Diocese of Mortlach was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Aberdeen)
1128	Diocese of Whithorn was restored
1134	Diocese of Sodor was established (from Diocese of Nidaros and from the suppressed Diocese of Man)
1137	Diocese of Birsay was renamed as Diocese of Kirkwall
1146	Diocese of Caithness was established
1150	Diocese of Brechin was established (gained territory from Diocese of Dunkeld)
1150	Diocese of Dunblane was established (from Diocese of Dunkeld)
1150	Diocese of Dunkeld lost territory to Diocese of Brechin
1193	Diocese of Argyll was established (from Diocese of Dunkeld)
1472.08.17	Diocese of Saint Andrews was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Andrews (with suffragan sees Aberdeen, Brechin, Caithness, Dunblane, Dunkeld, Kirkwall, Moray and Ross)
1492.01.09	Diocese of Glasgow was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow (with suffragan sees Argyll, Kirkwall and Whithorn)
1550	Diocese of Caithness was suppressed
1550	Diocese of Ross was suppressed
1558	Diocese of Bangor was suppressed
1558	Diocese of Whithorn was suppressed
1558.09.14	Diocese of Kirkwall was suppressed
1560	Diocese of Sodor was suppressed
1560.08.07	Diocese of Argyll was suppressed
1560.08.07	Diocese of Dunkeld was suppressed
1569	Diocese of Dunblane was suppressed
1571	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Andrews was suppressed
1577	Diocese of Aberdeen was suppressed
1603	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow was suppressed
1638	Diocese of Brechin was suppressed
1638	Diocese of Moray was suppressed
1653.10.13	Apostolic Prefecture of Scotland was restored
1694.03.16	Apostolic Prefecture of Scotland was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Scotland
1727.07.23	Apostolic Vicariate of Highland District of Scotland was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Scotland)
1727.07.23	Apostolic Vicariate of Scotland was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lowland District of Scotland (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Highland District of Scotland)
1827.02.13	Apostolic Vicariate of Lowland District of Scotland was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern District of Scotland (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Western District of Scotland)
1827.02.13	Apostolic Vicariate of Highland District of Scotland was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland
1827.02.13	Apostolic Vicariate of Western District of Scotland was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lowland District of Scotland)
1855.12.08	Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec, Diocese of Saint-Boniface, Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions and Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden)
1860.11.16	Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole
1866.03.20	Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole
1869.08.17	Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was suppressed (to Diocese of Saint-Boniface, Diocese of Saint-Germain de Rimouski, Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie, Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland, Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden and Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark)
1878.03.04	Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland was promoted as Diocese of Aberdeen (lost territory to establish Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and became suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh)
1878.03.04	Diocese of Argyll and The Isles was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland and became suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh)
1878.03.04	Diocese of Dunkeld was restored (became suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh)
1878.03.04	Diocese of Galloway was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Western District of Scotland and became suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh)
1878.03.04	Apostolic Vicariate of Western District of Scotland was promoted as Archdiocese of Glasgow (lost territory to establish Diocese of Galloway)
1878.03.04	Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern District of Scotland was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (with suffragan sees Aberdeen, Argyll and The Isles, Dunkeld and Galloway)
1947.05.25	Archdiocese of Glasgow was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow (with suffragan sees Motherwell and Paisley, lost territory to Diocese of Galloway and lost territory to establish Diocese of Motherwell and Diocese of Paisley)
1947.05.25	Diocese of Motherwell was established (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and became suffragan of Glasgow)
1947.05.25	Diocese of Paisley was established (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and became suffragan of Glasgow)
1953.11.21	Military Vicariate of Great Britain was established
1957.06.10	Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1967.03.08	Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (gained territory of Scotland)
1973	Titular Episcopal See of Abercorn was established
1973	Titular Episcopal See of Abernethy was restored
1973	Titular Episcopal See of Mortlach was restored
1973	Titular Episcopal See of Rosemarkie was restored
1973	Titular Episcopal See of Strathearn was restored
1974	Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was established
1975	Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom
1984	Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hodelm
1986.07.21	Military Vicariate of Great Britain was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Bishopric of the Forces in Great Britain
2011.01.15	Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (Anglican Rite) was established
2013.01.18	Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Holy Family of London (without ecclesiastical province)
2016.07.28	Diocese of Great Britain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)