Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Romania |
Date | Change |
300 | Archdiocese of Constantia antea Tomi was established |
600 | Archdiocese of Constantia antea Tomi was suppressed |
1009 | Diocese of Byhor was established |
1009 | Diocese of Transilvania was established |
1077 | Diocese of Byhor was renamed as Diocese of Oradea Mare |
1227 | Diocese of Milcovia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom) |
1371 | Diocese of Siret was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1381 | Diocese of Argeș was established (became suffragan of Kalocsa) |
1418 | Diocese of Baia was established |
1418 | Diocese of Moldovita was established |
1434 | Diocese of Siret was suppressed (to Diocese of Baia) |
1453 | Diocese of Milcovia was renamed as Diocese of Milcovia |
1520 | Diocese of Argeș was suppressed |
1525 | Diocese of Baia was suppressed |
1542 | Diocese of Milcovia was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom) |
1550 | Diocese of Moldovita was suppressed |
1590 | Diocese of Bacău was established (from former Diocese of Argeș) |
1648 | Apostolic Vicariate of Valachie was established |
1697.03.27 | Diocese of Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Transilvania) |
1721.05.18 | Diocese of Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Făgăraş |
1777.06.23 | Diocese of Oradea Mare (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Oradea Mare) |
1804.08.09 | Diocese of Satu Mare was established (from Diocese of Eger and became suffragan of Eger) |
1818 | Diocese of Bacău was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia) |
1818 | Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Bacău) |
1853.11.26 | Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş (with suffragan sees Lugoj and Oradea Mare and lost territory to establish Diocese of Lugoj) |
1853.11.26 | Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Făgăraş and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş) |
1853.12.19 | Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş and became suffragan of Făgăraş) |
1854.11.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia |
1883.04.27 | Apostolic Vicariate of Valachie was promoted as Archdiocese of Bucureşti |
1884.06.27 | Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia was promoted as Diocese of Iaşi (without ecclesiastical province) |
1890 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia antea Tomi was restored |
1922 | Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was established |
1923.02.17 | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was established (from Diocese of Csanád) |
1925 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia antea Tomi was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia |
1926 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Constantia |
1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Constantia was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia |
1930 | Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was suppressed |
1930.06.05 | Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Cluj–Gherla (lost territory to establish Diocese of Maramureş) |
1930.06.05 | Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár, Diocese of Hajdúdorog, Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, Diocese of Mukacheve and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
1930.06.05 | Ordinariate of Romania (Armenian Rite) was established |
1930.06.05 | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was promoted as Diocese of Timişoara |
1930.06.06 | Archdiocese of Bucureşti was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucureşti (with suffragan sees Iaşi, Oradea Mare, Satu Mare, Timişoara and Transilvania) |
1932.03.22 | Diocese of Transilvania was renamed as Diocese of Alba Iulia |
1933 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tomi |
1937.09.02 | Diocese of Satu Mare lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger and Diocese of Košice |
1982.08.05 | Diocese of Oradea Mare lost territory to Diocese of Szeged–Csanád |
1990 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tomi was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia in Scythia |
1991.08.05 | Diocese of Alba Iulia was promoted as Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (without ecclesiastical province) |
2005.12.16 | Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Major Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia |
2014.05.29 | Diocese of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
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