Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in Romania

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