Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Sweden | ![]() |
Date![]() | Change |
1010 | Diocese of Växjö was established |
1014 | Diocese of Skara was established (became suffragan of Hamburg) |
1050 | Diocese of Linköping was established (from Diocese of Skara and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
1050 | Diocese of Munktorp was established (became suffragan of Hamburg) |
1060 | Diocese of Dalby was established (from Diocese of Roskilde) |
1060 | Diocese of Lund was established (from Diocese of Roskilde) |
1060 | Diocese of Sigtuna was established |
1067 | Diocese of Dalby was suppressed (to Diocese of Lund) |
1100 | Diocese of Uppsala was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg–Bremen and became suffragan of Hamburg–Bremen) |
1100 | Diocese of Munktorp was renamed as Diocese of Västerås |
1104 | Diocese of Lund was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lund (with suffragan sees Århus, Børglum, Linköping, Nidaros, Odense, Oslo, Ribe, Roskilde, Schleswig, Skálholt, Skara, Uppsala, Västerås and Viborg) |
1129 | Diocese of Strängnäs was established (became suffragan of Lund) |
1164 | Diocese of Sigtuna was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uppsala and Diocese of Västerås) |
1164 | Diocese of Uppsala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uppsala (with suffragan sees Åbo, Linköping, Skara, Strängnäs, Västerås and Växjö, gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Sigtuna and lost territory to establish Diocese of Åbo) |
1527.01.13 | Diocese of Skara was suppressed |
1530.10.04 | Diocese of Växjö was suppressed |
1534 | Diocese of Västerås was suppressed |
1537 | Diocese of Strängnäs was suppressed |
1538.08.01 | Diocese of Linköping was suppressed |
1553.01 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lund was suppressed |
1588 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uppsala was suppressed |
1781 | Apostolic Prefecture of Sweden was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
1783.09.23 | Apostolic Prefecture of Sweden was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden |
1848.07.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev |
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) |
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) |
1953.06.29 | Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden was promoted as Diocese of Stockholm (without ecclesiastical province) |
1959.04.17 | Apostolic Exarchate of Deutschland und Skandinavien (Ukrainian Rite) was established |
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