Bulgarian Church

Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

DateAscendingCountryChange
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Theodosiopolis ante Apri (Bulgarian Rite) was established
1861Turkiye Turkiye, Bulgaria Bulgaria, Greece GreeceApostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite) was established
1883.04.07Turkiye Turkiye, Bulgaria BulgariaApostolic Vicariate of Tracia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople)
1883.06.12Greece Greece, North Macedonia North MacedoniaApostolic Vicariate of Macedonia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople)
1924Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Theodosiopolis ante Apri (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed
1926Bulgaria BulgariaApostolic Exarchate of Sofia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople, Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia and Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia)
1926Greece Greece, North Macedonia North MacedoniaApostolic Vicariate of Macedonia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia)
1926Turkiye Turkiye, Bulgaria Bulgaria, Greece GreeceApostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia)
1926Turkiye Turkiye, Bulgaria BulgariaApostolic Vicariate of Tracia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia)
2019.10.11Bulgaria BulgariaApostolic Exarchate of Sofia (Bulgarian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (without ecclesiastical province)

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