Greek-Melkite Church

Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

DateAscendingCountryChange
UnknownEgypt EgyptTitular Episcopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
UnknownEgypt EgyptTitular Metropolitan See of Pelusium (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
UnknownSyria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyePatriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Tarsus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
300Syria SyriaMetropolitan Archdiocese of Damascus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
400Syria SyriaDiocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
600Syria SyriaDiocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Aleppo
1600Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1683Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr)
1683Lebanon LebanonMetropolitan Archdiocese of Tyr (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (with suffragan see Saïdā)
1687Syria SyriaMetropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1700Syria SyriaDiocese of Qâra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1701Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1714Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1724Lebanon Lebanon, Jordan JordanDiocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr)
1724Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Damascus)
1724.10.01Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1724.10.01Syria SyriaPatriarchal See of Antioch (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1727Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Hama (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1727Syria SyriaDiocese of Homs (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1750Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Haūrān (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1759Israel IsraelDiocese of Akka (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyr and without ecclesiastical province)
1768Lebanon Lebanon, Jordan JordanDiocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1790Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aleppo
1800Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1800Syria SyriaDiocese of Jabrud (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1800Syria SyriaDiocese of Qâra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1835Egypt Egypt, South Sudan South Sudan, Sudan SudanPatriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1838.02.01Egypt EgyptTitular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1838.02.01Palestine Palestine, Israel IsraelTitular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1838.02.01Palestine Palestine, Israel IsraelPatriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1838.09.17Iraq IraqPatriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1849.03.04Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Hama (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs and united to Diocese of Homs)
1849.03.04Syria SyriaDiocese of Homs (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs (gained territory from the suppressed Archdiocese of Hama and Diocese of Jabrud and gained title of Hama and Jabrud)
1849.03.04Syria SyriaDiocese of Jabrud (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs and united to Diocese of Homs)
1881Syria SyriaMetropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra–Hauran (gained territory from the suppressed Archdiocese of Haūrān)
1881Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Haūrān (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra–Hauran)
1881.08.16Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Gibail)
1881.08.16Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail)
1886.02.25Lebanon Lebanon, Jordan JordanDiocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (became suffragan of Tyr)
1896Syria SyriaTitular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1897.03.21Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr)
1907Syria SyriaTitular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea
1914Syria SyriaTitular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1922Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored
1925Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea ad mare
1925Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1927Palestine PalestineTitular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1929Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Laodicea ad mare (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea
1932.05.02Jordan JordanArchdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1933Palestine PalestineTitular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina
1933Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria
1935Egypt EgyptTitular Episcopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
1951Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored
1959Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored
1961Egypt EgyptTitular Archiepiscopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored
1961Palestine PalestineTitular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cesarea in Palæstina
1961Syria SyriaTitular Archiepiscopal See of Hierapolis in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1961Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Edessa in Osrhoëne (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1961.04.28Syria SyriaTitular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Latakia)
1961.04.28Syria SyriaArchdiocese of Latakia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (from Diocese of Tripoli, from the suppressed former Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria and without ecclesiastical province)
1964.11.18Israel IsraelDiocese of Akka (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Akka
1964.11.18Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Baalbek
1964.11.18Lebanon Lebanon, Jordan JordanDiocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Bāniyās
1964.11.18Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Saïdā
1964.11.18Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Tripoli
1964.11.18Lebanon LebanonDiocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Zahleh–Furzol
1966.01.10USA USAApostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1969Lebanon LebanonMetropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli
1971.11.29Brazil BrazilDiocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (from Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1972.03.25Kuwait KuwaitPatriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1975Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Adana (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1976.06.28USA USAApostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Newton (without ecclesiastical province)
1980Syria SyriaTitular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1980Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1980.10.13Canada CanadaDiocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1981Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Tarsus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tarsus
1987.03.26Australia Australia, New Zealand New ZealandDiocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1988.02.27Mexico MexicoDiocese of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1990.02.19Venezuela VenezuelaApostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1991Egypt Egypt, South Sudan South Sudan, Sudan SudanPatriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan
1991Palestine Palestine, Israel IsraelPatriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem
1997Egypt Egypt, South Sudan South Sudan, Sudan SudanPatriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan
1997Palestine Palestine, Israel IsraelPatriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem
2002Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Myra
2002.04.20Argentina ArgentinaApostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
2006.10.17Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra
2013Egypt Egypt, South Sudan South Sudan, Sudan SudanTerritory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
2019.12.20Syria SyriaTitular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Apamea in Syria
2023Egypt EgyptTitular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed
2023Palestine Palestine, Israel IsraelTitular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed

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