Date![]() | Country | Change |
Unknown | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
Unknown | ![]() | Titular Metropolitan See of Pelusium (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
Unknown | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
Unknown | ![]() | Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
Unknown | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
Unknown | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Tarsus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
300 | ![]() | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Damascus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
400 | ![]() | Diocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
600 | ![]() | Diocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Aleppo |
1600 | ![]() | Diocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1683 | ![]() | Diocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
1683 | ![]() | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyr (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (with suffragan see Saïdā) |
1687 | ![]() | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1700 | ![]() | Diocese of Qâra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1701 | ![]() | Diocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1714 | ![]() | Diocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1724 | ![]() ![]() | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
1724 | ![]() | Diocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Damascus) |
1724.10.01 | ![]() | Diocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1724.10.01 | ![]() | Patriarchal See of Antioch (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1727 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Hama (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1727 | ![]() | Diocese of Homs (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1750 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Haūrān (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1759 | ![]() | Diocese of Akka (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tyr and without ecclesiastical province) |
1768 | ![]() ![]() | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1790 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aleppo |
1800 | ![]() | Diocese of Saidnaya (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1800 | ![]() | Diocese of Jabrud (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1800 | ![]() | Diocese of Qâra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1835 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1838.02.01 | ![]() | Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1838.02.01 | ![]() ![]() | Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1838.02.01 | ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1838.09.17 | ![]() | Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1849.03.04 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Hama (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs and united to Diocese of Homs) |
1849.03.04 | ![]() | Diocese 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) |
1849.03.04 | ![]() | Diocese of Jabrud (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs and united to Diocese of Homs) |
1881 | ![]() | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra–Hauran (gained territory from the suppressed Archdiocese of Haūrān) |
1881 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Haūrān (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bosra–Hauran) |
1881.08.16 | ![]() | Diocese of Beirut (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Gibail) |
1881.08.16 | ![]() | Diocese of Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail) |
1886.02.25 | ![]() ![]() | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (became suffragan of Tyr) |
1896 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1897.03.21 | ![]() | Diocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Tyr) |
1907 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea |
1914 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1922 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored |
1925 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea ad mare |
1925 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1927 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1929 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea ad mare (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea |
1932.05.02 | ![]() | Archdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1933 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina |
1933 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria |
1935 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
1951 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored |
1959 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored |
1961 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored |
1961 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cesarea in Palæstina |
1961 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Hierapolis in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1961 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Edessa in Osrhoëne (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1961.04.28 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Latakia) |
1961.04.28 | ![]() | Archdiocese 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) |
1964.11.18 | ![]() | Diocese of Akka (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Akka |
1964.11.18 | ![]() | Diocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Baalbek |
1964.11.18 | ![]() ![]() | Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Bāniyās |
1964.11.18 | ![]() | Diocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Saïdā |
1964.11.18 | ![]() | Diocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Tripoli |
1964.11.18 | ![]() | Diocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Zahleh–Furzol |
1966.01.10 | ![]() | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1969 | ![]() | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut–Gibail (Greek-Melkite Rite) lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli |
1971.11.29 | ![]() | Diocese 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) |
1972.03.25 | ![]() | Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1975 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Adana (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1976.06.28 | ![]() | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Newton (without ecclesiastical province) |
1980 | ![]() | Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1980 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1980.10.13 | ![]() | Diocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1981 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Tarsus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tarsus |
1987.03.26 | ![]() ![]() | Diocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1988.02.27 | ![]() | Diocese of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1990.02.19 | ![]() | Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1991 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan |
1991 | ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem |
1997 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan |
1997 | ![]() ![]() | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem |
2002 | ![]() | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Myra |
2002.04.20 | ![]() | Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
2006.10.17 | ![]() | Titular Episcopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra |
2013 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Territory 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 |
2019.12.20 | ![]() | Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Apamea in Syria |
2023 | ![]() | Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
2023 | ![]() ![]() | Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed |
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