Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Poland
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Poland | |
Date | Change |
| 968 | Diocese of Poznań was established |
| 996 | Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was established |
| 999 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno was established (from Diocese of Poznań and with suffragan sees Kołobrzeg and Wrocław) |
| 999 | Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 999 | Diocese of Wrocław was established (from Diocese of Meißen and Diocese of Praha and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1000.03.08 | Diocese of Kraków was established (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1015 | Diocese of Kołobrzeg was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze) |
| 1075 | Diocese of Płock was established |
| 1140 | Diocese of Wollin was established (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1148 | Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was renamed as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze |
| 1175 | Diocese of Wollin was renamed as Diocese of Kamień |
| 1243.07.23 | Diocese of Warmia was established |
| 1243.07.29 | Diocese of Chełmno was established (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1243.07.29 | Diocese of Pomezania was established |
| 1257.02.01 | Diocese of Łuków was established (from Diocese of Kraków) |
| 1257.08 | Diocese of Łuków was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków) |
| 1340.04 | Diocese of Przemyśl was established |
| 1358 | Diocese of Chełm was restored (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1364 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno |
| 1424.10.17 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Chełm |
| 1426.06.21 | Diocese of Chełm lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1524 | Diocese of Pomezania was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełmno) |
| 1545 | Diocese of Kamień was suppressed |
| 1556 | Titular Episcopal See of Kamień was restored |
| 1596 | Diocese of Chełm–Bełz (Ukrainian Rite) was established |
| 1601.04.19 | Diocese of Pomezania was restored (from Diocese of Chełmno) |
| 1609 | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Kyiv–Halyč) |
| 1621 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Poznań |
| 1633 | Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze |
| 1763 | Diocese of Pomezania was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełmno) |
| 1763.07.11 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Przemyśl |
| 1772 | Diocese of Chełm lost territory to Diocese of Przemyśl |
| 1786.03.13 | Diocese of Tarnów was established (from Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Lviv) |
| 1788 | Diocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc |
| 1790.08.08 | Diocese of Chełm was renamed as Diocese of Chełm–Lublin (gained territory from Diocese of Kraków) |
| 1790.08.08 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin |
| 1794.01.12 | Diocese of Poznań lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno |
| 1795 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1798.03.06 | Diocese of Supraśl (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč and former Diocese of Volodymyr–Brėst) |
| 1798.08.08 | Diocese of Chełm–Lublin lost territory to Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz |
| 1798.10.16 | Diocese of Warszawa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1799.03.16 | Diocese of Wigry was established (from Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Diocese of Vilnius and Diocese of Žemaitija) |
| 1799.06.20 | Diocese of Chełm–Lublin lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1800.09.09 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Wrocław |
| 1800.09.09 | Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Warszawa |
| 1805.06.13 | Diocese of Kielce was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Chełm–Lublin and Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1805.06.13 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin |
| 1805.06.13 | Diocese of Warszawa lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin |
| 1805.09.22 | Diocese of Chełm–Lublin was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Lublin) |
| 1805.09.22 | Diocese of Lublin was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Chełm–Lublin and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1805.09.24 | Diocese of Tarnów was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków and Diocese of Przemyśl) |
| 1809.02.14 | Diocese of Supraśl (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełm–Bełz and Diocese of Volodymyr–Brėst) |
| 1811.10.22 | Diocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1818.06.30 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Kielce was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków and to establish Diocese of Sandomierz) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv and Diocese of Wrocław |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was renamed as Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Płock, Diocese of Poznań and Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Podlachia was established (from Diocese of Kraków, Diocese of Lublin, Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Diocese of Płock and Diocese of Poznań and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Płock lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Sandomierz was established (from Diocese of Kraków, from the suppressed Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Sejny was established (from Diocese of Płock and from the suppressed Diocese of Wigry) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Warszawa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa (with suffragan sees Kraków, Kujawy–Kaliska, Lublin, Płock, Podlachia and Sandomierz and gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Płock) |
| 1818.06.30 | Diocese of Wigry was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Sejny) |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Chełmno lost territory to Diocese of Warmia |
| 1821.07.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno lost territory to Diocese of Chełmno |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Poznań was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań (gained territory from Diocese of Wrocław) |
| 1821.07.16 | Diocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań |
| 1821.07.20 | Diocese of Sejny was renamed as Diocese of Augustów |
| 1821.09.20 | Diocese of Tyniec was restored (from Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Lviv) |
| 1826.04.23 | Diocese of Tyniec was renamed as Diocese of Tarnów |
| 1875.03.18 | Diocese of Chełm–Bełz (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed |
| 1880.01.20 | Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1882.12.28 | Diocese of Kielce was restored (from Diocese of Sandomierz and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1886.03.27 | Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Diocese of Kraków |
| 1919.02.05 | Military Vicariate of Poland was established |
| 1920.12.10 | Diocese of Łódź was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1921 | Diocese of Augustów lost territory to Diocese of Žemaitija |
| 1922.04.21 | Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk was established (from Diocese of Chełmno and Diocese of Warmia) |
| 1922.11.07 | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Diocese of Wrocław) |
| 1923.05.01 | Apostolic Administration of Tütz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno) |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Augustów was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Łomża) |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Częstochowa was established (from Diocese of Kielce, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Kraków) |
| 1925.10.28 | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Katowice (became suffragan of Kraków) |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Kielce lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Kraków was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (with suffragan sees Częstochowa, Katowice, Kielce and Tarnów and gained territory from Diocese of Kielce, Diocese of Spiš and Diocese of Tarnów) |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Przemyśl exchanged territory with Diocese of Tarnów |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Podlachia was renamed as Diocese of Siedlce |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków |
| 1925.10.28 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa lost territory to Diocese of Łomża |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska was renamed as Diocese of Włocławek (became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1925.10.28 | Diocese of Łomża was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Augustów, gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Vilnius) |
| 1925.12.30 | Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk was promoted as Diocese of Gdańsk (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Chełmno lost territory to Diocese of Warmia |
| 1930.08.13 | Apostolic Administration of Tütz was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl (became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 1930.08.13 | Diocese of Wrocław was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (with suffragan sees Berlin, Warmia and Schneidemühl and lost territory to establish Diocese of Berlin) |
| 1934.02.10 | Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl) |
| 1938.11.04 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Katowice |
| 1939 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Nitra and Diocese of Spiš |
| 1940.01.01 | Diocese of Katowice lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław |
| 1941.02 | Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna |
| 1945 | Diocese of Przemyśl lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv |
| 1945.08.15 | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław) |
| 1945.09.01 | Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Piła |
| 1947 | Military Vicariate of Poland was suppressed |
| 1972.06.28 | Diocese of Gorzów was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 1972.06.28 | Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg was restored (from Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1972.06.28 | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Opole (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 1972.06.28 | Territorial Prelature of Piła was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Gorzów and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg) |
| 1972.06.28 | Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was restored (from Diocese of Berlin and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 1972.06.28 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Opole |
| 1978.05.31 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc |
| 1981.09.18 | Ordinariate of Poland (for Greek and Armenian Catholics) (Eastern Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa) |
| 1981.10.03 | Diocese of Sandomierz was renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom |
| 1991 | Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv) |
| 1991 | Military Ordinariate of Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego was restored |
| 1991.01.16 | Ordinariate of Poland (for Greek and Armenian Catholics) (Eastern Rite) was renamed as Ordinariate of Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego |
| 1991.01.16 | Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Przemyśl) |
| 1991.06.05 | Diocese of Białystok was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius and became suffragan of Vilnius) |
| 1991.06.05 | Diocese of Drohiczyn was established (from Diocese of Pinsk and became suffragan of Vilnius) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Białystok was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Białystok (with suffragan sees Drohiczyn and Łomża) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków and Diocese of Katowice and became suffragan of Kraków) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Częstochowa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Częstochowa (with suffragan sees Radom and Sosnowiec and lost territory to establish Diocese of Gliwice, Diocese of Kalisz and Diocese of Sosnowiec) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Elbląg was established (from Diocese of Chełmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Ełk was established (from Diocese of Łomża and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Gdańsk was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk (with suffragan sees Pelplin and Toruń, gained territory from Diocese of Chełmno and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Gliwice was established (from Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Katowice and Diocese of Opole and became suffragan of Katowice) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Kalisz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Opole and Diocese of Włocławek and became suffragan of Poznań) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Katowice was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (with suffragan sees Gliwice and Opole and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec and Diocese of Gliwice) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Legnica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Lublin was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin (with suffragan sees Sandomierz and Siedlce, lost territory to Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów and exchanged territory with Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Chełmno was renamed as Diocese of Pelplin (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Toruń and became suffragan of Gdańsk) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Przemyśl was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl (with suffragan sees Rzeszów and Zamość–Lubaczów, lost territory to Diocese of Sandomierz and lost territory to establish Diocese of Rzeszów) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Radom was established (from Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom and became suffragan of Częstochowa) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Rzeszów was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl and Diocese of Tarnów and became suffragan of Przemyśl) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom was renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz (gained territory from Diocese of Przemyśl, lost territory to establish Diocese of Radom, exchanged territory with Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Lublin) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Sosnowiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, Diocese of Częstochowa and Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Częstochowa) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin–Kamień (with suffragan sees Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and Zielona Góra–Gorzów) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Toruń was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno and became suffragan of Gdańsk) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Warmia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia (with suffragan sees Elbląg and Ełk, lost territory to Apostolic Administration of European Russia and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Ełk) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Warszawa-Praga was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1992.03.25 | Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów was promoted as Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów (gained territory from Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Przemyśl) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Gorzów was renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (became suffragan of Szczecin–Kamień) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Łowicz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa) |
| 1992.03.25 | Diocese of Łódź was promoted as Archdiocese of Łódź (lost territory to establish Diocese of Łowicz and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1996.05.24 | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa |
| 1996.06.01 | Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa and became suffragan of Przemyśl–Warszawa) |
| 2004.02.24 | Diocese of Bydgoszcz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and Diocese of Pelplin and became suffragan of Gniezno) |
| 2004.02.24 | Archdiocese of Łódź was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź (with suffragan see Łowicz) |
| 2004.02.24 | Diocese of Świdnica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Legnica and became suffragan of Wrocław) |
| 2009.01 | Titular Episcopal See of Chełm was restored |
| 2009.01 | Titular Episcopal See of Sejny was restored |
| 2014.10 | Titular Episcopal See of Pomezania was restored |
| 2014.10 | Titular Episcopal See of Wigry was restored |
| 2020.11.25 | Diocese of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa and Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk and became suffragan of Przemyśl–Warszawa) |
| 2020.11.25 | Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Wrocław–Koszalin (lost territory to establish Diocese of Olsztyn–Gdańsk) |
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