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Changes in Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions

in Ukraine

Ukraine
DateAscendingChange
UnknownDiocese of Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1321Diocese of Žytomyr was established
1375.02.13Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halyč was established
1378Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky was established
1404Diocese of Luceoria was established
1412.08.28Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halyč was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv
1425Diocese of Luceoria was renamed as Diocese of Luck and Wlodzimierz
1594.05.02Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1596Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1596Diocese of Luck and Wlodzimierz was renamed as Diocese of Luck
1630Archdiocese of Lviv (Armenian Rite) was established
1636Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1638Diocese of Kyiv–Černihiv was established
1677Diocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1689Apostolic Vicariate of Mukacheve (Ruthenian Rite) was established
1702Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was restored
1771.09.19Apostolic Vicariate of Mukacheve (Ruthenian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Mukacheve
1778Diocese of Luck was suppressed
1795Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1798.08.08Diocese of Kyiv–Černihiv was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz)
1798.08.08Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Kyiv–Černihiv and Diocese of Žytomyr)
1798.08.08Diocese of Žytomyr was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz)
1798.11.18Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was restored
1807.02.22Diocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Lviv
1808.09.26Archdiocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv
1838Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1839.03.14Diocese of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1885.03.26Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv)
1918.09.22Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky was restored
1921Titular Episcopal See of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was restored
1925.10.28Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz was renamed as Diocese of Lutsk (lost territory to establish Diocese of Žytomyr)
1925.10.28Diocese of Žytomyr was restored (from Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz)
1931Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1944Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1963.12.23Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Major Archdiocese of Lviv
1973Titular Episcopal See of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1993.04.20Diocese of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk)
1993.04.20Diocese of Sambir–Drohobych (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)
1993.04.20Diocese of Ternopil (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)
1993.04.20Diocese of Zboriv (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)
1993.08.14Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia was established (from Diocese of Satu Mare)
1995.11.25Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod (Ukrainian Rite) was restored (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)
1998.11.25Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Žytomyr)
1998.11.25Diocese of Žytomyr was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr)
2000.07.21Diocese of Bučač (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Ternopil)
2000.07.21Diocese of Sokal (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv and Diocese of Ternopil)
2000.07.21Diocese of Stryj (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)
2000.07.21Diocese of Ternopil (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Ternopil–Zboriv (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Zboriv, and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bučač and Diocese of Sokal)
2000.07.21Diocese of Zboriv (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Ternopil–Zboriv)
2002.01.11Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k–Kharkiv (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod)
2002.03.27Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia was promoted as Diocese of Mukacheve
2002.05.04Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia was established (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky and Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr)
2002.05.04Diocese of Odessa–Simferopol was established (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky)
2003.07.28Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa–Krym (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod)
2004.12.06Diocese of Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite) was united (as title of Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč)
2004.12.06Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv
2004.12.06Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv, and gained title of Kamyanets)
2004.12.06Major Archdiocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was demoted as Archdiocese of Lviv (lost territory to establish Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč)
2006.09.20Diocese of Sokal (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Sokal–Zhovkva
2008.01.15Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Ukrainian Rite) was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv)
2011.11.21Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk
2011.11.21Archdiocese of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv
2011.11.21Diocese of Ternopil–Zboriv (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ternopil–Zboriv

as of 2013.04.28

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