Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Croatia - First draft

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

This first draft suffers from several defects. There might be ancient sees we have not included. In addition to those, we ask our readers to kindly help us determining

  • when was the diocese of Osor / Ossero / Lusin / Absor / Auxerensis erected?
  • when was the diocese of Rab / Arbe / Scardona erected?
  • from what diocese/s Zagreb was detached in 1093.
  • the history of Nin / Nona: According to Cath.Enc. it was a diocese prior to 863, but was suppressed in 928. Acording to the Catholic Croatian www.hvb.hr it was incorporated in Zadar in 1828. Claes.Tande@katolsk.no
40-100
Epidaurus - Croatia
200-300
Porec - Croatia
200-300
Siscia - Croatia
300-400
Sirmium / Syrmium / Syrmia / Srijem (see in Mitrovica, now Serbia) - (Roman Empire, Hungary, Yugoslavia) Yugoslavia, Croatia
304~
Salona (Metr.) - Croatia
400-500
Pula - Croatia
400-500
Spoleto / Split (Metr.) - Croatia
400-500
Senj / Zengg - Croatia
441
Sirmium / Syrmium / Srijem (destroyed) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Croatia
500-600
Makarska - Croatia
530~ (or 4th cent., possibly around 381)
Zadar / Zara / Iadera, Iadra, Diadora - (Venetian Rep., Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia) Croatia
579
Pedena - Croatia
600-700
Siscia [Sisak] (abandoned) - Croatia
639
Epidaurus (abandoned) - Croatia
647
Spalato / Spoleto / Split (Metr.) (new name, previously Salona, which was destroyed by the Slavs, Spoleto built on same site)- Croatia
800-900
Cittanova / Novigrad - Croatia
850?
Nin / Nona, Aeona - (Venetian Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
885
Sirmium / Sirmio / Syrmium / Syrmia / Srijem (suppressed) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Yugoslavia, Croatia
900
Krk / Veglia - Croatia
925
Siscia [Sisak] (failed attempt to revive the see) - Croatia
928
Nin / Nona (suppressed) - Croatia
950-1000
Korcula / Curzola / Lat. Cursola - (Venetian Republic, Ragusa Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
950-1000
Ston / Stagno / Stagnum - (Venetian Republic, Ragusa Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
990
Dubrovnik / Ragusa - Croatia
1050
Knin / Tinin - Croatia
1054
Zadar / Zara (Metr., previously under Patriarchal jurisdiction from Grado) - (Venetian Rep., Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1088
Bosna (see in Djakovo since 1250, also including most of Bosnia, but not Hercegovina) - (Hungary and Ottoman Empire, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1093-4
Zagreb / Zagabria/ [Germ.:] Agram - (revived on the former territory of Sisak) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1100-1150?
Skradin / Scardona (Venetian Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1100-1150?
Trogir / Traù / Tragurium (Venetian Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1120
Dubrovnik / Ragusa (Metr., previously part of the Metr. province of ....) - Croatia
1145~
Hvar / Lesina - Croatia
1150
Senj / Zengg (revived) - Croatia
1185
Corbavia / Krbava - Croatia
1231
Srijem / Syrmium / Sirmio / [Hung.:] Szerem (reestablished) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1298
Sibenik (detached from Split) - Croatia
1460
Senj and Modrus (new name, see transferred from Corbavia / Krbava) - Croatia
1622
Knin (abandoned) - Croatia
1640
Senj-Modrus / Senj (united) - Croatia
1773
Bosna-Srijem (united ae. pr., See in Djakovo, Hung. Djakovár) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1777
Krizevci [Byz.] (detached from the jurisdiction of Zagreb) - Croatia
1813
Skradin / Scardona (abolished and incorporated in Sibenik) - (Venetian Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1828
Cittanova (incorporated in Trieste) - Croatia
1828
Dubrovnik (D, previously Metr.) - Croatia
1828
Knin (formally incorporated in Sibenik) - Croatia
1828
Korcula (incorporated in Dubrovnik) - Croatia
1828
Osor / Ossero / Lusin / Absor / Auxerensis (incorporated in Krk) - Croatia
1828
Pedena (incorporated in Trieste - aeque principaliter unita) - Croatia
1828
Porec and Pula (united) - Croatia
1828
Rab / Arbe / Scardona (incorporated in Krk) - Croatia
1828
Split-Makarska (D, united, Split was previously Metr.) - Croatia
1828
Ston (incorporated in Dubrovnik) - Croatia
1828
Trogir / Traù (suppressed and incorporated in Sibenik) - (Venetian Republic, Austria, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1852
Zagreb (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kalocsa-Bacs) - Croatia
1889
Brac (incorporated in Hvar) - Croatia
1889
Vis (incorporated in Hvar) - Croatia
1920
Fiume / Rijeka (AA, detached from Senj-Modrus, Ljubljana, and Trieste) - (Italy) Croatia
1925
Rijeka (D) - (Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs) Croatia
1932
Zadar (AD, previously Metr.) - Croatia
1947
Pazin (AA of the territories of Trieste-Koper in Croatia) (detached from Trieste-Koper) - (Yugoslavia) Croatia
1948
Zadar (Metr., previously AD) - Croatia
1963
Djakovo-Srijem / Nug. Djakovár-Szerem(change of name from Bosna-Srijem; part of the D is in Serbia [Vojvodina], see Yugoslavia) - (Hungary, Yugoslavia) Croatia
1969
Rijeka-Senj (Metr., and united, previously part of the Metr. province of Gorizia) - Croatia
1969
Split-Makarska (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Zadar) - Croatia
1997
Hrvatska (Military Ordinariate) - Croatia
1997
Pozega (detached from Zagreb) - Croatia
1997
Varazdin (detached from Zagreb) - Croatia
2000
Rijeka (new name, previously Rijeka-Senj) - Croatia
2000
Gospic-Senj (Gospic new and detached from Rijeka-Senj, Senj a historical see) - Croatia
2008
Djakovo-Osijek (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Zagreb, and new name, previously Djakovo-Srijem) - Croatia
2009
Sisak (detached from Zagreb) - Croatia
2009
Bjelovar-Križevci (detached from Zagreb) - Croatia
av Webmaster publisert 13.02.2010, sist endret 13.02.2010 - 18:57