Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Estonia
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 1388
- Vilna (established in territory previously in part covered by ....) - Lithuania
- 1417
- Samogitia / Zemaitija (established in territory previously in part covered by Vilna?) - Lithuania
- 1636
- Smolensk (detached from ....) - (Poland) Russia
- 1772
- White Russia / Mohilev (erected by the Russian tsarina, later sanctioned by the Holy See, erected from territories of .... ??) - (Russia) Belarus
- 1778
- Samogitia / Zemaitija (vacant) - (Russia) Lithuania
- 1783
- Smolensk (suppressed, incorporated in Mohilev) - Russia
- 1783
- Mohilev (AD) - (Russia) Belarus
- 1798
- Mohilev (Metr., previously AD) - (Russia) Belarus
- 1798
- Samogitia / Zemaitija (suppressed, incorporated in Mohilev) - Lithuania
- 1849
- Samogitia / Zemaitija (reerected, detached from Mohilev) - Lithuania
- 1918
- Riga (D, reestablished, detached from Samogitia / Zemaitija, and from Mohilev) - (Poland/Prussia) Latvia
- 1923
- Riga (AD) - Latvia
- 1211
- Estonia /Estland / Leal / Leale (established from Riga) - Estonia
- 1219
- Tallinn / Reval - Estonia
- 1220
- Virumaa / Wierland (established from Riga?, See in Rakvere / Wesenberg) - Estonia
- 1227
- Virumaa / Wierland (vacant) - Estonia
- 1228
- Saare-Lääne / Ösel-Wiek (established from Riga, See and Cathedral in Haapsalu, secondary See in Kuressare) - Estonia
- 1235
- Dorpat / Tartu (new name, after the See city was moved in 1224, previously Leal) - Estonia
- 1251
- Pärnu / Pernau (Cathedral in Vana-Pärnu) - Estonia
- 1263
- Pärnu / Pernau (abandoned) - Estonia
- 1272
- Virumaa / Wierland (incorporated in Tallinn / Reval) - Estonia
- 1558
- Dorpat / Tartu / Yuriev (extinct after the Russian conquest 1558) - (Russia) Estonia
- 1560
- Saare-Lääne / Ösel-Wiek (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Estonia
- 1561
- Tallinn / Reval (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Estonia
- 1924
- Estonia (AA, detached from Riga AD) - Estonia