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
av Webmaster publisert 08.09.2004, sist endret 08.09.2004 - 12:11