Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Greece

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This list does not yet take into account the period prior to the Great Schism (1053), nor does it fully cover the High Middle Ages.

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  • when the dioceses of Andros, Carpathos and Nicaria were erected;
  • when the dioceses of Carpathos, Nicaria and Tenedos were suppressed;
  • which were the 11 suffragan sees of Athens in the 13th century, and their history. Claes.Tande@katolsk.no
1204
Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
1322 (1346)
Smyrna (Metr.) - (Kingdom of Nikaea) Turkey
1600-1700
Smyrna (Metr., abandoned) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1600-1700
Asia Minor (AV, supplanting Smyrna, and also detached from Constantinople AV?) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1742
Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1830
Constantinople / Istanbul [Arm.] (AEp, detached from the care of the AV Constantinople) - Turkey
1867
Constantinople / Konstantinopolis [Arm.] (Patr., and united to Cilicia) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1900
Istanbul (AV, new name, previously Constantinople / Konstantinopolis) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1911
Istanbul, Konstantinopolis / Constantinople (ApEx [Gr.-Byz.], , detached from the care of the AV Constantinople) - Turkey

300-400
Rhodos (Metr. [Byz.]) - (Rhodes) Greece
800-900
Tinos - (Byzantine Empire) Greece
1200-1300?
Andros (Venetian Fiefdom of Andros)- Greece
1200-1300?
Carpathos (Genoese Fiefdom of Scarpanto)- Greece
1200-1300?
Nicaria - Greece
1200-1300
Cefalonia - Greece
1200-1300
Chios / Keos - (Venetian Fiefdom of Chios) Greece
1200-1300
Naxos - (Venetian Fiefdom of Naxos) Greece
1200-1300
Syros - (Venetian Fiefdom of Syros) Greece
1204~
Beroia [Latin] - (Kingdom of Thessalonike) Greece
1204
Santorino - Greece
1205
Athenai (Metr.) - (Fiefdom of Achaea) Greece
1207
Melos / Milos (Latin diocese from this time) - (Venetian Fiefdom of Crete) Greece
1212
Zante - Greece
1213
Candia / Kreta / La Canea (Metr.) - (Venetian Fiefdom of Crete) Greece
1220~?
Beroia [Latin] (abandoned) - (Despotate of Epirus) Greece
1310
Corfù (Metr.) - Greece
1328
Rhodos (Metr., now a Latin see) - Greece
1377~
Tenedos (Metr., now a Latin see) - (Venetian Kingdoms) - Turkey
1400
Mykonos - Greece
1400-1500
Tenedos (abandoned?) - (Byzantine Empire)- Turkey
1483
Athenai (Metr., abandoned after death of Archbishop) - (Byzantine Empire) Greece
1522
Naxos (Metr.) - (Byzantine Empire) Greece
1546
Rhodos (Metr., suppressed) - (Byzantine Empire) Greece
1550-1800
Carpathos (abandoned?) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1550-1800
Nicaria (abandoned?) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1700
Melos (united with Naxos) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1700
Naxos (Metr.) and Melos (united) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1797
Rhodos (title of this titular See incorporated in Malta) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1830
Naxos (Metr., Melos detached, and incorporated in Santorino) - (Ottoman Empire) Greece
1874
Candia / Kreta / La Canea (D, previously Metr.) - Greece
1875
Athenai (AD, reestablished) - Greece
1907
Rhodos (AP, detached from Smyrna AD) - Greece
1919
Naxos (Metr.), Andros, Tinos and Mykonos (united) - Greece
1919
Corfù (Metr.), Zante and Cefalonia (united) - Greece
1925
Greece [Arm.] (Ord., detached from Constantinople; see: Athens) - Greece
1926
Thessaloniki (AV, detached from Istanbul [Lat.] AV) - Greece
1928
Rhodos (reestablished as AD, as the previous AP is elevated to AD) - Greece
1932
Greece [Gr.-Byz.] (ApEx, detached from Istanbul, Konstantinopolis [Gr.-Byz.) - Greece
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