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

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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