Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Romania | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Constantia antea Tomi was established |
| 600 | Archdiocese of Constantia antea Tomi was suppressed |
| 1009 | Diocese of Byhor was established |
| 1009 | Diocese of Transilvania was established |
| 1077 | Diocese of Byhor was renamed as Diocese of Oradea Mare |
| 1227 | Diocese of Milcovia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom) |
| 1371 | Diocese of Siret was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1381 | Diocese of Argeș was established (became suffragan of Kalocsa) |
| 1418 | Diocese of Baia was established |
| 1418 | Diocese of Moldovita was established |
| 1434 | Diocese of Siret was suppressed (to Diocese of Baia) |
| 1453 | Diocese of Milcovia was renamed as Diocese of Milcovia |
| 1520 | Diocese of Argeș was suppressed |
| 1525 | Diocese of Baia was suppressed |
| 1542 | Diocese of Milcovia was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom) |
| 1550 | Diocese of Moldovita was suppressed |
| 1590 | Diocese of Bacău was established (from former Diocese of Argeș) |
| 1648 | Apostolic Vicariate of Valachie was established |
| 1697.03.27 | Diocese of Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Transilvania) |
| 1721.05.18 | Diocese of Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Făgăraş |
| 1777.06.23 | Diocese of Oradea Mare (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Oradea Mare) |
| 1804.08.09 | Diocese of Satu Mare was established (from Diocese of Eger and became suffragan of Eger) |
| 1818 | Diocese of Bacău was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia) |
| 1818 | Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Bacău) |
| 1853.11.26 | Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş (with suffragan sees Lugoj and Oradea Mare and lost territory to establish Diocese of Lugoj) |
| 1853.11.26 | Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Făgăraş and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş) |
| 1853.12.19 | Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş and became suffragan of Făgăraş) |
| 1854.11.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia |
| 1883.04.27 | Apostolic Vicariate of Valachie was promoted as Archdiocese of Bucureşti |
| 1884.06.27 | Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia was promoted as Diocese of Iaşi (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1890 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia antea Tomi was restored |
| 1922 | Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was established |
| 1923.02.17 | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was established (from Diocese of Csanád) |
| 1925 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia antea Tomi was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia |
| 1926 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Constantia |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Constantia was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia |
| 1930 | Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was suppressed |
| 1930.06.05 | Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Cluj–Gherla (lost territory to establish Diocese of Maramureş) |
| 1930.06.05 | Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár, Diocese of Hajdúdorog, Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, Diocese of Mukačeve and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
| 1930.06.05 | Ordinariate of Romania (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 1930.06.05 | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was promoted as Diocese of Timişoara |
| 1930.06.06 | Archdiocese of Bucureşti was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucureşti (with suffragan sees Iaşi, Oradea Mare, Satu Mare, Timişoara and Transilvania) |
| 1932.03.22 | Diocese of Transilvania was renamed as Diocese of Alba Iulia |
| 1933 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tomi |
| 1937.09.02 | Diocese of Satu Mare lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger and Diocese of Košice |
| 1982.08.05 | Diocese of Oradea Mare lost territory to Diocese of Szeged–Csanád |
| 1990 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tomi was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia in Scythia |
| 1991.08.05 | Diocese of Alba Iulia was promoted as Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 2005.12.16 | Major Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
| 2005.12.16 | Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite) was demoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (lost territory to establish Major Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
| 2014.05.29 | Diocese of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) |
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