Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Sudan
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Sudan | |
Date | Change |
| 1330 | Diocese of Dongola was established |
| 1350 | Diocese of Dongola was suppressed |
| 1835 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1846.04.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt and Arabia) |
| 1885 | Diocese of Iskanderiya (Armenian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Cilicia) |
| 1910.06.16 | Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé |
| 1911.02.14 | Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari |
| 1913.05.30 | Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal) |
| 1932.02.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban |
| 1946.06.22 | Diocese of Cairo (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1949.12.16 | Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt |
| 1960.05.10 | Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum) |
| 1974.12.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid was promoted as Diocese of El Obeid (became suffragan of Khartoum) |
| 1974.12.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum (with suffragan see El Obeid) |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan |
| 1997 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan |
| 1997 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 2013 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan |
| 2013 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan (Syriac Rite) was renamed as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan |
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