Armenian Church

Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

DateAscendingCountryChange
UnknownGreece GreeceTitular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis (Armenian Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Anazarbus (Armenian Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Chalcedon (Armenian Rite) was established
UnknownTurkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Nisibis (Armenian Rite) was established
294Lebanon Lebanon, Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Cilicia (Armenian Rite) was established
1630.10.24Ukraine Ukraine, Moldova MoldovaArchdiocese of Lviv (Armenian Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1650Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Amida (Armenian Rite) was established
1708Turkiye TurkiyeArchdiocese of Mardin (Armenian Rite) was established
1710Syria SyriaDiocese of Aleppo (Armenian Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1735Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Ancyra (Armenian Rite) was established
1742.11.26Lebanon Lebanon, Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Cilicia (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal See of Cilicia
1774Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Adana (Armenian Rite) was established
1779Turkiye TurkiyeApostolic Vicariate of Istanbul (Armenian Rite) was established
1830Turkiye TurkiyeApostolic Vicariate of Istanbul (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Istanbul
1842Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Marasc (Armenian Rite) was established
1850Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Artvin (Armenian Rite) was established
1850Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Armenian Rite) was established
1850Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Prusa (Armenian Rite) was established
1850Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Trapezus (Armenian Rite) was established
1850.04.30Iran IranDiocese of Ispahan (Armenian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Cilicia)
1850.04.30Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Ancyra (Armenian Rite) was restored
1850.04.30Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Garin (Armenian Rite) was established
1858Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Sebaste (Armenian Rite) was established
1859Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Tokat (Armenian Rite) was established
1861Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Melitene (Armenian Rite) was established
1865.05.01Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Kharput (Armenian Rite) was established
1867Turkiye TurkiyeArchdiocese of Istanbul (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (to Patriarchal See of Cilicia)
1884Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Mush (Armenian Rite) was established
1885Egypt Egypt, South Sudan South Sudan, Sudan SudanDiocese of Iskanderiya (Armenian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Cilicia)
1892.05.30Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Sebaste (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Sebaste (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Tokat)
1892.05.30Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Tokat (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (to Archdiocese of Sebaste)
1899.02.03Syria SyriaDiocese of Aleppo (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Aleppo
1905Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Metropolitan See of Pessinus (Armenian Rite) was established
1911North Macedonia North MacedoniaTitular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was established
1915Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Metropolitan See of Pessinus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1920Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Prusa (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1925Greece GreeceTitular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1925.12.21Greece GreeceOrdinariate of Greece (Armenian Rite) was established
1926Greece GreeceTitular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis in Rhodope (Armenian Rite) was restored
1928North Macedonia North MacedoniaTitular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1928Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Tarsus (Armenian Rite) was established
1928.10.15Turkiye TurkiyeArchdiocese of Istanbul (Armenian Rite) was restored (from Patriarchal See of Cilicia and without ecclesiastical province)
1929Greece GreeceTitular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis in Rhodope (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1929.01.25Lebanon LebanonMetropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut (Armenian Rite) was established
1930.06.05Romania RomaniaOrdinariate of Romania (Armenian Rite) was established
1933Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Anazarbus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1933Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Nisibis (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1954.06.29Iraq IraqArchdiocese of Baghdad (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and without ecclesiastical province)
1954.06.29Syria SyriaDiocese of Kameshli (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and became suffragan of Cilicia)
1956Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Chalcedon (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1957Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Archiepiscopal See of Tarsus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1960.07.22France FranceApostolic Vicariate of France (Armenian Rite) was established
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Adana (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Amida (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Ancyra (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Artvin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Garin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Kharput (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Marasc (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeArchdiocese of Mardin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Melitene (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Mush (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Prusa (Armenian Rite) was restored
1972Turkiye TurkiyeArchdiocese of Sebaste (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1972Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Tokat (Armenian Rite) was restored
1972Turkiye TurkiyeDiocese of Trapezus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed
1981.07.03Brazil Brazil, Mexico Mexico, Uruguay UruguayApostolic Exarchate of América Latina e México (Armenian Rite) was established
1981.07.03USA USA, Canada CanadaApostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian Rite) was established
1984.11.06Syria SyriaPatriarchal Exarchate of Damascus (Armenian Rite) was established
1986.06.30France FranceApostolic Vicariate of France (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (without ecclesiastical province)
1989.02.18Argentina ArgentinaDiocese of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of América Latina e México and without ecclesiastical province)
1991.07.13Armenia Armenia, Belarus Belarus, Estonia Estonia, Georgia Georgia, Latvia Latvia, Lithuania Lithuania, Russia RussiaOrdinariate of East Europe (Armenian Rite) was established
1991.10.01Jordan Jordan, Israel Israel, Palestine PalestinePatriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was established
1992Turkiye TurkiyeTitular Episcopal See of Mardin (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Mardin
1998Jordan Jordan, Israel Israel, Palestine PalestinePatriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem
2001Jordan Jordan, Israel Israel, Palestine PalestineTerritory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman
2005.09.12USA USA, Canada CanadaApostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (without ecclesiastical province)
2014.12.29USA USA, Canada CanadaDiocese of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale

Last updated on 2026.04.12

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