Byzantine Church in Croatia and Serbia

Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

DateAscendingCountryChange
1611.11.21Croatia Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia SloveniaApostolic Vicariate of Marča (Croatian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Zagreb)
1777.06.17Croatia Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia SloveniaApostolic Vicariate of Marča (Croatian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Gornji Tkalec (became suffragan of Esztergom)
1801Croatia Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia SloveniaDiocese of Gornji Tkalec (Croatian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Križevci
2003.08.28Serbia Serbia, Kosovo KosovoApostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro (Croatian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Križevci)
2013.01.19Serbia Serbia, Kosovo KosovoApostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro (Croatian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (lost territory to Archdiocese of Bar and Diocese of Kotor)
2018.12.06Serbia Serbia, Kosovo KosovoApostolic Exarchate of Serbia (Croatian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (without ecclesiastical province)

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