Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:England and Wales
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- 314~
- Eborus / York (Eborus first mentioned in 314) - England
- 573~
- Llanelwy / Saint Asaph - Wales
- 597
- Canterbury - England
- 601
- Canterbury (Metr.) - England
- 604
- London - England
- 604
- Rochester (detached from Canterbury) - England
- 625
- Eborus / York (extinct) - England
- 628~
- Lindsay (established from York) - England
- 631
- Eborus / York (Metr., reestablished) - England
- 633
- Eborus / York (vacant) - England
- 634
- Dorchester (established from Rome) - England
- 635
- Lindisfarne (detached from Eborus) - England
- 635
- Winchester (detached from Dorchester) - England
- 640~
- Dunwich / East Anglia - England
- 650?
- Augusta (soon to disappear again) - England
- 653
- Othona - England
- 656
- Mercia (detached from York) - England
- 662
- Winchester (sometimes: Winchester and Hereford) (reestablished) - England
- 664
- Eborus/York (revived) - England
- 664
- Othona (abolished, incorporated in London) - England
- 669
- Lichfield (new name, previously Mercia) - England
- 673
- Elmham (detached from Dunwich) - England
- 676~
- Hereford - England
- 678
- Hexham (detached from York) - England
- 678
- Sidnacester (detached from Lindisfarne) - England
- 680
- Worcester (detached from Lichfield) - England
- 705
- Sherborne (detached from Dorchester) - England
- 708
- Sussex - England
- 732
- Eborus/York (Metr.) - England
- 787
- Lichfield (Metr.) - England
- 803
- Lichfield (D) - England
- 820
- Hexham (vacant, later united with Lindisfarne) - England
- 850~
- Sidnacester (incorporated in Leicester) - England
- 870~
- Elmham (suppressed, territory to East Anglia) - England
- 870
- Leicester (incorporated in Dorchester) - England
- 875
- Lindisfarne (abandoned, de facto extinct) - England
- 879
- Chester-le-Street (de facto continuation of Lindisfarne) - England
- 909~
- Crediton (detached from Sherborne) - England
- 909~
- Ramsbury (sometimes: Ramsbury and Sonning) (detached from Dorchester, and from Sherborne) - England
- 909
- Wells (detached from Sherborne, acc. to legend also successor of the Celtic Diocese of Congresbury) - England
- 912
- Worcester (de facto joined to York in personal union) - England
- 931
- Cornwall (detached from Crediton) - England
- 995
- Durham (replaces Chester-le-Street, previously Lindisfarne) - England
- 1016
- Worcester (reestablished, detached from personal union to York) - England
- 1040
- Cornwall (incorporated in Crediton) - England
- 1050
- Exeter (new name, previously Crediton, see transferred) - England
- 1058
- Sherborne (suppressed, united with Ramsbury) - England
- 1075
- Lincoln (new name, previously Dorchester) - England
- 1075~
- Sarum (new name, previously Ramsbury) - England
- 1075-1086
- Chester and Lichfield (new name, previously Lichfield) - England
- 1082
- Chichester (new name, previously Selsey / Selsea) - England
- 1088/91
- Bath (new name, previously Wells; actual change of residence was about 1088-1091) - England
- 1094
- Norwich (new name, previously East Anglia) - England
- 1117
- Chester and Lichfield (vacant, later transferred to Coventry) - England
- 1121
- Coventry and Lichfield (new name, previously Chester and Lichfield) - England
- 1136
- Bath and Wells (new name, previously Bath) - England
- 1192
- Glastonbury (new name, previously Bath and Wells) - England
- 1206
- Bath and Glastonbury (new name, previously Glastonbury) - England
- 1219
- Salisbury / Sarum (new name after change of residence; Salisbury also called "New Sarum") - England
- 1244
- Bath and Wells (new name, previously Bath and Glastonbury) - England
- 1535
- Hereford (under schismatic bishops) - England
- 1535
- Saint Asaph (ruled by schismatic bishops) - Wales
- 1541
- Chester (detached from Coventry and Lichfield, and from York, schismatically founded by Henry VIII, recognized by the Holy See during the reign of Queen Mary, 1543-1558) - England
- 1542
- Bristol (detached from Bath and Wells, from Salisbury, and from Worchester, schismatically founded by Henry VIII, recognized by the Holy See during the reign of Queen Mary, 1543-1558) - England
- 1547
- Lincoln (goes vacant, later extinct, due to the Reformation, exiled bishop dies in 1559 ending the English Catholic hierarchy) - England
- 1554
- Hereford (again under canonical Catholic bishop) - England
- 1555
- Saint Asaph (again a canonical Catholic bishop)- Wales
- 1557
- Hereford (bishop-designate died a prisoner, diocese vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - England
- 1557
- Salisbury / Sarum (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1558
- Bristol (bishop killed, diocese vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - England
- 1558
- Canterbury (Metr., extinct due to the Reformation) - England
- 1558
- Norwich (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1558
- Rochester (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1559
- Chichester (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1559
- Coventry and Lichfield (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1560
- Winchester (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1565
- Worcester (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1569
- Bath and Wells (vacant after death of last Bishop in jail/extinct) - England
- 1569
- London (vacant after death of last Bishop in jail/extinct) - England
- 1579
- York (vacant/extinct, due to the Reformation) - England
- 1585
- Saint Asaph (last bishop died in Rome 1585 as the last British Catholic bishop) - Wales
- 1622
- England (AV, established by the "Propaganda Fide" in Rome) - England
- 1688
- London District of England (AV, new name, previously England AV) - England
- 1688
- Northern District of England (AV, detached from England AV) - England
- 1688
- Midland District of England (AV, detached from England AV) - England
- 1688
- Western District of England (AV, detached from England AV) - England
- 1840
- Lancaster District of England (AV, detached from Northern District of England AV) - England
- 1840
- Yorkshire District of England (AV, detached from Northern District of England AV) - England
- 1840
- Wales (AV, detached from Western District of England AV) - England
- 1840
- Central District of England (AV, detached from Midland District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Westminster (Metr., and new name, previously London District of England) - England
- 1850
- Birmingham (D, and new name, previously Central District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Beverley (D, and new name, previously Yorkshire District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Clifton (D, and new name, previously Western District of England AV) England
- 1850
- Hexham (D, reestablished, detached from Northern District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Liverpool (D, and new name, previously Lancaster District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Newport and Menevia (D, and new name, previously Wales AV) - Wales
- 1850
- Northampton (detached from the Eastern District of England) - England
- 1850
- Nottingham (detached from Midland District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Plymouth (D, detached from Western District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Salford (D, detached from Lancaster District of England AV) - England
- 1850
- Shrewsbury (D, detached from Wales AV, from Central District of England AV, and from England - Lancashire District AV) - England
- 1850
- Southwark (D, detached from London District of England AV) - England
- 1861
- Hexham and Newcastle (new name, previously Hexham) - England
- 1878
- Beverley (abolished, territores formed into the two new dioceses Leeds and Middlesbrough) - England
- 1878
- Leeds (detached from Beverley) - England
- 1878
- Middlesbrough (detached from Beverley) - England
- 1882
- Portsmouth (detached from Southwark) - England
- 1895
- Newport (new name, previously Newport and Menevia) - Wales
- 1895
- Wales (AV, detached from Shrewsbury, and from Newport and Menevia) - Wales
- 1898
- Menevia (D, and new name, previously Wales AV) - Wales
- 1911
- Birmingham (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Westminster) - England
- 1911
- Liverpool (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Westminster) - England
- 1916
- Cardiff (Metr., and new name, previously Newport B) - Wales
- 1917
- Brentwood (detached from Westminster) - England
- 1924
- Lancaster (detached from Liverpool) - England
- 1957
- England and Wales [Ukr.] (ApEx) - England
- 1965
- Southwark (Metr.) - England
- 1965
- Arundel and Brighton (detached from Southwark) - England
- 1967
- Great Britain [Ukr.] (ApEx, new name, previously England and Wales - England
- 1976
- East Anglia (detached from Northampton) - England
- 1980
- Hallam (detached from Leeds, and from Nottingham) - England
- 1987
- Wrexham (detached from Menevia) - Wales