{"slug": "diocese", "label": "Diocese", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q665487", "qid": "Q665487", "description": "Christian district or see under the supervision of a bishop", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [631, 1911], "span_label": ["631 CE", "1911 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 9}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Archdiocese"], "related": [{"slug": "bavaria", "label": "Bavaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "saint-boniface", "label": "Saint Boniface", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "archdiocese-of-salzburg", "label": "Archdiocese of Salzburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope", "label": "Pope", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coenwulf-of-mercia", "label": "Coenwulf of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slovakia", "label": "Slovakia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "heraclius", "label": "Heraclius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-egypt", "label": "Diocese of Egypt", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Heraclius appoints Cyrus, patriarch of Alexandria, with power to act as viceroy (dioikesis) of Egypt. He begins a 10-year persecution against the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Christians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 738, "year_label": "738 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Boniface visits Rome, and is made papal legate of the Frankish Kingdom. He establishes many bishoprics in Bavaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809691#Religion", "title": "738", "revid": 1340809691, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 739, "year_label": "739 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary who has been Christianizing Bavaria, founds the bishoprics of Salzburg, Regensburg, Freising, and Passau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809724#Religion", "title": "739", "revid": 1340809724, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 803, "year_label": "803 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Synod of Clofesho (possibly Brixworth) is held, at which the Archbishopric of Lichfield is demoted to an ordinary bishopric, with papal permission obtained by King Coenwulf of Mercia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848789#Religion", "title": "803", "revid": 1340848789, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 824, "year_label": "824 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Vikings raid Bangor (modern Wales) for the second time, and plunder the bishopric (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361215157#Britain", "title": "824", "revid": 1361215157, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first known Christian bishopric in Slovakia is established in the city of Nitra, with Wiching as bishop.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Religion", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 909, "year_label": "909 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Asser, bishop of Sherborne, dies. His See is divided, there are new Bishoprics created at Wells, Crediton, Ramsbury and Sonning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367656270#Religion", "title": "909", "revid": 1367656270, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1092, "year_label": "1092 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the dignity of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1273814679#Religion", "title": "1092", "revid": 1273814679, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1111, "year_label": "1111 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Synod of Rathbreasail marks the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan structure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268639#Religion", "title": "1111", "revid": 1365268639, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1318, "year_label": "1318 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Pope John XXII creates the Archdiocese of Soltaniyeh (now located in northwestern Iran), bringing the Roman Catholic hierarchy to the Ilkhanate in Persia, with the Dominican missionary Francesco da Perugia (Francon de Perouse) as the first Archbishop. Francesco and six bishops arrive on August 1.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361981975#April_–_June", "title": "1318", "revid": 1361981975, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 29", "text": "29 August – The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India) for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341780733#Events", "title": "1911 in India", "revid": 1341780733, "section": "Events"}}]}