Year | From | To | ||
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1819 | Diocese ofAscoli Satriano (Puglia),Italy | Name Changed | Diocese ofAscoli Satriano e Cerignola,Italy | Name Changed |
1854 | Diocese ofCorneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone,Italy Diocese ofCivitavecchia,Italy | Split | Diocese ofMontefiascone,Italy Diocese ofTarquinia e Civitavecchia,Italy | United |
1860 | Diocese ofBytown, Ontario,Canada | Name Changed | Diocese ofOttawa, Ontario,Canada | Name Changed |
1870 | Diocese ofBoston, Massachusetts,USA | Territory Lost | Diocese ofSpringfield in Massachusetts,USA (Counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hamden, and Worcester) | Erected |
1881 | Diocese ofDubuque, Iowa,USA (Southern part) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofDavenport, Iowa,USA | Erected |
1910 | Diocese ofSan Carlos de Ancud,Chile | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" ofValdivia,Chile | Erected |
1922 | Vicariate Apostolic ofUpper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi,Congo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic ofBrazzaville,Congo | Name Changed |
1928 | Prefecture Apostolic ofTsingtao [Qingdao],China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic ofTsingtao [Qingdao],China | Elevated |
1929 | Diocese ofTrento,Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese ofTrento,Italy (Without suffragans) | Elevated |
1938 | Prefecture Apostolic ofIsole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore,Madagascar | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic ofAmbanja,Madagascar | Name Changed |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic ofTogo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic ofLomé,Togo | Name Changed |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic ofIchang [Yichang],China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofShihnan [Enshi],China | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic ofLaos (Vientiane, Xieng-Khuang (or Tran-Ninh), Luang-Prabang, Huei-Sai (or Eaut-Melcong), and the Fifth Military Territory or Phong-Sali) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofVientiane e Luang-Prabang,Laos | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic ofBasankusu,Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic ofCoquilhatville,Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic ofLisala,Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic ofStanley-ville,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofIsangi,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic ofLéopoldville,Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Lómela and Dehese along with part of Kole and Eastern part of Oshwe) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofKole,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1951 | Archdiocese ofCalcutta,India (Rairakhol, Athmalik, Angul, Pallahara, Talcher, Hindol, and Dhenkanal along with part of Sambalpur and Sonpur) Diocese ofNagpur,India (Patna and part of Sambalpur and Sonpur) Diocese ofRanchi,India (Gangpur, Bonai, and Bamra) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofSambalpur,India | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic ofMandalay,Myanmar (North-western region of Mandalay (Naga tribes) and Mong Myet and Mong Long) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofBhamo,Myanmar | Territory Added |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic ofMandalay,Myanmar (Hsipaw except Mong Long) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofKengtung,Myanmar | Territory Added |
1954 | Vicariate Apostolic ofBangui,Central African Republic (Basse-Kotto and Mbomou, and Mobaye, Alindao, Kembe, Bangassou, Ouango, Bakouma, Rafay, Zemio, and Obo.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofBangassou,Central African Republic | Erected |
1954 | Prefecture Apostolic ofHollandia,Indonesia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic ofHollandia,Indonesia | Elevated |
1954 | Vicariate Apostolic ofPontianak,Indonesia (Ketapang and part of Sanggau) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofKetapang,Indonesia | Erected |
1954 | Prefecture Apostolic ofOuahigouya,Burkina Faso | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic ofKoudougou,Burkina Faso | Elevated |
1954 | Diocese ofMeru,Kenya Diocese ofNyeri,Kenya | Territory Added | ||
1954 | Diocese ofKandy,Sri Lanka (Uva) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofTrincomalee,Sri Lanka | Territory Added |
1954 | Archdiocese ofCaracas, Santiago de Venezuela (San Ioannis de los Morros) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofCalabozo,Venezuela | Territory Added |
1956 | Diocese ofJessore,Bangladesh | Name Changed | Diocese ofKhulna,Bangladesh | Name Changed |
1965 | Archdiocese ofDiamantina, Minas Gerais,Brazil (Braúnas, Itambé do Mato Dentro, Morro do Pilar, Passabém, Santo Antonio do Rio Abaixo, and Sâo Sebastiâo do Rio Preto) Archdiocese ofMariana, Minas Gerais,Brazil (Alvinópolis, Antonio Dias, Bela Vista de Minas, Belo Oriente, Bom Jesus do Amparo, Coronel Fabriciano, Dionisio, Ferros, Itabira, Ipatinga, Jaguaraçu, Joanésia, Joao Monlevade, Marliéria, Mesquita, Nova Era, Rio Piracicaba, Santa Maria do Itabira, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofItabira,Brazil | Erected |
1972 | Archdiocese ofLuluabourg,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Archdiocese ofKananga,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
1973 | Nunciature toBurkina Faso | Established | ||
1976 | Delegation toGhana | Elevated | Nunciature toGhana | Elevated |
1988 | Diocese ofAbengourou,Côte d’Ivoire (Assuefry and Transua) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofBondoukou,Côte d’Ivoire | Territory Added |
1994 | Delegation toJerusalem and Palestine | Established | Nunciature toIsrael | Established |
1995 | Diocese ofMaitland,Australia | Name Changed | Diocese ofMaitland-Newcastle,Australia | Name Changed |
1996 | Diocese ofTrivandrum,India (Nedumangad and Neyyattinkara except for Padroad) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofNeyyattinkara,India | Erected |
1997 | Diocese ofDarjeeling,India (Southern part of Siliguri) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofBagdogra,India | Erected |
1997 | Diocese ofLivingstone,Zambia (Kalabo, Kaoma, Lukulu, Mongu, and Sanga) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofMongu,Zambia | Erected |
2006 | Diocese ofCarcassonne,France | Name Changed | Diocese ofCarcassonne et Narbonne,France | Name Changed |
2006 | Archdiocese ofToulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux),France | Name Changed | Archdiocese ofToulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux),France | Name Changed |
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