Year | From | To | ||
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1571 | Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God | Approbation | ||
1604 | Diocese of Arkadi, Greece | Suppressed | Diocese of Mylopotamos, Greece | Territory Added |
1919 | Diocese of Seckau, Austria (Fresen) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria | Territory Added |
1944 | Diocese of Malta | Elevated | Archdiocese of Malta | Elevated |
1944 | Diocese of Gozo, Malta (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Diocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Diocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar | Elevated | Diocese of Kengtung, Myanmar | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar | Elevated |
1955 | Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Ogoja, Nigeria | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar (Bassein, Henzada, and Myaungmya) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bassein, Myanmar | Erected |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar | Elevated | Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar | Elevated |
1955 | Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar | Elevated | Archdiocese of Rangoon, Myanmar | Elevated |
1971 | Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (Schlüchtern) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rottenburg, Germany | Territory Added |
1975 | Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Name Changed |
1976 | Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, India (No longer a metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
1976 | Diocese of Macau, China (from Goa e Damão) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1976 | Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste (from Goa e Damão) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1977 | Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA | Suppressed | Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | Territory Added |
1989 | Labour Office of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia | Established | ||
1990 | Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy (S. Donato and S. Maria in Val d'Abisso (both in Piobbico)) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy | Territory Added |
1993 | Nunciature to Czechoslovakia | Split | Nunciature to Czech Republic
Nunciature to Slovakia | Established |
1994 | Diocese of San Severo, Italy (Convento Maria SS.ma di Stignano (in S. Marco)) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | Territory Added |
1998 | Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate | Approbation | ||
2012 | Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA | Erected | ||
2017 | Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, Roman Curia
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Roman Curia Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Roman Curia | Established | Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Roman Curia | Established |
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