Year | From | To | ||
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1546 | Diocese of Lima, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of Quito, Ecuador | Erected |
1857 | Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (Counties of Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Randolph, and Warren) | Erected |
1886 | Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China | Name Changed |
1917 | Nunciature to Peru (to Internunciature) | Elevated | ||
1938 | Diocese of Trichinopoly, India (Tinnevelly, part of Travancore (East of the Ghats), and Ramnad and Madura (except Paini and Dindigul)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Madura, India | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (part of Bakalavia)
Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar (part of Maintirano and Morafenobe) Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar (part of Maintirano and Morafenobe) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar | Erected |
1938 | Prefecture Apostolic of Broken Hill, Zambia (Kasempa, Solwezi, and Mwinilunga) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ndola, Zambia | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam (Bến Tre, Trà Vinh, Vinh Long, and part of Đồng Tháp (Sa Đéc)) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Vinh Long, Viet Nam | Erected |
1938 | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kienow [Jian’ou], China | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China | Elevated |
1948 | Prefecture Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
1948 | Prefecture Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated |
1948 | Diocese of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China (Paotowien) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China | Territory Added |
1977 | Diocese of Sá da Bandeira, Angola (Chongoroi) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Benguela, Angola | Territory Added |
1979 | Territorial Prelature of Huautla, Oaxaca, México (Tuxtepec along with Sochiapan and Tlacoatzintepec (in Cuicatlán)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México | Erected |
1979 | Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Las Tunas (Iobabo, Majibacoa, Manatí, Menéndez, Puerto Padre, and Tunas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Holguín, Cuba | Erected |
2003 | Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México (Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Juaréz, Morelos, Múzquiz, Nava, Piedras Negras, Progreso, Sabinas, San Juan de Sabinas, Villa Union, Zaragoza, and the northern part of Ocampo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México | Erected |
2021 | Archdiocese of Ispahan, Iran | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran | Name Changed |
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