Year | From | To | ||
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1791 | Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù | Founded | ||
1859 | Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada | Name Changed |
1916 | Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Northern part: Cortes, Islas de la Bahia, Atlántida, and Colón) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Erected |
1916 | Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Western part: Santa Barbara, Copan, Gracias, Ocotepeque, and Inübucá) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras | Erected |
1916 | Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Eastern part: Yoro, Comayagua, La Pax, Valle, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, EI Paraiso, and Olouclto) | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese) | Elevated |
1921 | Société des Missions-Étrangères | Founded | ||
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia, Russian Federation (Primorskaia Oliasti and Amurshia Oblasti along with Russian part of Sakalin island) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vladivostok, Russian Federation | Erected |
1928 | Rosarian Fathers | Founded | ||
1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana (Kingdom of Ashanti) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana | Erected |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia (Eastern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia | Erected |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia | Name Changed |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania (Unyamwanga)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania (Unyamwanga) | Territory Added | ||
1952 | Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù | Approbation | ||
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe (Melsetter and Chipinga)
Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Inyange, Matoni, and Umtali) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Erected |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Gwelo and Selukwe) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe | Territory Added |
1956 | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Islands of Ariranhas, Tibiricá, do Bio Verde, Carolina, Manuel Hörnern, Dr. Carlos Botelho, and Bandeirantes) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Added |
1965 | Diocese of Mondovi, Italy (Saint John the Baptist in Nasino) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Albenga, Italy | Territory Added |
1980 | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Canela, Campo Bom, Dois Irmâos, Estancia Velha, Gramado, Igrejinha, Ivoti, Nova Petrópolis, Nova Hamburg, Rolante, São Leopoldo, Sapiranga, Taquara, and Tres Coroas, along with Santo Antonio) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
1996 | Diocese of Camagüey, Cuba (Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spiritus) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba | Erected |
1998 | Delegation to Malaysia and Brunei | Split | Delegation to Malaysia
Delegation to Brunei Darussalam | Split |
2017 | Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh | Elevated | Archdiocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh | Elevated |
2017 | Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh (from Dhaka) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2017 | Diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh (from Dhaka) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2022 | Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador (Cities of Santa Elena, La Liberdad, Salinas, and Playas and the towns of El Morro, Posorja, and Progreso) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Elena, Ecuador | Erected |
2022 | Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador (Cities of Daule, Balzar, Colimes, El Empalme, Isidro Ayora, Lomas de Sargentillo, Nobol, Palestina, Pedro Carbo, Samborondón, Santa Lucía, and Salitre) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Daule, Ecuador | Erected |
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