Year | From | To | ||
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1545 | Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal | Territory Lost | Diocese of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal | Erected |
1870 | Diocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Archdiocese of Quito, Ecuador | Territory Lost | Diocese of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador | Erected |
1912 | Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | Erected |
1928 | Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy (Casetta, Motta, Moresolo, Zennare (in the lower part), and S. Dominici) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chioggia, Italy | Territory Added |
1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China (Houping, Wuchwan, Yehho, Lungchuan, Tehkiang, Szenan, Yinkiang, Sungtao, Shihtsien, Kiangkow, Tungjen, Szehsien, Yuping , Shengki, Shiping, Tsingki, Chenyuan, Hwangping, Taikuing, Tsingkiang, Kiungshui, Tienchu, Kingping, Yungkiang, Liping, Yungtsung, ...) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China | Erected |
1968 | Diocese of Palo, Philippines (Southern Leyte (the Assumption, the Immaculate Conception, and the Most Holy Rosary), Matalom, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Baybay (all in Leyte), and St. Joseph and the Sacred Heart of Jesus) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Maasin, Philippines | Erected |
1968 | Diocese of Sorsogon, Philippines (Masbate (St. Anthony of Padua, St. Vincent Ferrer, and Holy Cross)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Masbate, Philippines | Erected |
1970 | Diocese of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Diocese of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
1972 | Diocese of Meerut, India (Bijnor (except the part called Dhampar), Garwal, Tehri, Chamoli, and Uttarkasi) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1972 | Prefecture Apostolic of Raipur, India (Bastar) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1994 | Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Araçatuba, Andradina, Bento de Abreu, Bilac, Birigüí, Castilho, Coroados, Gabriel Monteiro, Guaraçai, Guararapes, Lavinia, and Mirandópolis) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
2004 | Archdiocese of Poznań, Poland (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added |
2006 | Diocese of Raigarh, India (Jashpur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jashpur, India | Erected |
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