Year | From | To | ||
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1690 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China | Elevated | Diocese of Nanking [Nanjing], China | Elevated |
1690 | Diocese of Macau, China | Territory Lost | Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China | Erected |
1859 | Diocese of Popayán, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Pasto, Colombia | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines (Provinces of Samar and Leyte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lipa, Philippines | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines
Diocese of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines | Erected |
1929 | Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania | Name Changed |
1931 | Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo, Norway | Name Changed |
1947 | Diocese of Mysore, India (Mettur and Saveriarpalayam) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Salem, India | Territory Added |
1957 | Diocese of Chihuahua, México (Praxedis Guerrero, Guadalupe, Ojinaga. Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Casas Grandes, Ascensión, Janos, San Buenaventura, Galeana, Ignacio Zaragoza, Ahumada, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Gómez Farias, Guerrero, Ocampo Moris, Juárez, Covarne and Benavides) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Erected |
1957 | Territorial Prelature of Santarém, Para, Brazil (Óbidos, Alenquer, Faro, Juruti, and Oriximiná) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Óbidos, Para, Brazil | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina (Copo, Alberdi, Matará, Moreno, General Taboada, Belgrano, and parts of Figueroa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Añatuya, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (Quilmes)
Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina (Avellaneda) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Avellaneda, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Archdiocese of Paraná, Argentina (Concordia, Federación, and Colón) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Concordia, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina (Goya, Curuzú Cuatiá, Mercedes, Esquina, Lavalle, Sauce, Monte Caseros, Paso de los Libres, and San Martín) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Goya, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina | Elevated | Archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina | Elevated |
1961 | Diocese of Mendoza, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Rafael, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Viedma, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Archdiocese of Salta, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orán, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Reconquista, Argentina (Department of Nueve de Julio)
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Argentina (Departments of Castellano and San Cristóbal) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rafaela, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Río Gallegos, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Francisco, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Morón, Argentina (Partidos of General San Martín and 3 de Febrero)
Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina (Partido of General Sarmiento) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Martín, Argentina | Erected |
1961 | Diocese of Mendoza, Argentina | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mendoza, Argentina | Elevated |
1961 | Diocese of Azul, Argentina (from Buenos Aires) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1961 | Diocese of Morón, Argentina (from La Plata) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1961 | Diocese of La Rioja, Argentina (from Córdoba) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1961 | Diocese of Formosa, Argentina (from Santa Fe to Corrientes) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1961 | Diocese of Posadas, Argentina (from Paraná) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1961 | Diocese of Resistencia, Argentina (from Santa Fe) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1962 | Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of San, Mali | Erected |
1962 | Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso (Cantons of Ménamba and Mao) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Sikasoo, Mali | Territory Added |
1962 | Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso (Canton of Bai or Baye) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Gao, Mali | Territory Added |
1976 | Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda (Kigali) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Kigali, Rwanda | Erected |
1976 | Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda | Elevated | Diocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda (Metropolitan to Diocese) | Elevated |
1976 | Diocese of Butare, Rwanda (from Kabgayi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1976 | Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda (from Kabgayi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1976 | Diocese of Nyundo, Rwanda (from Kabgayi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1976 | Diocese of Ruhengeri, Rwanda (from Kabgayi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1992 | Diocese of Gerona, Spain | Name Changed | Diocese of Girona, Spain | Name Changed |
1995 | Delegation to Pacific Ocean | Established | Nunciature to Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Established |
2002 | Prefecture Apostolic of Karafuto, Russian Federation | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation | Name Changed |
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