Year | From | To | ||
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1474 | Diocese of Vercelli, Italy | Territory Lost | Diocese of Casale Monferrato, Italy | Erected |
1834 | Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore, India | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India | Erected |
1903 | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia | Erected |
1918 | Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Parts of St. Matthew (Beloeil) and St. Mark) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Territory Added |
1919 | Diocese of Haileybury, Ontario, Canada | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada | Erected |
1920 | Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea | Elevated |
1942 | Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
1950 | Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Barrancabermeja, Colombia | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Accra, Ghana | Elevated | Diocese of Accra, Ghana | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon | Elevated | Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Asaba-Benin, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Calabar, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | Elevated | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Elevated |
1950 | Prefecture Apostolic of Hungtung [Hongdong], China | Elevated | Diocese of Hongdong [Hungtung], China | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana | Elevated | Diocese of Keta, Ghana | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana | Elevated | Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos, Nigeria | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Prefecture Apostolic of Benue, Nigeria | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria | Name Changed |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Onitsha, Nigeria | Elevated | Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria | Elevated |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania (Tanga, Pangani, Handeni, and Lushoto) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga, Tanzania | Erected |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana | Elevated | Diocese of Tamale, Ghana | Elevated |
1959 | Diocese of Loja, Ecuador (Cantón Chinchipe (Chinchique)) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador | Territory Added |
1979 | Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba, Goias, Brazil | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil | Name Changed |
1980 | Diocese of Assisi, Italy (S. Michele Arcangelo di Limigiano) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Spoleto, Italy | Territory Added |
1983 | Diocese of Caravelas, Brazil | Name Changed | Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil | Name Changed |
1990 | Society of Saint John Mary Vianney | Founded | ||
1994 | Military Ordinariate of Hungary, Military | Erected |
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