Year | From | To | ||
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1515 | Diocese of Chieti, Italy | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lanciano, Italy | Erected |
1840 | Diocese of Sonora, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México (Old and New California) | Erected |
1877 | Diocese of Nîmes, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France | Name Changed |
1883 | Apostolic Administration of Nicopolis, Romania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania | Elevated |
1892 | Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil | Erected |
1892 | Diocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
1892 | Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil | Erected |
1892 | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraíba, Brazil | Erected |
1892 | Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Elevated |
1892 | Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1892 | Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1903 | Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico | Approbation | ||
1912 | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li {Ce-Li Marittimo}, China | Erected |
1927 | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar (Keng-Tung) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar | Erected |
1927 | Prefecture Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China | Elevated |
1927 | Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia | Erected |
1927 | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar | Name Changed |
1927 | Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Bafalce, Belongo Weti, and Hongo) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Added |
1927 | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Boundaries changed from 142m22' to 143m20') | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Central New Guinea | Territory Added |
1959 | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Mussum and Santa Lucia do Piai (of Caxias do Sul)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caxias, Brazil | Territory Added |
1959 | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Guaporé and Casca along with Maria (of Marau)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Territory Added |
1963 | Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hull, Québec, Canada | Erected |
1967 | Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala (EI Quiché) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala | Erected |
1967 | Archdiocese of Guatemala (Chimaltenango) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala | Territory Added |
1987 | Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville, Québec, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada | Name Changed |
1987 | Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (Tongaren)
Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya (Bungoma and Busia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bungoma, Kenya | Erected |
1990 | Diocese of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Rest of Anhembi) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Added |
1996 | Archdiocese of Guatemala (Departamento Santa Rosa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala | Erected |
2021 | Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras (Lempira and Intibucá) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gracias, Honduras | Erected |
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