Year | From | To | ||
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1648 | Diocese of Maillezais, France
Diocese of Saintes, France | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Rochelle, France | Erected |
1688 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany (territory of Denmark and Sweden) | Territory Added | ||
1828 | Diocese of Brėst (Ukrainian)
Diocese of Vilno (Ukrainian), Lithuania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian), Lithuania | Erected |
1828 | Diocese of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Suppressed | Archdiocese of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus | Territory Added |
1845 | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Essington, Australia | Erected |
1845 | Diocese of Adelaide, Australia
Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of King George Sounde - The Sound, Australia | Erected |
1846 | Prefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Erected |
1847 | Vicariate Apostolic of Texas, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Erected |
1852 | Diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Elevated | Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Elevated |
1852 | Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1852 | Diocese of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1852 | Diocese of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1888 | Diocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA | Elevated |
1888 | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Aden, Yemen | Erected |
1898 | Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac, Ontario, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
1899 | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos | Erected |
1910 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Northwestern part) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Drisdale River, Australia | Erected |
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne and Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | United | Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | United |
1923 | Diocese of Osaka, Japan (Yamaghuchi, Shimane, Hiroshima, Oìcayama, and Tottori) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan | Erected |
1959 | Diocese of Nagasaki, Japan | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan | Elevated |
1959 | Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan (from Tōkyō) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1959 | Diocese of Kagoshima, Japan (from Tōkyō) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1968 | Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir, India | Name Changed |
2002 | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia)
Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine (Kharkiv, Luhansk, Pollava, and Sumy) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine | Erected |
2002 | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Kherson, Kyrovohrad, Mykalov, Odessa and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine | Erected |
2017 | Delegation to Myanmar | Elevated | Nunciature to Myanmar | Elevated |
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