Year | From | To | ||
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1591 | Archdiocese of Brindisi, Italy | Territory Lost | Diocese of Oria, Italy | Erected |
1860 | Diocese of Saint John in New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada | Erected |
1894 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho | Erected |
1897 | Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, USA | Erected |
1909 | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic | Erected |
1924 | Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania | Elevated | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania | Elevated |
1924 | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania | Erected | ||
1937 | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia (Courland and Semigallia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Liepāja, Latvia | Erected |
1937 | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
1947 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi (Northern part up to the river Dwangwa) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nyassa, Malawi | Erected |
1947 | Prefecture Apostolic of Tingchow [Changting], China | Elevated | Diocese of Changting [Tingchow], China | Elevated |
1951 | Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy | Name Changed |
1955 | Prefecture Apostolic of Aysén, Chile | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Aysén, Chile | Elevated |
1955 | Archdiocese of Nagpur, India (Amravati, Akola, Yeotmal, Buldana, Nander, Parbhana, and Aurungabad) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Amravati, India | Erected |
1955 | Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya (Coast, and the Islands of Zanziabr and Pemba) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar, Kenya | Erected |
1955 | Diocese of Ajmer, India (Multan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Territory Added |
1955 | Diocese of Multan, Pakistan (Dera Ismail and Bhakkar) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Territory Added |
1969 | Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia | Established | Congregation for Divine Worship, Roman Curia | Established |
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