Year | From | To | ||
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1559 | Diocese of Cambrai, France
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Cambrai, France
Diocese of Liège, Belgium | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Liège, Belgium | Territory Lost | Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Cambrai, France | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cambrai, France | Elevated |
1559 | Diocese of Thérouanne, France | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint-Omer, France | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Cambrai, France
Diocese of Liège, Belgium | Territory Lost | Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium | Territory Lost | Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Diocese of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium | Erected |
1559 | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Diocese of Liège, Belgium | Territory Lost | Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Elevated | Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Elevated |
1559 | Diocese of Münster, Germany
Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Territory Lost | Diocese of Groningen, Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Territory Lost | Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands
Diocese of Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Münster, Germany
Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands | Territory Lost | Diocese of Deventer, Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Cambrai, France
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium | Territory Lost | Diocese of Middelburg, Netherlands | Erected |
1559 | Diocese of Arras, France (from Reims to Cambrai) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1600 | Diocese of Ortona, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy | Name Changed |
1898 | Vicariate Apostolic of Wales, Wales, Great Britain | Elevated | Diocese of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain | Elevated |
1898 | Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Uélé / Wellé, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1904 | Vicariate Apostolic of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands, Equatorial Guinea | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea | Split |
1914 | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil | Erected |
1925 | Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Southern portion) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Luapula Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1925 | Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China (Yungchowfu, Paolcinfu, Kueiyangchow, and Tsinchow) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lingling [Yungchow], China | Erected |
1925 | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar (Southern Shan States and Pyinmana (in Jamethin)) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar | Territory Added |
1926 | Vicariate Apostolic of Taiyüanfu, China (Fenyang, Siaoyi, Kihsien, Pingyao, Wenhsue, Kiaocheng, Tsinglo, Kolan, Hinghsien, Lanhsien, FangsJian, Linhsien, LisMh, Chungyang, and SMhlo) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China | Erected |
1930 | Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular, Mountbellow | Decretum Laudis | ||
1944 | Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia (Boundaries adjusted)
Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia (Northern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia | Erected |
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea | Name Changed |
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea (Eastern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kankan, Guinea | Erected |
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia | Name Changed |
1964 | Diocese of Simla, India | Name Changed | Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Name Changed |
1968 | Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain | Name Changed | Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian) (expanded to include Scotland) | Name Changed |
1976 | Nunciature to Cape Verde | Established | ||
1979 | Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (Territory between 55 and 58 degree latitude and 110 and 113 longitude) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada | Territory Added |
2014 | Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil (Paraná (west), Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, and Amapá) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil | Erected |
2014 | Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil | Elevated | Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil | Elevated |
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