Year | From | To | ||
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1596 | Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe | Territory Lost | Diocese of Angola e Congo | Erected |
1790 | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela | Erected |
1825 | Missionaries of the Company of Mary | Decretum Laudis | ||
1844 | Diocese of Siracusa, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy | Elevated |
1887 | Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1900 | Diocese of Tolima, Colombia (Neiva and del Sur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Garzón, Colombia | Erected |
1900 | Diocese of Tolima, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ibagué, Colombia | Erected |
1913 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar | Name Changed |
1913 | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Name Changed |
1913 | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar | Name Changed |
1919 | Delegation to Australia (Expanded to include Missions in Oceania and Malaysia) | Territory Added | ||
1920 | Diocese of Catamarca, Argentina (de los Andes) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Salta, Argentina | Territory Added |
1921 | Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee | Founded | ||
1921 | Diocese of La Paz, Bolivia (Coven and St. Anna) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia | Territory Added |
1925 | Delegation to Indochina | Established | ||
1928 | Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China | Erected | ||
1939 | Diocese of Concepción, Chile | Elevated | Archdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile | Elevated |
1939 | Diocese of La Serena, Chile | Elevated | Archdiocese of La Serena, Chile | Elevated |
1939 | Diocese of Chillán, Chile (from Santiago de Chile) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1939 | Diocese of Temuco, Chile (from Santiago de Chile) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1939 | Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile (from Santiago de Chile) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1939 | Diocese of Iquique, Chile (from Santiago de Chile) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1939 | Diocese of Antofagasta, Chile (from Santiago de Chile) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1948 | Archdiocese of Bombay, India (Sind and Baluchistan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Karachi, Pakistan | Erected |
1955 | Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain (Guadalajara, Brihuega, Pastrana, and Tomajón) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sigüenza, Spain | Territory Added |
1955 | Diocese of Ávila, Spain (19 parishes in Toledo) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain | Territory Added |
1955 | Diocese of Cuenca, Spain (9 parishes in Toledo) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain | Territory Added |
1955 | Diocese of Cuenca, Spain (Sacedón in Guadalajara) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sigüenza, Spain | Territory Added |
1955 | Diocese of Cochin, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trivandrum, India | Territory Added |
1982 | Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia | Established | ||
1991 | Diocese of Sangmélima, Cameroon (Vallée-du-Ntem and Océan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon | Erected |
1991 | Diocese of Moroto, Uganda (Kotido) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kotido, Uganda | Erected |
1991 | Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon (Yokadouma) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Yokadouma, Cameroon | Erected |
2002 | Nunciature to Timor-Leste | Established | ||
2022 | Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada (L'Assomption-de-Marie, Notre-Dame-du-Très-Saint-Rosaire, and Saint-Patrick (in Maniwaki), Sainte-Marie-de-l'Incarnation (in Gracefield), and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (in Duhamel)) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Gatineau, Québec, Canada | Territory Added |
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