Year | From | To | ||
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1515 | Diocese of Torino, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Elevated |
1840 | Diocese of Santiago de Chile | Elevated | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile | Elevated |
1904 | Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate | Decretum Laudis | ||
1917 | Diocese of Regensburg, Germany (Au am Aign and Winden am Aign) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Augsburg, Germany | Territory Added |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia (South-Eastern province of Borneo (Residentie Zuider en Oosterafdeeling)) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia | Name Changed |
1938 | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Karafuto, Japan | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Karafuto, Russian Federation | Elevated |
1938 | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China | Elevated |
1938 | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shaowu [Shaowu], China | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Shaowu [Shaowu], China | Elevated |
1954 | Archdiocese of Popayán, Colombia (Part of Robles in El Valle) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cali, Colombia | Territory Added |
1959 | Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar (Ambatondrazaka and Andilamena)
Archdiocese of Tananarive, Madagascar (Moramanga) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar | Erected |
1960 | Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Carrancas, Itumirim, Itutinga, Lavras, Luminarias, Minduri, and São Vincente de Minas)
Diocese of Juiz de Fora, Brazil (Andrelândia, Madre de Deus, and Piedade do Rio Grande) Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (São João del Rei, Barroso, Dores de Campos, Lagoa Dourada, Nazareno, Prados, Rezende Costa, Tiradentes, and Bom Sucesso) | Territory Lost | Diocese of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
1960 | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya (South Nyanza) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kisii, Kenya | Erected |
1966 | Delegation to Eastern Africa | Established | Nunciature to Malawi | Established |
1973 | Delegation to Western Africa | Established | Delegation to Togo and Guinea
Delegation to Mali and Mauritania | Established |
1979 | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil (Angical, Baianópolis, Barreiras, Brejolândia, Catolândia, Cotegipe, Cristópolis, Formosa do Rio Preto, Riachäo das Neves, Santa Rita de Càssia, Sâo Desidèrio, and Tabocas do Brejo Velho) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
1987 | Delegation to Guinea | Elevated | Nunciature to Guinea | Elevated |
1990 | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated | Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated |
1990 | Diocese of Mombasa, Kenya | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mombasa, Kenya | Elevated |
1990 | Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated |
1990 | Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh (Rajshahi, Pabna, and Bogra) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh | Erected |
1990 | Diocese of Bungoma, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Kisii, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Embu, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Marsabit, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Meru, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Muranga, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1990 | Diocese of Garissa, Kenya (from Nairobi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2002 | Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California , Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA | Erected |
2002 | Prefecture Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Elevated |
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