Year | From | To | ||
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1861 | Diocese of Hexham, England, Great Britain | Name Changed | Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain | Name Changed |
1898 | Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of German Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões, Brazil
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil | Erected |
1926 | Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions | United | ||
1930 | Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland (Albertòw and Jankówek) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Łódź, Poland | Territory Added |
1933 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia (South and East)
Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi (North) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Loangwa, Zambia | Erected |
1933 | Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
1942 | Diocese of Pécs, Hungary (Antalfala and Antalpuszta) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Veszprém, Hungary | Territory Added |
1943 | Diocese of Arequipa, Peru | Elevated | Archdiocese of Arequipa, Peru | Elevated |
1943 | Diocese of Cuzco, Peru | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cuzco, Peru | Elevated |
1943 | Diocese of Trujillo, Peru | Elevated | Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru | Elevated |
1943 | Diocese of Puno, Peru (from Lima to Arequipa) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1943 | Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru (from Lima to Cuzco) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1943 | Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru (from Lima to Trujillo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1943 | Diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru (from Lima to Trujillo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1943 | Diocese of Piura, Peru (from Lima to Trujillo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1959 | Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México (Coatzacoalcos, Moloacán, Hidalgotitlán, Jáltipan de Morelos, Cosoleacaque, Texistepec, Oluta, Jésus Carranza, San Juan Evangelista, Mecayapan, Hueyapan de Ocampo, San Andrés Tuxtla, Playa Vicente, Chacaltianguis, and Tlacojalpan)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México (Acula, Amatitlán, Ixmatlahuacan, Tlacotalpan, Saltabarranca, Lerdo de Tejada, and part of Cosamaloapan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México | Erected |
1959 | Archdiocese of México, Federal District (Tlaxcala)
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, México (Tlaxcala) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tlaxcala, México | Erected |
1959 | Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México (Yautepec, Mixes, and Choápa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México | Territory Added |
1970 | Diocese of Campeche, México
Archdiocese of Yucatán, México | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México (Quintana Roo) | Erected |
1978 | Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy (Frazione Riozzo from Natività di San Giovanni Battista in Melegnano in Cerro al Lambro) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lodi, Italy | Territory Added |
1992 | Nunciature to Armenia | Established | ||
1992 | Nunciature to Azerbaijan | Established | ||
1992 | Nunciature to Georgia | Established | ||
1992 | Nunciature to Moldova, Republic of | Established | ||
2008 | Diocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Elevated |
2008 | Diocese of Keningau, Malaysia (from Kuching) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2008 | Diocese of Sandakan, Malaysia (from Kuching) | Metropolitan Changed |
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