Year | From | To | ||
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1570 | Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal | Territory Lost | Diocese of Elvas, Portugal | Erected |
1570 | Diocese of Ceuta, Spain
Diocese of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco | United | Diocese of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain | United |
1870 | Broeders van de Onbevlekte Ontvangenis van de Heilige Maagd Maria | Approbation | ||
1920 | Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania (Courland (within Latvia)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Riga, Latvia | Territory Added |
1922 | Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed |
1933 | Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (From the St. Lawrence River, the Richelieu River, and the US-Canada border) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada | Erected |
1933 | Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Erected |
1933 | Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | Name Changed |
1942 | Prefecture Apostolic of Fengsiang [Fengxiang], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Fengsiang [Fengxiang], China | Elevated |
1942 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali
Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Parts in Algeria) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Gao, Mali (San and Tougan, Gourma-Rharous and Gao, of Goundam (upto 20th parallel line) and of Issaber or NiafounJcé, and Tombouctou (upto 20th parallel line), and Mopti) | Erected |
1942 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria | Territory Added |
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia (Southern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia | Erected |
1949 | Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio, Colombia | Name Changed |
1949 | Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Szeyang, Tsinkiangpu or Tlweiyin, Uivaian, Paoying, Kaoyu, Yangchow or Kiangtu, and Ichcng) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China | Erected |
1949 | Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Tunghai, Kanyu, Bhuyang, Kwanyun, Lienshui, Fowning, Yencheng, Hinghwa, Tungtai, and Taichow) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Haizhou [Haichow, Donghai, Tunghai], China | Erected |
1949 | Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Soochow (or Wuhsien), Changshu, Taitsang, Kun Shan, and Wujiang) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Suzhou [Soochow], China | Erected |
1950 | Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar (Maintirano and Morafenobe) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar | Territory Added |
1962 | Diocese of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México (Benito Juárez, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chicontepec, Ilamatlán, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Plantón Sánchez, Tantoyuca, Tempoal, and Zontecomatlán)
Diocese of Papantla, Puebla, México (Tuxpan, Amatlán, Citlaltepec, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Tamalin, Tamiahua, Tancoco, Tantima, Teayo, Temapache, Tepetzintla, and Tihuatlán) Diocese of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México (Huayacocotla, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, and Zacualpan) Diocese of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México (Panuco, Pueblo Viejo, and Tampico Alto) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México | Erected |
1962 | Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México (Acula, Amatitlán, Casamaloapan, Santiago Ixmatlahuacán, and Tlacotalpan)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México (Alvarado, Boca del Rio, Cotaxtla, Ignacio de la Llave, Jamapa, La Antigua, Manlio F. Altamirano, Medellín, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Soledad de Doblado, Tierra Blanca, Tlalixcoyan, Ursulo Galván, and Veracruz) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Veracruz, México | Erected |
1962 | Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México | Name Changed |
1962 | Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Mogi das Cruzes, Arujá, Ferraz de Vasconcellos, Guararema, Guarulhos, Itaquaquecetuba, Poá, and Suzano)
Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Igaratá, Salesopólis, and Santa Isabel) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
1986 | Diocese of Meru, Kenya (Embu) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Embu, Kenya | Erected |
1990 | Eparchy of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon | Split | Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
Eparchy of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon | Split |
1990 | Eparchy of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon | Split | ||
1990 | Eparchy of Joubbé (Maronite), Lebanon
Diocese of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon | United | Eparchy of Joubbé, Batrun e Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon | United |
1997 | Nunciature to Guyana, Antilles | Established | ||
2014 | Diocese of Cuautitlán, México, México (Nicolás Romero, Tepotzotlán, and Cuautitlán Izcalli) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Izcalli, México, México | Erected |
2016 | Ordinariate of Spain, Faithful of Eastern Rites | Erected | ||
2021 | Diocese of Cheju, Korea (South) | Name Changed | Diocese of Jeju, Korea (South) | Name Changed |
2021 | Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) | Name Changed | Diocese of Chuncheon, Korea (South) | Name Changed |
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