Year | From | To | ||
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1548 | Diocese of Michoacán, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Erected |
1784 | Titular See of Teodosia | Territory Added | ||
1795 | Diocese of Mallorca, Spain | Territory Lost | Diocese of Menorca, Spain | Erected |
1878 | Vicariate Apostolic of Montevideo, Uruguay | Elevated | Diocese of Montevideo, Uruguay | Elevated |
1894 | Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania | Erected |
1894 | Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Settentrionale}, Uganda | Name Changed |
1913 | Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China (Formosa Island) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan | Erected |
1926 | Diocese of Regensburg, Germany (Kleinwolfersdorf) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | Territory Added |
1929 | Prefecture Apostolic of Lihsien, China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China | Elevated |
1929 | Paulist Fathers | Decretum Laudis | ||
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa (Tongaland)
Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa (Piet Retief) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland | Territory Added |
1940 | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil | Erected |
1944 | Prefecture Apostolic of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China | Elevated |
1945 | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Diocese of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada | Erected |
1945 | Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru (Northern and Eastern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru | Erected |
1957 | Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México | Name Changed |
1963 | Diocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México | Elevated | Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México | Elevated |
1963 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México | Elevated | Diocese of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México | Elevated |
1963 | Archdiocese of Panamá (Veraguas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | Erected |
1963 | Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Autazes, Axini, Borba, Canûma, Miriti, Nova Olinda do Norte, Novo Aripuana, and Prainha)
Territorial Prelature of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil (Parintine, Mundurucús, and Paraconi) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
1963 | Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Aiapuá, Anania, Anori, Beruri, Cámara, Coarí, Codajás, Manacapuru, and Piorini) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
1963 | Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Eva, Itacoatiara, Itapeassu, Itapiranga, São Sebastiào, Silves, Urucará, and Urucurituba) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
1963 | Diocese of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México (from Chihuahua) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada | Elevated | Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to an Archdiocese) | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated | Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to an Archdiocese) | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville, Québec, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
1967 | Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Archdiocese without Suffragans) | Territory Added | ||
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | Elevated |
1967 | Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada | Elevated | Diocese of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
1968 | Diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1968 | Diocese of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1987 | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (San Bernardo, Calera de Tango, Buín, Paine, El Bosque, La Pintana, and Pirque) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Bernardo, Chile | Erected |
1991 | Ordinariate of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) | Erected | ||
2008 | Diocese of Les Cayes, Haïti (Department des Nippes) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti | Erected |
2019 | Diocese of Florencia, Colombia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Florencia, Colombia | Elevated |
2019 | Diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia (from Popayan to Florencia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2019 | Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia (from Ibagué to Florencia) | Metropolitan Changed |
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