Year | From | To | ||
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1725 | Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria ad Martyres | Established | ||
1727 | Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland, Great Britain | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain | Name Changed |
1816 | Society of Mary | Founded | ||
1847 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
1847 | Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | Erected | ||
1864 | Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Decretum Laudis | ||
1875 | Archdiocese of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece | Erected | ||
1915 | Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America | Decretum Laudis | ||
1930 | Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China (Hengchow, Leyyang, Thanguin, Chengsien, Ichang, Koeigang, Koeitong, Scinnin, Yungscin, Nganjen, and Liusien) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Hengchow [Hengyang], China | Erected |
1930 | Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
1965 | Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela
Archdiocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barinas, Venezuela (Barinas) | Erected |
1965 | Diocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela (Miranda, Bolivar, Baralt, and Sucre within Zulia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cabimas, Venezuela | Erected |
1965 | Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Miranda (except Sucre)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Los Teques, Venezuela | Erected |
1973 | Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Schwerin, Germany | Erected |
1973 | Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg, Germany | Erected |
1973 | Diocese of Fulda, Germany
Diocese of Würzburg, Germany | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany | Erected |
1974 | Diocese of Poitiers, France (Puy-Saint-Bonnet) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Angers, France | Territory Added |
1978 | Nunciature to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Established | ||
1991 | Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain (Southern area of the Community of Madrid, from Chinchón-Aranjuez to Brunete-San Martín de Valdeiglesisas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Getafe, Spain | Erected |
1991 | Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain (Southeastern area) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Alcalá de Henares, Spain | Erected |
1991 | Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated |
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