Year | From | To | ||
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1243 | Diocese of Pomesania (Pomezania), Poland | Erected | ||
1243 | Diocese of Samland (Sambia), Poland | Erected | ||
1439 | Diocese of Connor, Ireland
Diocese of Down, Ireland | United | Diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland | United |
1853 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Between 32° and 33° lattitude, from the Mississippi River to the boundaries of Texas) | Erected |
1853 | Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA (Long Island) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, USA (Vermont)
Diocese of Portland, Maine, USA (Maine and New Hampshire) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, USA (Eastern part of KY) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Erie, Warren, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Clarion, Jefferson, Elk, McKeon, Potter, and Clearfield) | Erected |
1853 | Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA (State of New Jersey) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Monterey, California, USA | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (Area between the Colorado River and the Pacific Ocean, between Pueble San José and 42° lattitude) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, USA (Southern part of IL) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA | Suppressed | Diocese of Nesqually, Washington, USA
Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA | Territory Added |
1853 | Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan, USA (Upper peninsula of Michigan and the adjacent islands) | Erected |
1853 | Diocese of Monterey, California, USA (to San Francisco) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1853 | Vicariate Apostolic of New Mexico, USA | Elevated | Diocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | Elevated |
1868 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany | Erected |
1880 | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tunja, Colombia | Erected |
1956 | Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
1956 | Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1968 | Diocese of Amravati, India
Archdiocese of Nagpur, India | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1968 | Archdiocese of Bhopal, India (Sagar, Raisen, and Vidisha) | Territory Lost | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1968 | Diocese of Jabalpur, India (Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Satna, Rewa, and Sidhi) | Territory Lost | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1968 | Diocese of Indore, India (Ujjain, Shajapur, and Rajagarh) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1976 | Diocese of Vila Cabral, Mozambique | Name Changed | Diocese of Lichinga, Mozambique | Name Changed |
1980 | Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA | Elevated |
1980 | Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA (from New Orleans) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1980 | Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, USA (from New Orleans) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1980 | Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, USA (from New Orleans) | Metropolitan Changed |
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