Year | From | To | ||
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1676 | Territorial Prelature of Pernambuco, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Elevated |
1676 | Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Elevated |
1676 | Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Elevated |
1676 | Diocese of Angola e Congo (from Lisboa to São Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1854 | Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania | Name Changed |
1883 | Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile | Erected | ||
1887 | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania | Split |
1925 | Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium | Name Changed | Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium | Name Changed |
1940 | Diocese of Imola, Italy (S. Petronius in Castelbolognese) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Faenza, Italy | Territory Added |
1940 | Diocese of Faenza, Italy (Bianeanigo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Imola, Italy | Territory Added |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador (Canton Aguarico) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador | Erected |
1954 | Diocese of Noto, Italy (Contrada S. Giacomo) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy | Territory Added |
1963 | Diocese of Mysore, India (Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Hassan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chikmagalur, India | Erected |
1963 | Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Kitui, Kenya | Elevated |
1964 | Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile (Ghagres in Aconcagua) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Felipe, Chile | Territory Added |
1967 | Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica (Cantón Esparta and part of Cantón Central Puntarenas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica | Territory Added |
1970 | Prefecture Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Elevated |
1972 | Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa | Elevated | Diocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa | Elevated |
1983 | Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Tibú, Colombia | Name Changed |
2000 | Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia (Gambella and part of Ilubabor) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia | Erected |
2021 | Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Sucre (Miranda)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Petare, Venezuela | Erected |
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