Year | From | To | ||
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1542 | Diocese of Safim, Morocco | Suppressed | Diocese of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco | Territory Added |
1841 | Nunciature to Belgium (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
1853 | Diocese of Arras, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France | Name Changed |
1853 | Diocese of Quimper, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France | Name Changed |
1883 | Prefecture Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya | Elevated |
1922 | Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea | Elevated |
1937 | Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran (Boundaries adjusted)
Archdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
1968 | Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil (Caçador, Agua Doce, Arroio Trinta, Canoínhas, Fraiburgo, Irineópolis, Lebon Régis, Monte Castelo, Papanduva, Pinheiro Prêto, Porto Uniäo, Rio das Antas, Salto Veloso, Santa Cecilia, Tres Barras, Treze Tilias , Videira, Major Vieira, and Matos Costa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Erected |
1968 | Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (Alfredo Wagner, Atalanta, Imbuia, Ituporanga, Petrolandia, Presidente Nereu, and Vidal Ramos)
Diocese of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (Rio do Sul, Agrolândia, Agronomica, Ascurra, Aurora, Benedito Novo, Dona Emma, Ibirama, Laurentino, Lontras, Pouso Redondo, Presidente Getulio, Rio do Campo, Rio do Oeste, Rodeio, Sálete, Taió, Trombudo Gentral, Witmarsum; Apiuna and Rio da Prata) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Erected |
1970 | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (S. Francis de Paula) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Territory Added |
1974 | Diocese of Borongan, Philippines (Western Samar) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines | Territory Added |
1976 | Archdiocese of Saigon, Viet Nam | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam | Name Changed |
1989 | Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar | Name Changed | Diocese of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar | Name Changed |
1998 | Diocese of Coro, Venezuela | Elevated | Archdiocese of Coro, Venezuela | Elevated |
1998 | Diocese of Punto Fijo, Venezuela (from Maracaibo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1999 | Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea} (Adyghey, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Daghestan, Ingush, Kabarda Balkar, Kalmykia, Larachaevo Teherges, Mordovia, North Ossetia, Chetchnya, Tatarstan along with Belgorod, Orenburg, Pensa, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Voronezh and...) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale} | Erected |
1999 | Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea} | Name Changed | Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia {Russia Europea Settentrionale} | Name Changed |
2019 | Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India | Elevated |
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