Year | From | To | ||
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1818 | Diocese of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | Territory Added |
1875 | Oblates of St. Francis de Sales | Decretum Laudis | ||
1883 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China | Erected |
1883 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China | Name Changed |
1906 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Zanguebar {Zanguebar Centrale}, Tanzania | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Name Changed |
1906 | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya | Name Changed |
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
1925 | Ordinariate of Greece (Armenian) | Erected | ||
1926 | Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia
Diocese of Tarija, Bolivia (Boundaries Adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
1931 | Prefecture Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated |
1949 | Sons of Charity | Decretum Laudis | ||
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo (Alima, Sanga-Likouala, and Likouala) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo | Erected |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos (Gammon, Savannakhet, Saravane, and Bassac) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos | Erected |
1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand | Name Changed |
1951 | Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | Decretum Laudis | ||
1951 | Nunciature to Austria (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
1959 | Diocese of Astorga, Spain (Parishes of Cañizo, Navea, Castromil de Castilla, and Carracedo de la Sierra and villages of Ventas de la Capilla and Ventas de Bolaño) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orense, Spain | Territory Added |
1959 | Diocese of Orense, Spain (Parish of Celeiros) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Astorga, Spain | Territory Added |
1964 | Diocese of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México
Diocese of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México | Erected |
1964 | Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México (San Juan Juquila Mixes, San Pedro Ocotepec, San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Asunción Cacalotepec, Santa Maria Tepantlali, Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Santa María Mixistlan, Espiritu Santo Tamazulapan, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla,...) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Mixes, Oaxaca, México | Erected |
1984 | Nunciature to São Tomé and Príncipe | Established | ||
1985 | Territorial Prelature of Tarma, Peru | Elevated | Diocese of Tarma, Peru | Elevated |
1985 | Diocese of Quilon, India (Pathanamathitta, Pathanapuram, and parts of Kottarakare, Kunnathur, Mavelikara, and Chengannur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Punalur, India | Erected |
1991 | Prefecture Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | Elevated |
1994 | Nunciature to North Macedonia | Established | ||
1995 | Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea (Gasc-Setit and Barca) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea | Erected |
1995 | Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea (Sahel and Senhit) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea | Erected |
1995 | Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” | Approbation | ||
1995 | Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia | Territory Added | ||
2018 | Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated |
2018 | Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania (from Songea to Mbeya) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2018 | Diocese of Sumbawanga, Tanzania (from Tabora to Mbeya) | Metropolitan Changed |
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