Year | From | To | ||
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1819 | Diocese of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy | Name Changed |
1854 | Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Diocese of Civitavecchia, Italy | Split | Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy
Diocese of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy | United |
1860 | Diocese of Bytown, Ontario, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Name Changed |
1870 | Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA (Counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hamden, and Worcester) | Erected |
1881 | Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, USA (Southern part) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, USA | Erected |
1910 | Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Valdivia, Chile | Erected |
1922 | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo | Name Changed |
1928 | Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China | Elevated |
1929 | Diocese of Trento, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Trento, Italy (Without suffragans) | Elevated |
1938 | Prefecture Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar | Name Changed |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Togo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé, Togo | Name Changed |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Shihnan [Enshi], China | Erected |
1938 | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos (Vientiane, Xieng-Khuang (or Tran-Ninh), Luang-Prabang, Huei-Sai (or Eaut-Melcong), and the Fifth Military Territory or Phong-Sali) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Lómela and Dehese along with part of Kole and Eastern part of Oshwe) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1951 | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Rairakhol, Athmalik, Angul, Pallahara, Talcher, Hindol, and Dhenkanal along with part of Sambalpur and Sonpur)
Diocese of Nagpur, India (Patna and part of Sambalpur and Sonpur) Diocese of Ranchi, India (Gangpur, Bonai, and Bamra) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sambalpur, India | Erected |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar (North-western region of Mandalay (Naga tribes) and Mong Myet and Mong Long) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Bhamo, Myanmar | Territory Added |
1951 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar (Hsipaw except Mong Long) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar | Territory Added |
1954 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic (Basse-Kotto and Mbomou, and Mobaye, Alindao, Kembe, Bangassou, Ouango, Bakouma, Rafay, Zemio, and Obo.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Bangassou, Central African Republic | Erected |
1954 | Prefecture Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia | Elevated |
1954 | Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia (Ketapang and part of Sanggau) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ketapang, Indonesia | Erected |
1954 | Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | Elevated |
1954 | Diocese of Meru, Kenya
Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Territory Added | ||
1954 | Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka (Uva) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | Territory Added |
1954 | Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (San Ioannis de los Morros) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela | Territory Added |
1956 | Diocese of Jessore, Bangladesh | Name Changed | Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh | Name Changed |
1965 | Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Braúnas, Itambé do Mato Dentro, Morro do Pilar, Passabém, Santo Antonio do Rio Abaixo, and Sâo Sebastiâo do Rio Preto)
Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Alvinópolis, Antonio Dias, Bela Vista de Minas, Belo Oriente, Bom Jesus do Amparo, Coronel Fabriciano, Dionisio, Ferros, Itabira, Ipatinga, Jaguaraçu, Joanésia, Joao Monlevade, Marliéria, Mesquita, Nova Era, Rio Piracicaba, Santa Maria do Itabira, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Itabira, Brazil | Erected |
1972 | Archdiocese of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
1973 | Nunciature to Burkina Faso | Established | ||
1976 | Delegation to Ghana | Elevated | Nunciature to Ghana | Elevated |
1988 | Diocese of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire (Assuefry and Transua) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire | Territory Added |
1994 | Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine | Established | Nunciature to Israel | Established |
1995 | Diocese of Maitland, Australia | Name Changed | Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia | Name Changed |
1996 | Diocese of Trivandrum, India (Nedumangad and Neyyattinkara except for Padroad) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Neyyattinkara, India | Erected |
1997 | Diocese of Darjeeling, India (Southern part of Siliguri) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bagdogra, India | Erected |
1997 | Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia (Kalabo, Kaoma, Lukulu, Mongu, and Sanga) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mongu, Zambia | Erected |
2006 | Diocese of Carcassonne, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France | Name Changed |
2006 | Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | Name Changed |
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