Year | From | To | ||
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1580 | Diocese of Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Territory Added | ||
1822 | Archdiocese of Chambéry, France | Territory Lost | Diocese of Annecy, France | Erected |
1842 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) | Erected |
1850 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India | Erected |
1850 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India | Name Changed |
1897 | Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Plata, Argentina | Erected |
1897 | Diocese of Paraná, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Fe, Argentina | Erected |
1897 | Diocese of Salta, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Erected |
1908 | Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Approbation | ||
1910 | Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Approbation | ||
1916 | Diocese of Digne, France | United | Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France | United |
1928 | Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia | Erected |
1929 | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India
Vicariate Apostolic of Tatsienlu, China | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sikkim, India | Erected |
1947 | Diocese of Cervia, Italy (Medelana, Rovereto, Alberlungo, Migliarino, S. Margherita, Fiscaglia, Migliaro, and Massafiscaglia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Comacchio, Italy | Territory Added |
1957 | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
1958 | Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus | Decretum Laudis | ||
1964 | Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Agudos, Boracela, Cabrália Paulista, Duartina, Gália, Lucianópolis, Pederneiras, Piratininga, and part of Bauru)
Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Arealva, Avai, Iacanga, and parts of Bauru) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
1964 | Diocese of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil (Floresta, Beiern do Rio Sao Francisco, Betania, Custòdia, Inajá, Petrolândia, and Tacaratu)
Diocese of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Cabroró) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil | Erected |
1965 | Diocese of Patna, India (from Calcutta) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1966 | Diocese of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) (Masan, Jinju, Samcheonpho, Jinhae, and Choong-mu, along with Jinyang, Euryeong, Changweon, Haman, Hapcheon, Keuchang, Hamyang, Sancheong, Hadong, Sacheon, Koseong, Thongyeong, and Namhae) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Masan, Korea (South) | Erected |
1966 | Prefecture Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal | Elevated | Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal | Elevated |
1967 | Diocese of Darwin, Australia (Torres Strait) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cairns, Australia | Territory Added |
1969 | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries)
Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries) | Territory Added | ||
1986 | Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil | Elevated |
1986 | Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Elevated |
2020 | Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | Elevated | Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | Elevated |
2023 | Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Isiolo, Kenya | Elevated |
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