Year | From | To | ||
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1522 | Diocese of Baracoa (All Cuba), Cuba | Name Changed | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba | Name Changed |
1667 | Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen, Germany (territory of Minden) | Erected | ||
1892 | Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada | Erected |
1905 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale}, China | Erected |
1905 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China | Name Changed |
1908 | Diocese of Antioquía, Colombia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Chocó, Colombia | Erected |
1911 | Society of Saint Edmund | Approbation | ||
1914 | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Djibouti | Erected |
1914 | Prefecture Apostolic of Adamaua, Cameroon | Erected | ||
1934 | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cebu, Philippines | Elevated |
1934 | Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1934 | Diocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1934 | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1934 | Diocese of Jaro, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1934 | Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1942 | Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin
Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey, Niger | Erected |
1952 | Delegation to Japan | Elevated | Nunciature to Japan (to Internunciature) | Elevated |
1953 | Misioneros de Guadalupe | Approbation | ||
1957 | Diocese of Fréjus, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France | Name Changed |
1958 | Vicariate Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles | Elevated | Diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles | Elevated |
1958 | Archdiocese of Cuzco, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of Abancay, Peru | Erected |
1958 | Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan | Erected |
1958 | Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria | Elevated |
1961 | Archeparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Erected | ||
1975 | Diocese of Sideia, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed | Diocese of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
1976 | Delegation to Nigeria | Elevated | Nunciature to Nigeria | Elevated |
1979 | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
1986 | Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
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