Year | From | To | ||
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1611 | Société de l’Oratoire de Jésus | Founded | ||
1778 | Diocese of Penafiel, Portugal | Suppressed | Diocese of Porto, Portugal | Territory Added |
1906 | Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México | Elevated | Archdiocese of Yucatán, México | Elevated |
1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Oruro, Bolivia
Diocese of Potosí, Bolivia Diocese of Tarija, Bolivia | Erected |
1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Sucre, Bolivia | Name Changed |
1928 | Nunciature to Latvia (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
1935 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
1939 | Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (Albanian) | Erected | ||
1948 | Vicariate Apostolic of Timor Olandese, Indonesia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia | Name Changed |
1956 | Prefecture Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
1956 | Prefecture Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
1970 | Prefecture Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia | Elevated |
1970 | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kenema, Sierra Leone | Erected |
1970 | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Elevated | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Elevated |
1983 | Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kahama, Tanzania | Erected |
1992 | Nunciature to Belarus | Established | ||
1994 | Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bertoua, Cameroon | Elevated |
1996 | Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
2002 | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, India | Erected |
2002 | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2002 | Diocese of Baroda, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2002 | Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
2010 | Missionary Brothers of the Countryside | Approbation |
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