Year | From | To | ||
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1552 | Diocese of Cuzco, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia | Erected |
1561 | Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala | Erected | ||
1561 | Diocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
Archdiocese of Lima, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santiago de Chile | Erected |
1762 | Nunciature to Syria | Established | ||
1818 | Diocese of Bitonto, Italy
Diocese of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy | United | Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Bisignano, Italy
Diocese of San Marco (Argentano), Italy | United | Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy | United |
1818 | Archdiocese of Manfredonia, Italy
Diocese of Vieste, Italy | United | Archdiocese of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Nicotera, Italy
Diocese of Tropea, Italy | United | Diocese of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
Diocese of Sarno, Italy | United | Diocese of Cava e Sarno, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
Diocese of Potenza, Italy | United | Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy | United |
1818 | Archdiocese of Conza, Italy
Diocese of Satriano e Campagna, Italy | United | Archdiocese of Conza e Campagna, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Acerno, Italy
Archdiocese of Salerno, Italy | United | Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
Diocese of Sora, Italy | United | Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Calvi Risorta, Italy
Diocese of Teano, Italy | United | Diocese of Calvi e Teano, Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Bisceglie, Italy
Archdiocese of Trani, Italy | United | Archdiocese of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy | United |
1818 | Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera, Italy | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Acerenza (e Matera), Italy | Name Changed |
1818 | Diocese of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
Diocese of Montepeloso, Italy | United | Diocese of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy | United |
1818 | Diocese of Avellino e Frigento, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Avellino, Italy | Name Changed |
1818 | Diocese of Bitetto, Italy | Territory Added | ||
1818 | Diocese of Castro di Puglia, Italy | Suppressed | Archdiocese of Otranto, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Isola, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Città Ducale, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of L’Aquila, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Capri, Italy
Diocese of Massa Lubrense, Italy Diocese of Vico Equense, Italy | Suppressed | Archdiocese of Sorrento, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Minori, Italy
Diocese of Ravello e Scala, Italy | Suppressed | Archdiocese of Amalfi, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Lucera, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Minervino Murge, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Andria, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Mottola (Motula), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Castellaneta, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Nicastro, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Montemarano, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Nusco, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Monteverde, Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Carinola (Calina), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Fondi (Fundi), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Gaeta, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Termoli, Italy | Territory Added |
1818 | Diocese of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Monopoli, Italy | Territory Added |
1844 | Diocese of Catania, Italy (Acireale, Aci Bonaccorsi, Aci Castello, Aci S. Antonio, and Aci San Filippo Catena)
Archdiocese of Messina, Italy (Calatabiano, Castiglione, Fiumefreddo, Giarre, Linguaglossa, Mascali, Piedimonte, Randazzo, and Riposto) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Acireale, Italy | Erected |
1851 | Diocese of Salford, England, Great Britain | Territory Lost | Diocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain (Hundred of Leyland) | Territory Added |
1884 | Vicariate Apostolic of Moldavia | Elevated | Diocese of Iaşi, Romania | Elevated |
1922 | Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda (West of Lake Albert attached to Belgian government) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
1930 | Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany (House of Mathias Steurer) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Augsburg, Germany | Territory Added |
1949 | Society of St. Paul | Approbation | ||
1974 | Eparchy of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada (British Columbia, Yukon, and parts North West Territories) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada | Erected |
1974 | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India (Palghat and Coimbatore along with Karur in Trichinopoly) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
1977 | Eparchy of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite), Michigan, USA | Name Changed | Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA | Name Changed |
1987 | Diocese of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil (Imperatriz, Açailândia, Amarante do Maranhão, and João Lisboa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil | Erected |
1994 | Diocese of Berlin, Germany | Elevated | Archdiocese of Berlin, Germany | Elevated |
1994 | Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany | Elevated | Diocese of Erfurt, Germany | Elevated |
1994 | Apostolic Administration of Görlitz, Germany | Elevated | Diocese of Görlitz, Germany | Elevated |
1994 | Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg, Germany | Elevated | Diocese of Magdeburg, Germany | Elevated |
1994 | Diocese of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1998 | Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (Comoé and Léraba) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Banfora, Burkina Faso | Erected |
1998 | Diocese of Muzaffarpur, India (West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Saran, and Siwan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bettiah, India | Erected |
1998 | Diocese of Dumka, India (Purnea, Katihar, Araria, and Kishanganj) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Purnea, India | Erected |
1998 | Diocese of Gaborone, Botswana (Central, Chobe, Gantsi, Ngamiland, and North-East) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Francistown, Botswana | Erected |
2020 | Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq | Split | Diocese of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
Diocese of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq | Split |
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