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Diocese Events

1980 and Later


See Also: 1979 and Earlier | Bishop Events

YearFromTo
1980Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kalumburu, Australia SuppressedDiocese of Broome, Australia Territory Added
1982Patriarchal Exarchate of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq Erected
1984Orden de los Hermanos de Belén Restored
1988Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer Approbation
1988Servants of Jesus and Mary Founded
1989Titular See of Bistue Established
1989Titular See of Bossa Established
1989Titular See of Buleliana Established
1989Titular See of Canapium Established
1989Titular See of Castellum Titulianum Established
1989Titular See of Catrum Established
1989Titular See of Cebarades Established
1989Titular See of Enera Established
1989Titular See of Macon Established
1989Titular See of Mattiana Established
1989Titular See of Paria in Proconsolare Established
1989Titular See of Pia Established
1989Titular See of Pocofeltus Established
1989Titular See of Taddua Established
1989Titular See of Tagase Established
1989Titular See of Tamazeni Established
1989Titular See of Vertara Established
1989Titular See of Wiener Neustadt Established
1989Titular See of Bulna Established
1989Titular See of Buslacena Established
1989Titular See of Cibaliana Established
1989Titular See of Murcona Established
1989Titular See of Musti in Numidia Established
1989Titular See of Sitipa Established
1989Titular See of Ausana Established
1989Titular See of Ausuaga Established
1989Titular See of Turuda Established
1989[Patriotic Diocese of Shanba, China] Erected
1989Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Brooklyn Approbation
1990Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Founded
1990Institut du Christ Roi Souverain Prétre Founded
1991Patriarchal Vicariate of Turkey (Syrian) ElevatedPatriarchal Exarchate of Turkey (Syrian) Elevated
1991Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine ElevatedPatriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine Elevated
1992Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) ElevatedPatriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Elevated
1992Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine ElevatedPatriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine Elevated
1992Chemin Neuf Institute Founded
1992Diocese of Tuy-Vigo, Spain Name ChangedDiocese of Tui-Vigo, Spain Name Changed
1993Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor Approbation
1993[Patriotic Diocese of Langfang, China] Erected
1994Servants of Jesus and Mary Approbation
1995Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia Territory Added
1995Titular See of Alton Established
1995Titular See of Grass Valley Established
1995Titular See of Jamestown Established
1995Titular See of Kearney Established
1995Titular See of Lead Established
1995Titular See of Leavenworth Established
1995Titular See of Natchitoches Established
1995Titular See of Nesqually Established
1995Titular See of Quincy Established
1995Titular See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan Established
1995Titular See of Vincennes Established
1995Titular See of Concordia Established
1996Titular See of California Established
1996Titular See of Gardar Established
1996Titular See of Oregon City Established
1996Delegation to Sierra Leone ElevatedNunciature to Sierra Leone Elevated
1996[Patriotic Diocese of Langfang, China] Territory Added
1997Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Sudan (Syrian) Established
1997Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine ElevatedPatriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine Elevated
1998Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) ElevatedPatriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Elevated
1998Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine ElevatedPatriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine Elevated
1999Delegation to Singapore ElevatedNunciature to Singapore Elevated
1999Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Roman Curia Name ChangedPontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Roman Curia Name Changed
2002Nunciature to Yugoslavia SplitNunciature to Serbia and Montenegro Split
2004Cardinal Titular Church of San Teodoro Territory Added
2005Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli Founded
2009Nunciature to European Community Name ChangedNunciature to European Union Name Changed
2009Diocese of Ilorin, Nigeria (from Kaduna) Metropolitan Changed
2011Delegation to Viêt Nam Established
2012Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Name ChangedPatriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) Name Changed
2012Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Sudan (Syrian) Name ChangedPatriarchal Dependent Territory of Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) Name Changed
2013Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Battista Decollato Territory Added
2016Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Roman Curia Territory Added
2016Diocese of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles (from Port of Spain) Metropolitan Changed
2017Diocese of Gurué, Mozambique (from Beira to Nampula) Metropolitan Changed
2018Territorial Prelature of Batanes, Philippines (from Nueva Segovia to Tuguegarao) Metropolitan Changed
2019Titular See of Valpuesta Territory Added
2020Eparchy of Hosur (Syro-Malabar), India (from Immediately Subject) Metropolitan Changed
1st CenturyDiocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Brescia, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Catania, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Cartagena (en España) Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Cesena, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Nepi, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Fano, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Firenze, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Fiesole, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Foligno, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Guadix, Spain Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Limoges, France Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Lucca, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Milano, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Napoli, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Palermo, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Pavia, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Pozzuoli, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Ravenna, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Reggio Calabria, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Reggio Emilia, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Benevento, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Spoleto, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Tarragona, Spain Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Toledo, Spain Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Trier, Germany Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Aix, France Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Terracina, Italy Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Marseille, France Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Sens, France Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Malta Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Alexandria {Alessandria}, Egypt Erected
1st CenturyDiocese of Byzantium, Turkey Erected
1st CenturyArchdiocese of Ephesus, Turkey Erected
1st CenturyArchdiocese of Hierapolis (Phrygia), Turkey Erected
1st CenturyArchdiocese of Edessa (in Osrhoëne), Turkey Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Avellino, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Bayeux, France Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Belluno, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Besançon, France Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Capua, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Forli, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Köln, Germany Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Lyon, France Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Lugo, Spain Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Nola, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Todi, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Perugia, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Rouen, France Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Siracusa, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Tivoli, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Tortona, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Trento, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Vicenza, Italy Erected
2nd CenturyDiocese of Priverno (or Piperno), Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Amiens, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Ajaccio, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Angoulême, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Arezzo, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Assisi, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Asti, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Autun, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Bologna, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyArchdiocese of Bordeaux, France Erected
3rd CenturyArchdiocese of Bourges, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Camerino, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Cahors, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Clermont, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Córdoba, Spain Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Évreux, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Faenza, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Fermo, Italy Erected
3rd CenturySuburbicarian See of Frascati, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Genova, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Ilurir (Eliberi, Elvira, Granada), Spain Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Lyon, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Lyon, France Elevated
3rd CenturyDiocese of Meaux, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Mende, France (or 4th Century) Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Metz, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Chiusi, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Maguelonne, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Nice, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy (or 4th Century) Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Orléans, France Erected
3rd CenturySuburbicarian See of Ostia, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Palencia, Spain Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Paris, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Pesaro, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Pistoia, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Poitiers, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Porto, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Rennes, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Rimini, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Sevilla, Spain Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Sées {Séez}, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Soissons, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Sora, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Salona, Croatia Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Toulouse, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Tours, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Vercelli, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Verona, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Ancona, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Toscanella (Tuscania), Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Modena, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Siponto, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyArchdiocese of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Erected
3rd CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Frascati Erected
3rd CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Porto Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Albi, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Arles, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Auxerre, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Beauvais, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Chartres, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Die, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Langres, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Narbonne, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Périgueux (Vesuna), France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Reims, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Saintes, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Sens, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Sens, France Elevated
3rd CenturyDiocese of Vienne, France Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Petelia, Italy Erected
3rd CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Ostia Erected
3rd CenturyDiocese of Tarsus, Turkey Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Agen, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Alba (Pompea), Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Acqui, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Ávila, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Barcelona, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Bari, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Bayonne, France ((or 6th Century)) Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Besançon, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Besançon, France Elevated
4th CenturyDiocese of Bergamo, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Braga, Portugal Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Brindisi, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Cagliari, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Squillace, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Sarsina, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Como, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Cremona, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Cagli, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Digne, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Évora, Portugal Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Ferentino, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Gerona, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Piacenza, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Grenoble, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Imola, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of León, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Lisboa, Portugal Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Lodi, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Lucera, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Mainz, Germany Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Milano, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy Elevated
4th CenturyDiocese of Nantes, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Novara, Italy Erected
4th CenturySuburbicarian See of Palestrina, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Parma, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Pisa, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Porto, Portugal Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Sevilla, Spain ElevatedArchdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Elevated
4th CenturySuburbicarian See of Albano, Italy Erected
4th CenturyArchdiocese of Dardania, North Macedonia Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Siena, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Speyer, Germany Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Strasbourg, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Narni, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Civita (Tempio), Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Toledo, Spain ElevatedArchdiocese of Toledo, Spain Elevated
4th CenturyDiocese of Torino, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Tortosa, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Treviso, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Troyes, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Urgell, Spain Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Valence, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Acerenza, Italy Erected
4th CenturyEparchy of Alep (Melkite Greek), Syria Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Avignon, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia Erected
4th CenturyConfederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine Founded
4th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Albano Erected
4th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Palestrina Erected
4th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Santa Cecilia Established
4th CenturyDiocese of Antibes, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Apt, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Chalons-sur-Marne, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Cimiez, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Embrun, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Fréjus, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Lectoure, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Nevers, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Reims, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Reims, France Elevated
4th CenturyDiocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Tarbes, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Verdun, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Vernay, France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Viviers (Aps), France Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Aosta, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of London, England, Great Britain Erected
4th CenturyArchdiocese of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Amiterno, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Atella, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Eca, Italy Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Helvetii / Aventicum [Avenches] / Vindonissa [Windisch], Switzerland Erected
4th CenturyDiocese of Ancyra (Phrygia), Turkey Erected
4th CenturyApostolic Chancery, Roman Curia Established
5th CenturyDiocese of Connor, Ireland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Killaloe, Ireland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Kilmore, Ireland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Raphoe, Ireland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Alife, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Bosa, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Gualdo Tadino, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Nocera Umbra, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Calahorra, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Chur, Switzerland Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Sutri, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Conversano, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Coutances, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Fossombrone, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Bovino, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Gubbio, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Isernia, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Le Mans, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Gerace, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Lérida, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Cingoli, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Tolentino, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Mallorca, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Massa Marittima, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Venosa, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Menorca, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Messina, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Orense, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Pamplona, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Tarazona, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Penne, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Teramo, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Potenza, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Quimper, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Ravenna, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Ravenna, Italy Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Rieti, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Rouen, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Rouen, France (or 6th Century) Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Forum Novum, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Saint-Brieuc, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Torres, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Aquino, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Norcia, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Sorrento, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Salona, Croatia ElevatedArchdiocese of Salona, Croatia Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Valva, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Calvi Risorta, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Tarragona, Spain ElevatedArchdiocese of Tarragona, Spain Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Amelia, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Larino, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Tours, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Tours, France Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Segni, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Velletri, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Vannes, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Vic, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Volterra, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Zaragoza, Spain Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Ivrea, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Aix, France ElevatedArchdiocese of Aix, France Elevated
5th CenturyDiocese of Albenga, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Anagni, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Matelica, Italy Erected
5th CenturyArcheparchy of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean), Iraq Erected
5th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Established
5th CenturyDiocese of Acqs (Dax), France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Agde, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Aire, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Belley, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Gap, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Laon, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Mariana, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Nebbio, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Nîmes, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Rodez, France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Vence, France Erected
5th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of San Vitale Established
5th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Sabina Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Literno, Italy Erected
5th CenturyDiocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi), Spain (or 6th Century) Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Augsburg, Germany Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Bari, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Bari (-Canosa), Italy Elevated
6th CenturyDiocese of Arras, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Down, Ireland Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Killala, Ireland Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Feltre, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Sabiona-Säben, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Cambrai, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Chieti, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Coimbra, Portugal Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Comacchio, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Guarda, Portugal Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Jesi, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Nicastro, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Helvetii / Aventicum [Avenches] / Vindonissa [Windisch], Switzerland Territory LostDiocese of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
Diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland
Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Nicotera, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Gallipoli, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Amalfi, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Orvieto, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Pula (Pola), Croatia Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Santa Rufina, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Cervia, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Salerno, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Salzburg, Austria Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Segorbe, Spain Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Segovia, Spain Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Ostra, Italy Territory LostDiocese of Senigallia, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Makarska, Croatia Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Sulmona, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Taranto, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Teano, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Tournai, Belgium Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Trani, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Trieste, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Tude (Tuy), Spain Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Urbino, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Ceneda, Italy Erected
6th CenturyTerritorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Alatri, Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Lescar, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Viterbo, Italy Erected
6th CenturyEparchy of Alep (Melkite Greek), Syria ElevatedArchdiocese of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Elevated
6th CenturyOrder of Saint Benedict Founded
6th CenturyDiocese of Aleria, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Auch, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Elne, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Asolo (Cittanova; Eraclea), Italy Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Aleth, France Erected
6th CenturyDiocese of Tarsus, Turkey ElevatedArchdiocese of Tarsus, Turkey Elevated
7th CenturyDiocese of Ferns, Ireland Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Cork, Ireland Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Limerick, Ireland Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Chioggia, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Città di Castello, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Orte, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Bisignano, Italy (or 8th Century) Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Cosenza, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Santa Severina, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Jaén, Spain Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Osimo, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Tropea, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Otranto, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Sovana (Soana), Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Bova, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Rossano, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Ventimiglia, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Vrhbosna, Bosnia and Herzegovina Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Adria, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Ales (Uselli), Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Vico Equense, Italy Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Thérouanne, France Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Selsey, England, Great Britain Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Winchester, England, Great Britain Erected
7th CenturyDiocese of Bisarcio, Italy Erected
7th CenturyArchdiocese of Edessa (in Osrhoëne), Turkey Territory Added
8th CenturyDiocese of Gallese, Italy Erected
8th CenturyDiocese of Veroli, Italy Erected
8th CenturyDiocese of Köln, Germany ElevatedArchdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Elevated
8th CenturyDiocese of Conza, Italy Erected
8th CenturyDiocese of Bisceglie, Italy Erected
8th CenturyDiocese of Trier, Germany ElevatedArchdiocese of Trier, Germany Elevated
8th CenturyDiocese of Sezze, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Caiazzo, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Bar, Montenegro Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Marsi, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Bitonto, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Beograd {Belgrade}, Serbia Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Tinos, Greece Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Pult (Pulati), Albania Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Montefeltro, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Matera, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Minervino Murge, Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Equilio (Jesolo), Italy Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Konavlje, Albania Erected
9th CenturyDiocese of Formia, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Formia-Gaeta (Caieta), Italy Name Changed
9th CenturyDiocese of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Sabiona-Säben, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Name Changed
10th CenturyDiocese of Brindisi, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Brindisi, Italy Elevated
10th CenturyDiocese of Cashel, Ireland Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Eger, Hungary Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Nitra, Slovakia
Diocese of Passau, Germany
Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Territory LostArchdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Napoli, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Elevated
10th CenturyDiocese of Płock, Poland Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Salerno, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Salerno, Italy Elevated
10th CenturyDiocese of Salamanca, Spain Restored
10th CenturyDiocese of Savona, Italy Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Prizren, Serbia Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Taranto, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Taranto, Italy Elevated
10th CenturyDiocese of Termoli, Italy Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Trivento, Italy Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Zamora, Spain Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Leuca, Italy Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Amantea, Italy Erected
10th CenturyDiocese of Egara, Spain SuppressedDiocese of Barcelona, Spain Territory Added
11th CenturyDiocese of Acerra, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Ariano, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Lacedonia, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Ávila, Spain Restored
11th CenturyDiocese of Ostuni, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Cagliari, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Cagliari, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Boiano, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Castellaneta, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Monopoli, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Santa Severina, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Santa Severina, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Bobbio, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Győr (Raab), Hungary Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Venafro, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Melfi, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Rapolla, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Giovinazzo, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Terlizzi, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Sarno, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Otranto, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Otranto, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Palermo, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Palermo, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Muro Lucano, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Reggio Calabria, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Reggio Calabria, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Acerno, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Conza, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Conza, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Nusco, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Anglona, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Trani, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Trani, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Tricarico, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Vác, Hungary Erected
11th CenturyTerritorial Abbey of Subiaco, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Acerenza, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Acerenza, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Andria, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Matera, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Matera, Italy Elevated
11th CenturyDiocese of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia Erected
11th CenturyApostolic Chamber, Roman Curia Established
11th CenturyDiocese of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Stagno (Ston), Croatia Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Sorres (Sorra), Italy Erected
11th CenturyCanons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Founded
11th CenturyCanons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria Founded
11th CenturyDiocese of Suelli, Italy Erected
11th CenturyDiocese of Bomarzo, Italy SuppressedDiocese of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy Territory Added
11th CenturyDiocese of Grumento Nova (Grumentum), Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Marsico Nuovo, Italy Name Changed
12th CenturyDiocese of Roda, Spain Name ChangedDiocese of Barbastro, Spain Name Changed
12th CenturyDiocese of Caserta, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Lamego, Portugal Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Messina, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Messina, Italy Elevated
12th CenturyDiocese of Molfetta, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Galtelli, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Osma, Spain Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Bisaccia, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Ampurias, Italy Erected
12th CenturyTerritorial Abbey of Montevergine, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Terralba, Italy Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Viterbo, Italy United
12th CenturyApostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia Established
12th CenturyDiocese of Skara, Sweden Territory LostDiocese of Linköping, Sweden Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Västerås (Westeraes), Sweden Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Ross (Rosemarkie, Fortrose), Scotland, Great Britain Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Trogir (Traù), Croatia Erected
12th CenturyDiocese of Forum Novum, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Vescovio, Italy Name Changed
12th CenturyDiocese of Ancyra (Phrygia), Turkey Territory Added
12th CenturyDiocese of Albania Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of La Calzada, Spain Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Calahorra, Spain
Diocese of La Calzada, Spain
UnitedDiocese of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain United
13th CenturyDiocese of Chios (Scio), Greece Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Cefalonia, Greece Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Naxos, Greece Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Syros (e Milos), Greece Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Ugento, Italy Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland Erected
13th CenturyTerritorial Abbey of San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy Erected
13th CenturyArchdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania Erected
13th CenturyOrder of Friars Preachers Founded
13th CenturyDiocese of Andros, Greece Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Budua (Budva), Montenegro Erected
13th CenturyDiocese of Sulmona, Italy
Diocese of Valva, Italy
UnitedDiocese of Valva e Sulmona, Italy United
13th CenturyDiocese of Leuca, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Alessano, Italy Name Changed
13th CenturyArchdiocese of Tarsus, Turkey Territory Added
13th CenturyDiocese of Galtelli, Italy (from Pisa) Metropolitan Changed
14th CenturyDiocese of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Erected
14th CenturyDiocese of Cariati, Italy Erected
14th CenturyDiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania Erected
14th CenturyOrden de San Jerónimo Founded
14th CenturyCanons Regular of the Congregation of the Brothers of Community Life Founded
14th CenturyDiocese of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece Erected
14th CenturyArchdiocese of Hierapolis (Phrygia), Turkey Territory Added
14th CenturyDiocese of Dagne (Danj), Albania Erected
14th CenturyApostolic Datary, Roman Curia Established
14th CenturyFratelli Celliti o Alessiani de Aquisgrana Founded
15th CenturyDiocese of Montepeloso, Italy Erected
15th CenturyApostolic Signatura, Roman Curia Established
16th CenturyCongregation for Cardinals Interpreters of the Council of Trent, Roman Curia Name ChangedCongregation of the Council, Roman Curia Name Changed
16th CenturyDiocese of Dagne (Danj), Albania Territory Added
17th CenturyArcheparchy of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Erected
17th CenturyEparchy of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Erected
17th CenturyDiocese of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece Territory Added
17th CenturyVicariate Apostolic of Asia Minor, Turkey Erected
18th CenturyDiocese of Prizren, Serbia SuppressedArchdiocese of Skopje, North Macedonia Territory Added
18th CenturyTitular See of Icosium Established
19th CenturyCardinal Titular Church of Sant’Alessio Name ChangedCardinal Titular Church of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio Name Changed
19th CenturyTitular See of Tharona Established

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