Year | From | To | ||
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1643 | Congregation of Jesus and Mary | Founded | ||
1798 | Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland | Erected | ||
1839 | Archdiocese of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus | Territory Added | ||
1907 | Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina | Erected |
1931 | Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchebray | Approbation | ||
1937 | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Neghelli, Ethiopia | Erected |
1937 | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
1937 | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia | Elevated |
1937 | Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Dessié, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Gondar, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai, Ethiopia | Erected |
1937 | Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda | Elevated | Archdiocese of Rubaga, Uganda | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Kigoma, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Masaka, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Masaka, Uganda | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mwanza, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Maswa, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Karema, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Rutabo, Tanzania | Elevated |
1953 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania | Elevated |
1960 | Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand | Name Changed |
1964 | Diocese of Barcelona, Spain | Elevated | Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain | Elevated |
1964 | Diocese of Madrid, Spain | Elevated | Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain | Elevated |
1966 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México | Erected |
1968 | Military Ordinariate of El Salvador, Military | Erected | ||
1968 | Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay | Split | Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
Territorial Prelature of Encarnación, Paraguay | Split |
1972 | Diocese of Colima, México
Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | Erected |
1972 | Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania
Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Singida, Tanzania | Erected |
1972 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Melkite Greek) | Erected | ||
1981 | Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello, Italy | Name Changed |
1983 | Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, USA
Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lubbock, Texas, USA | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Białystok, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Białystok, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Katowice, Poland
Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Częstochowa, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
Diocese of Gdańsk, Poland Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Elbląg, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Łomża, Poland
Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ełk, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland
Diocese of Katowice, Poland Diocese of Opole, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gliwice, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Gdańsk, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Katowice, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Katowice, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland
Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland Diocese of Opole, Poland Archdiocese of Poznań, Poland Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kalisz, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Legnica, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Łódź, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Łódź, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Lublin, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lublin, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Łódź, Poland
Diocese of Płock, Poland Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Łowicz, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Pelplin, Poland | Name Changed |
1992 | Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Przemyśl, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland | Split | Diocese of Radom, Poland
Diocese of Sandomierz, Poland | Split |
1992 | Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland
Diocese of Tarnów, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rzeszów, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland
Diocese of Kielce, Poland Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sosnowiec, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Toruń, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Diocese of Gorzów, Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | Name Changed |
1992 | Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Warmia, Poland | Elevated |
1992 | Diocese of Płock, Poland
Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | Erected |
1992 | Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów, Poland
Diocese of Lublin, Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland | Name Changed |
1993 | Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimoney of Art and History, Roman Curia | Name Changed | Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, Roman Curia | Name Changed |
2002 | Diocese of Indore, India
Diocese of Udaipur, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jhabua, India | Erected |
2009 | Territorial Prelature of Libmanan, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Libmanan, Philippines | Elevated |
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