Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Armenia

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1772
White Russia / Mohilev (erected by the Russian tsarina, later sanctioned by the Holy See, erected from territories of .... ??) - (Russia) Belarus
1783
Mohilev (AD) - (Russia) Belarus
1798
Mohilev (Metr., previously AD) - (Russia) Belarus
1848
Cherson (detached from Mohilev) - (Russia) Ukraine
1850
Artvin [Arm.] - (Turkey, Russia from 1877) - Turkey
1852
Tiraspol (new name, previously Cherson) - Russia
1915-1923
Artvin [Arm.] - (de facto extinct due to persecutions) - Turkey

1926 - erection of Apostolic Administrations without the formal abolition of the diocese they supplant:

1926
Caucasus (AA, within Tiraspol) - (Soviet Union) Armenia, Azerbaijan
1926
AA for the Armenians in all of Russia [Arm.] (within Tiraspol) - (Soviet Union) Armenia, etc.

1991 - last year the Apostolic Administrations of 1926 are mentioned in the Annuario Pontificio

1991 - erection of Apostolic Administrations without the formal abolition of Tiraspol):

1991
Eastern Europe [Arm.] (ExAp, revival of AA for the Armenians in all of Russia) - Armenia, etc.
1991
European Russia (AA, detached from Mohilev, and from Tiraspol) - Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
1993
Caucasus [Lat.] (AA, detached from European Russia) - Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
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