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

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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