Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Burkina Faso

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1204: Constantinople (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
1742: Constantinople (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal Vicars / suffragan Bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
1762: Aleppo (AV, detached from Constantinople AV) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria, Lebanon, etc.
1818: Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus (AV, new name, previously Aleppo AV; see in Beirut) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Arabian Peninsula
1839: Egypt and Arabia (AV, detached from detached from the AV of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Arabian Peninsula
1846: Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Egypt and Arabia AV) - Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
1868: Sahara (AP, detached from Central Africa AV) - French North and West Africa
1894: Sahara (AV) - Burkina Faso, Mali, etc.
1901: Sahara in French Sudan (new name, previously Sahara AV) - Burkina Faso, Mali
Regarding Bobo-Dioulasso, and Nouna:
1921: Bamako (AV, detached from Sahara of French Sudan AV) - Mali
1942: Gao (detached from Bamako, Ouagadougou, and from Bobo-Dioulasso) - Mali
Regarding Fada N'Gourma:
1514: Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1534: São Tomé / São Tomé e Príncipe (detached from Funchal) - São Tomé and Principe
1842: The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AP, detached from São Tomé, and from Funchal) - Western Africa from Senegal River to Loanda
1846: The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AV) - Western Africa from Senegal River to Loanda
1860: Dahomey (AV, detached from the Two Guineas and Senegambia) - Nigeria
1870: Benin Coast (AV, new name, previously Dahomey AV) - Nigeria
1883: Dahomey (AP, detached from Benin Coast AV) - Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso
1901: Dahomey (AV) - Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso
1942: Niamey (AP, detached from Dahomey, from Ouagadougou, from Foumban, from Ghardaia, from Khartoum, from Kaduna, and from Jos) - Niger
1921: Ouagadougou (AV, new name, previously Sahara of French Sudan AV) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1927: Bobo-Dioulasso (AP, detached from Bamako, and from Ouagadougou) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1937: Bobo-Dioulasso (AV) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1947: Nouna (AP, detached from Gao) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1947: Ouahigouya (AP, detached from Ouagadougou) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1951: Nouna (AV) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1954: Koudougou (AV, and new name, previously Ouahigouya AP) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1955: Ouagadougou (Metr.) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1955: Bobo-Dioulasso - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1955: Nouna - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1956: Koudougou - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1956: Koupéla (detached from Ouagadougou) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1958: Ouahigouya (detached from Koudougou) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1959: Fada N'Gourma (AP, detached from Niamey) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1964: Fada N'Gourma - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1968: Diébougou (detached from Bobo-Dioulasso) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1969: Kaya (detached from Ouagadougou, and from Koupéla) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1975: Nouna-Dédougou (new name, previously Nouna) - (Upper Volta) Burkina Faso
1997: Manga (detached from Koupéla, and from Ouagadougou) - Burkina Faso
1998: Banfora (detached from Bobo-Dioulasso) - Burkina Faso
2000: Dédougou (new name, previously Nouna-Dédougou) - Burkina Faso
2000: Nouna (detached from Nouna-Dédougou) - Burkina Faso
2000: Bobo-Dioulasso (Metr.) - Burkina Faso
2000: Koupéla (Metr.) - Burkina Faso
2004: Dori (detached from Fada N'Gourma, and from Ouahigouya) - Burkina Faso