Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Kuwait

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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

1838

Abyssinia [Lat.] (AP, detached from Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - (Abyssinia) Ethiopia, Eritrea

1846

Galla [Lat.] (AV, detached from AP Abyssinia) - Ethiopia

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(1851 - Arabia transferred from AV Egypt and Arabia, to AV Galla)

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1859

Aden (AP, detached from AV Galla) - Arabian Peninsula

1875

Aden (abolished, reattached to Galla) - (Abyssinia) Ethiopia

1888

Aden (AV, and reerected, re-detached from AV Galla) - Arabian Peninsula

1889

Arabia (AV, new name, previously Aden) - Arabian Peninsula

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1953

Kuwait (AP, detached from AV Arabia) - Kuwait

1954

Kuwait (AV) - Kuwait