Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Libya

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

This list does not yet include dioceses from pre-Islamic times in what is today Libya.

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290-343
Barcelona - Spain
713
Barcelona (abandoned due to Arab Muslim conquest) - Spain
850
Barcelona (restored) - Spain
1237
Mallorca (reestablished, detached from Barcelona) - Spain
1351
Insulas Fortunatis / Islas Canarias (erected by monks out of Mallorca) -Spain
1354
Islas Canarias (vacant/abandoned) - Spain
1369
Telde / Islas Canarias (revived) - Spain
1393
Islas Canarias (abandoned) - Spain
1404
Rubicon / Islas Canarias (revived) - Spain
1485
Las Palmas (new name, previously Rubicon) - Spain

1630
Tripoli (AP, detached from Las Palmas) - Libya
1894
Libya (AV, and new name, previously Tripoli AP) - Libya
1927
Cirenaica (AV, detached from Libia AP) - Libya
1927
Tripolitania (AV, new name, previously Libya AV) - Libya
1939
Derna (AV, detached from Cirenaica AV) - Libya
1939
Bengasi / Benghazi (AV, new name, previously Cirenaica AV) - Libya
1939
Misurata (AP, detached from Tripolitania AV) - Libya
1939
Tripoli (AV, new name, previously Tripolitania) - Libya
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