Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Mayotte

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1514: Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1533: Goa (D, detached from Funchal) - India
1558: Cochin (detached from Goa) - India
1558: Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
1606: São Tomé of Meliapore (detached from Cochin) - India
1612: Moçambique (AA, detached from São Tomé of Meliapore) - (Portuguese East Africa) Mozambique
1643: Madagascar (AP, detached from Moçambique AA) - Madagascar
1712: Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
1783: Madagascar (incorporated in Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Indian Ocean
1783: Moçambique (Prel.) - (Portuguese East Africa) Mozambique
1818: Bourbon (AP, new name, previously Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Reunion, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, etc.
1818: Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent Territories (AV, and new name, previously Isle-de-France AP, also territories from Moçambique [Prel.]) - Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, etc.
1819: Mauritius (AV, new name, previously Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent Territories AV) - Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, etc.
1829: (Madagascar transferred from Mauritius AV, to Bourbon AV)
1841: Madagascar (AP, detached from Bourbon) - Madagascar
1848: Sainte-Marie, Nossi-Bé and Mayotte / Lesser Islands (AP, detached from Madagascar AP) - Madagascar, Comores
1879: Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores (AP, new name, previously Sainte-Marie, Nossi-Bé and Mayotte) - Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte
1932: Islands of Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores (AP, new name, previously Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores) - Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte
1938: Ambanja (AP, previously Islands of Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores) - Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte
1975: Comores (AA, detached from Ambanja) - Comores