Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Tokelau
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- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
- Goa (detached from Funchal) - India
- 1558
- Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1712
- Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
- 1818
- Bourbon (AP, new name, previously Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Reunion, Indian Ocean, etc.
- 1830
- South Seas Islands / Oceania / Islands of the Great Ocean (AP, detached from AP Bourbon) - Various countries and territories in Oceania
- 1836
- Western Oceania (AV, detached from AP South Seas Islands) - New Zealand and other territories in Oceania
- 1842
- Central Oceania (AV, detached from AV Western Oceania) - Tonga and other territories in Oceania
- 1850
- Navigators' Islands or Samoa (AV, detached from Central Oceania) - (Navigators' Islands) Samoa
- 1957
- Samoa and Tokelau Islands (AV, new name, previously Navigators' Islands AV) - Samoa
- 1966
- Apia (D, and new name, previously Samoa and Tokelau Islands AV) - Samoa
- 1974
- Apia or Samoa and Tokelau (new name, previously Apia) - Samoa
- 1975
- Samoa and Tokelau (new name, previously Apia or Samoa and Tokelau) - Samoa
- 1982
- Samoa-Apia and Tokelau (Metr., and new name, previously Samoa and Tokelau) - Samoa
- 1992
- Tokelau Islands (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Samoa-Apia and Tuvalu) - Tokelau