Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:
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See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

This list includes Hong Kong and Macao, as it also includes jurisdictions in Taiwan. But there is also another list especially for Taiwan.

We ask our readers to kindly help us with information (with sources!) to to fill in the following gaps:
* Are the entries relating to Hukwang correct? (They do not seem geographically logical; there might be errors in our main source for this, the Encyclopedia Catholica: http:/newadvent.org/cathen/03669a.htm

claes.tande@katolsk.no


Regarding Macau:
1514
Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1533
Goa (D, established from Funchal) - India
1558
Malacca (D, detached from Goa) - Malaysia
1576
Macau (D, detached from Malacca) - Macau (China)

Regarding Szechwan:
1659
Tonking (AV, detached from Macau) - Vietnam

Regarding Lhasa:
1637
Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur (AV, erected by the "Propaganda Fide", detached from Goa) - India
1669
Great Mogul (AV, new name, previously Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur AV) - India
1704
Tibet (AP, detached from Great Mogul AV) - (Tibet) Nepal, China, etc.
1769
Tibet (AP, suppressed, incorporated in Great Mogul AV) - (Tibet) Nepal, China, etc.
1784
Hindustan (Miss. "sui iuris", detached from Great Mogul AV) - India
1820
Tibet-Hindustan (AV, and new name, previously Hindustan) - India, China, Nepal, etc.

Regarding Ilan:
1831
Corea (AV, separated from Peking) - Korea
1911
Seoul / Seul (AV, new name, previously Corea AV) - Korea
1920
Wonsan (AV, separated from Seoul) - Korea
1307
Cambalue (Peking [Beijing]) (AD) - China
1313
Zaitun / Zeiton / Zaitoun (Chuanchow [Quanzhou], detached from Cambalue) - China
1320~
Ili-baluc - (Central Asia, destroyed after very short time) China, Kazakhstan
1362
Zaitun / Zeiton / Zaitoun (Chuanchow [Quanzhou]) (abandoned, last bishop martyred 1362) - China
1375-1385
Cambalue (Peking [Beijing]) (AD, abandoned, bishop captured by the Turks in 1375, died in Italy in 1385) - China
1576
Macau / Macao (D, detached from Malacca) - Macau (China)

1660
Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, detached from Macau) - China
1680
Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Tonking AV) - China
1690
Nanking [Nanjing] - China
1690
Peking [Beijing] (detached from Macau) - China
1696
Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696
Fukien [Fujian] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696
Hukwang (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696
Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696
Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696
Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1696
Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1696
Yunnan (AV, detached from Nanking) - China

1737
Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, suppressed, territory incorporated in Szechwan [Sichuan]) - China
1762
Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi] and Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, combination of three AV) - China
1781
Yunnan (AV, suppressed, territory incorporated in Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1790
Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] (AV, combination of three AV) - China

1838
Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Zhejiang and Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1838
Fukien [Fujian] (AV, detached from Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1838
Hukwang (AV, by division of Hukwang and Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1838
Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, by division of Hukwang and Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1838
Liaotung (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1839
Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1840
Liaotung and Manchuria (AV, new name, previously Liaotung) - China
1840
Kansu [Gansu] (AV, detached from Liaotung) - China
1840
Mongolia (AV, detached from Liaotung) - China
1840
Yunnan (AV, detached from Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1841
Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1841
Hong Kong [Xianggang] (AP, detached from Macau) - Hong Kong (China)
1844
Kansu [Gansu] (suppressed, territory incorporated in Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1845
Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, new name, previously Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1845
Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Chekiang and Kiangsi [Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1846
Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, detached from Szechwan) - China
1846
Lhasa / Tibet (AV, detached from Tibet-Hindustan AV) - Tibet (China))

1850
Lhasa-Assam (AV, new name, previously Lhasa) - (Tibet, India) India, Bhutan, China
1856
Peking [Beijing] (suppressed) - China
1856
Northern Chi-li / Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856
Southwestern Chi-li /Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856
Southeastern Chi-li /Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856
Kiangnan or Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, previously Nanking D) - China
1856
Honan [Henan] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1856
Hunan [Hunan] (AV, by division of Hukwang AV) - China
1856
Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, by division of Hukwang AV) - China
1856
Kwangtung [Guangdong] (AP, detached from Macau) - China
1856
Northern Manchuria (AV, detached from Liaotung and Manchuria) - China
1856
Southern Manchuria (AV, new name, previously Liaotung and Manchuria) - China
1856
Northwestern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, new name, previously Szechwan AV) - China
1856
Southeastern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Szechwan AV) - China
1858
Lhasa (AV, new name, previously Lhasa-Assam) - (Tibet) China
1860
Eastern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, new name, previously Southeastern Szechwan AV) - China
1860
Southern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Southeastern Szechwan AV) - China
1869
Northern Honan [Henan] (AV, detached from Honan [Henan]) - China
1870
Eastern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, new name, previously Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870
Northwestern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870
Southern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870
Western Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1874
Hong Kong [Xianggang] (AV) - Hong Kong (China)
1875
Kwangsi [Guangxi] (AP, detached from Kwangtung [Guangdong]) - China
1878
Kansu [Gansu] (AV, detached from Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1879
Southern Hunan [Hunan] (AV, new name, after division of Hunan AV) - China
1879
Northern Hunan [Hunan] (AV, detached from Hunan AV) - China
1879
Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, new name, previously Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1879
Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1882
Southern Honan [Henan] (AV, new name, previously Honan [Henan]) - China
1882
Western Honan [Henan] (AP, detached from Honan [Henan]) - China
1883
Amoy / Hsiamen [Xiamen] (AV, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1883
Central Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1883
Southwestern Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1883
Eastern Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1885
Eastern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1885
Northern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, new name, previously Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1885
Southern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1887
Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, new name, after division of Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1887
Southern Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1888
I-li / Kuldja (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1890
Northern Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, at division of Shansi [Shanxi] AV, new name) - China
1890
Southern Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, after division of Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1894
Eastern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Northern Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1899
Eastern Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Southeastern Chi-li, and maybe Northern Chi-li AV) - China

1905
Northern Kansu [Gansu] (AV, new name, previously Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1905
Southern Kansu [Gansu] (AP, detached from Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1910
Eastern Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, new name, previously Chekiang [Zhejiang]) - China
1910
Western Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, detached from Chekiang [Zhejiang]) - China
1910
Central Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Northern Chi-li) - China
1910
Kienchang (AV, detached from Southern Szechwan [Sichuan]) - China

1911
Central Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1911
Western Honan [Henan] (AV) - China
1912
Coastal Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Northern Chi-li) - China
1913
Island of Formosa (AV, detached from Amoy / Hsiamen) - (China) China-Taiwan
1914
Canton [Guangzhou] (AV, and new name, previously Kwangtung [Guangdong] AP) - China
1914
Kiaotsu / Tchaotchion (AV, detached from Kwangtung AP) - China
1914
Kwangsi [Guangxi] (AV) - China
1915
Swatow [Shantou] (AV, new name, previously Kiaotsu) - China
1916
Eastern Honan [Henan] (AV, maybe detached from Southern Honan AV) - China

1920
Fuchow (AV, new name, previously Eastern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920
Kanchow [Ganzhou] (AV, detached from Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920
Kingan (AV, new name, previously Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920
Kiukiang (AV, new name, previously Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920
Shiuchow [Shaoguan] (AV, detached from Canton) - China
1920
Western Kwangtung and Hainan (AV, detached from Canton) - China

1921
Kiangsu [Jiangsu] (new name, previously Kiangnan AV) - China
1921
Nganhoei [Anhui] (AV, detached from Kiangnan / Nanking AV) - China
1921
Yükiang [Yujiang] (AV, new name, previously Fuchow) - China

1922
I-li / Kuldja (suppressed, territory to the new AV of Western Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922
Northern Kansu (suppressed, territory divided between the new AVs of Western Kansu [Gansu], and Eastern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922
Southern Kansu (suppressed, territory divided between the new AVs of Western Kansu [Gansu], and Eastern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922
Eastern Kansu [Gansu] (AV, territories from the suppressed jurisdictions of Northern Kansu [Gansu], and Southern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922
Western Kansu [Gansu] (AV, territories from the suppressed jurisdictions of I-li, Northern Kansu [Gansu], and Southern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922
Lanlung [Anlong] (AP, detached from Kwangsi [Guangxi], and from Kweichow [Guizhou]) - China
1922
Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, new name, previously Kiangsu [Jiangsu]) - China
1922
Ningsia (AV, detached from Southwestern Mongolia AV) - China
1922
Suiyüan / Kuei Sui [Hohot] (AV, new name, previously Southwestern Mongolia AV) - China
1922
Tatungfu (AP, detached from Northern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1922
Tichagar (AV, and new name, previously Central Mongolia, AP) - China

1923
Foochow [Fuzhou] (AV, new name, previously Fukien [Fujian] AV) - China
1923
Funingfu (AV, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1923
Hankow [Hankou] (AV and new name, previously Eastern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1923
Hanyang [Hanyang] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China
1923
Puchi [Puqi] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China
1923
Tingchow [Changting] (AP, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1923
Wuchang [Wuchang] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China

1924
Changsha [Changsha] (AV, new name, previously Southern Hunan, AV) - China
1924
Changteh [Changde] (AV, new name, previously Northern Hunan, AV) - China
1924
Chefoo (AV, new name, previously Eastern Shantung [Shandong] AV) - China
1924
Chengchow [Zhengzhou] (AV, new name, previously Western Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924
Chengtingfu (AV, new name, previously Southwestern Chi-li AV) - China
1924
Chengtu [Chengdu] (AV, new name, previously Northwestern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924
Chungking [Chongqing] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924
Hanchungfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924
Hangchow [Hangzhou] (AV, new name, previously Western Chekiang [Zhejiang] AV) - China
1924
Ichang [Yichang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1924
Jehol [Jinzhou] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Mongolia AV) - China
1924
Kaifengfu (AV, new name, previously Eastern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924
Kianfu (AV, new name, previously Kingan AV) - China
1924
Kirin [Jilin] (AV, new name, previously Northern Manchuria, AV) - China
1924
Kweiyang [Guiyang] (AV, new name, previously Kweichow [Guizhou] AV) - China
1924
Lanchowfu (AV, new name, previously Western Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1924
Laohokow [Laohekou] (AV, new name, previously Northwestern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1924
Luanfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1924
Mukden / Fengtien [Shenyang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Manchuria, AV) - China
1924
Nanchang [Nanchang] (AV, new name, previously Kiukiang, AV) - China
1924
Nanning [Nanning] (AV, new name, previously Kwangsi [Guangxi] AV) - China
1924
Nanyangfu [Nanyang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924
Ningpo [Ningbo] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Chekiang [Zhejiang] AV) - China
1924
Ningyüanfu (AV, new name, previously Kienchang, AV) - China
1924
Pakhoi [Beihai] (AV, new name, previously Western Kwangtung and Hainan, AV) - China
1924
Paotingfu (AV, new name, previously Central Chi-li, AV) - China
1924
Peiping / Peking [Beijing] (AV, new name, previously Northern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924
Sianfu (AV, new name, previously Central Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924
Sienhsien [Xianxian] (AV, new name, previously Southeastern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924
Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] (AV, new name, previously Tichagar, AV) - China
1924
Suifu [Yibin] (AV, new name, previously Southern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924
Taiyuanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1924
Tientsin [Tianjin] (AV, new name, previously Coastal Chi-li, AV) - China
1924
Tsinanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shantung [Shandong] AV) - China
1924
Tsinchow [Tianshui] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1924
Weihweifu (AV, new name, previously Northern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924
Wuhu / Wufu [Wuhu] (AV, new name, previously Nganhoei [Anhui] AV) - China
1924
Yenanfu / Yennanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924
Yenchowfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shantung, AV) - China
1924
Yüngpingfu (AV, new name, previously Eastern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924
Yünnanfu (AV, new name, previously Yunnan, AV) - China
1924
Kongmoon [Jiangmen] (AP, detached from Canton) - China
1924
Lihsien (AP, detached from Central Chi-li, and from Southwestern Chi-li) - China
1924
Tatsienlu (AV, new name, previously Lhasa / Tibet / Thibet, AV) - Tibet (China)

1925
Shenchow (AV, detached from Changteh [Changde] AV) - China
1925
Tsingtao [Qingdao] (AP, detached from Yenchowfu AV) - China
1925
Yungchowfu / Yungchow [Lingling] (AP, detached from Changsha) - China

1926
Fenyang [Fenyang] (AV, detached from Taiyuanfu AV) - China
1926
Haimen [Haimen] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1926
Shohchow [Shuoxian] (AP, detached from Taiyuanfu AV) - China
1926
Süanhwafu (AV, detached from Peking AV) - China
1926
Taichow [Linhai] (AV, detached from Ningpo) - China

1927
Hanyang [Hanyang] (AV) - China
1927
Kongmoon [Jiangmen] (AV) - China
1927
Lanlung [Anlong] (AV) - China
1927
Sinyangchow (AP, detached from Kaifeng AV, and from Nanchang AV) - China

1928
Tsingtao [Qingdao] (AV) - China
1928
Harbin [Harbin] [Russ-.Byz. and all Oriental Rite Catholics in all China] (ExAp) - China
1928
Hinganfu [Ankang] (AP, detached from Hanchungfu, and from Sianfu) - China
1928
Ilan (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Wonsan) - China
1928
Kweiteh [Shangqiu] (AP, detached from Kaifengfu) - China
1928
Tsitsihar [Qiqihar] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kirin, and from Jehol) - China
1928
Yenki [Yanji] (AP, detached from Wonsan [in Korea]) - China

1929
Ankwo [Ankuo] (AV, and new name, previously Lihsien AP) - China
1929
Anking [Anqing] (AV, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu] AV) - China
1929
Changtien (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Tsinanfu) - China
1929
Chaohsien [Zhaoxian] (AP, detached from Chengtingfu) - China
1929
Hainan [Hainan] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Pakhoi) - China
1929
Hwangchow (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Hankow) - China
1929
Loyang [Luoyang] (AP, detached from Chengchow) - China
1929
Kaying [Meixian] (AP, detached from Swatow) - China
1929
Pengpu [Bengbu] (AV, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu]) - China
1929
Shaowu [Shaowu] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Foochow AV) - China
1929
Shunkingfu (AV, detached from Chengtu) - China
1929
Szepingkai [Siping] (AP, detached from Mukden, and from Jehol) - China
1929
Tali [Dali] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Yünnanfu) - China
1929
Tsining [Jining] (AV, detached from Siwantze) - China
1929
Wanhsien [Wanxian] (AV, detached from Chungking) - China
1929
Yachow (AP, detached from Suifu) - China
1929
Yihsien [Yixian] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Paotingfu, and from Peking) - China
1929
Yüngnien [Weixian] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China

1930
Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Lanchowfu [Gansu] AV) - China
1930
Wuchang [Wuchang] (AV) - China
1930
Hengchow [Hengyang] (AV, detached from Changsha) - China
1930
Pingliang [Pingliang] (AP, detached from Tsinchow AV) - China
1930
Wuchow [Wuzhou] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Nanning AV) - China
1931
Tsitsihar [Qiqihar] (AP) - China
1931
Chuchow (AP, detached from Ningpo) - China
1931
Harbin [Harbin] (AA, detached from Sibiria AV for Russian parishes in Sibiria) - China
1931
Iduhsien [Yudixian] (AP, detached from Chefoo) - China
1931
Kienningfu (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Foochow) - China
1931
Lichow [Lixian] (AP, detached from Changteh) - China
1931
Lintsing [Linqing] (AP, detached from Tsinanfu) - China
1931
Sanyüan [Sanyuan] (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1931
Süchow / Suchow [Xuzhou] (AP, detached from Nanking) - China
1931
Tali [Dali] (AP) - China
1931
Tungchow [Tongzhou] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Sianfu) - China
1931
Weihaiwei [Weihai] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Chefoo) - China
1931
Yochow [Yueyang] (AP, detached from Changteh) - China
1931
Yütze [Yuci] (AV, detached from Taiyuanfu) - China

1932
Changtien (AP) - China
1932
Chaoshien (AV) - China
1932
Hwangchow (AP, previously Mission "sui iuris") - China
1932
Shohchow [Shuoxian] (AV) - China
1932
Tatungfu (AV) - China
1932
Chihfeng [Chifeng] (AV, detached from Jehol) - China
1932
Chowchich [Zhouzhi] (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1932
Fongsiangfu (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1932
Fushun [Fushun] (AP, detached from Mukden) - China
1932
Hungtung [Hongdong] (AP, detached from Luanfu) - China
1932
Kienchangfu (AP, detached from Yükiang AV) - China
1932
Shihtsien [Shiqian] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kweiyang AV) - China

1933
Sinyangchow (AV) - China
1933
Yachow (AV) - China
1933
Yüngnien [Weixian] (AV) - China
1933
Chumatien [Zhumadian] (AP, detached from Nanyangfu, and from Sinyangchow) - China
1933
Shanghai [Shanghai] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1933
Shuntehfu (AP, detached from Chengtingfu) - China
1933
Yangku [Yanggu] (AP, detached from Yenchowfu) - China

1934
Szepingkai [Siping] (AV) - China
1934
Wuchow [Wuzhou] (AP) - China
1934
Yüanling / Shenchow [Yuanling] (AV, and additional name, previously merely Shenchow AV) - China
1934
Tsaochowfu (AV, detached from Yenchowfu) - China

1935
Kaying [Meixian] (AV) - China
1935
Loyang [Luoyang] (AV) - China
1935
Süchow [Xuzhou] (AV) - China
1935
Tungchow [Tongzhou] (AP) - China
1935
Yihsien [Yixian] (AP) - China
1935
Chaotung [Zhaodong] (AP, detached from Yünnanfu) - China
1935
Taming [Daming] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China

1936
Hainan [Hainan] (AP) - China
1936
Kichow [Qichun] (AV, and new name, previously Hwangchow, AP, and part of Anking) - China
1936
Kiangchow (Xinjiang] (AP, detached from Luanfu) - China
1936
Shasi [Shashi] (AP, detached from Ichang) - China
1936
Siangyang [Xiangyang] (AV, detached from Laohokow) - China
1936
Sinsiang [Xinxiang] (AP, detached from Weihweifu) - China

1937
Chowtsun [Zhoucun] (AV, and new name, previously Changtien, AP) - China
1937
Kiamusze [Jiamusi] (Mission "sui iuris", new name, previously Ilan) - China
1937
Kweiteh [Shangqiu] (AV) - China
1937
Lishui [Lishui] (AP, new name, previously Chuchow AP) - China
1937
Shihtsien [Shiqian] (AP) - China
1937
Sining [Xining] (AP, detached from Lanchowfu) - China
1937
Yenki [Yanji] (AV) - Manchuria / China
1937
Ichowfu (AV, detached from Tsingtao) - China
1937
Lintung [Lintong] (AP, detached from Szepingkai) - China
1937
Suihsien [Suixian] (AP, detached from Hankow) - China
1937
Siangtan [Xiangtan] (AP, detached from Changsha) - China
1937
Tunki [Tunqi] (AP, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu]) - China

1938
Kiating [Leshan] (new name, previously Yachow AV) - China
1938
Kienow [Jian'ou] (AV, and new name, previously Kienningfu, Mission) - China
1938
Nancheng [Nancheng] (AV, new name, previously Kienchangfu AP) - China
1938
Shaowu [Shaowu] (AP) - China
1938
Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi] (AP) - China
1938
Weihaiwei [Weihai] (AP) - China

1938
Kweilin [Guilin] (AP, detached from Wuchow) - China
1938
Paoking [Baojing] (AP, detached from Yungchowfu) - China
1938
Shihnan [Enshi] (AV, detached from Ichang) - China

1939
Wuchow [Wuzhou] (AV) - China
1939
Yangku [Yanggu] (AV) - China
1939
Kinghsien [Qingxian] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China

1940
Fushun [Fushun] (AV) - China
1940
Kiamusze [Jiamusi] (AP) - China

1942
Fongsiangfu (AV) - China

1944
Chumatien [Zhumadian] (AV) - China
1944
Sanyüan [Sanyuan] (AV) - China
1944
Shuntehfu (AV, previously AP) - China
1944
Yütze [Yuci] (AV) - China

1946
Anking [Anqing] (Metr.) - China
1946
Ankwo [Ankuo] (D) - China
1946
Canton [Guangzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946
Changsha [Changsha] (Metr.) - China
1946
Changteh [Changde] - China
1946
Chaohsien [Zhaoxian] - China
1946
Chengchow [Zhengzhou] - China
1946
Chengting [Zhengding] (new name, previously Chengtingfu) - China
1946
Chengtu [Chengdu] - China
1946
Chowtsun [Zhoucun] - China
1946
Chungking [Chongqing] (Metr.) - China
1946
Chumatien [Zhumadian] - China
1946
Fengsiang [Fengxiang] (D, and new name, previously Fongsiangfu AV) - China
1946
Fenyang [Fenyang] - China
1946
Foochow [Fuzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946
Funing [Xiapu] - China
1946
Fushun [Fushun] - China
1946
Haimen [Haimen] - China
1946
Hanchung [Hanzhong] - China
1946
Hangchow [Hangzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946
Hankow [Hankou] (Metr.) - China
1946
Hanyang [Hanyang] - China
1946
Hengchow [Hengyang] - China
1946
Hong Kong [Xianggang] - China
1946
Hsiamen [Xiamen] - China
1946
Ichang [Yichang] - China
1946
Ichow [Linyi] (D, and new name, previously Ichowfu AV) - China
1946
Jehol [Jinzhou] - China
1946
Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Metr.) - China
1946
Kanchow [Ganzhou] - China
1946
Kangting [Kangding] (D, new name, previously Tatsienlu AV) - China
1946
Kaying [Meixian] - China
1946
Ki-an [Ji'an] (new name, previously Kianfu AV) - China
1946
Kiating [Leshan] - China
1946
Kichow [Qichun] - China
1946
Kirin [Jilin] - China
1946
Kongmoon [Jiangmen] - China
1946
Kunming [Kunming] (Metr., and new name, previously Yünnanfu AV) - China
1946
Kweiteh [Shangqiu] - China
1946
Kweyang / Kweiyang [Guiyang] (Metr.) - China
1946
Lanchow / Kao-Lan [Lanzhou] (Metr., and new name, previously Lanchowfu AV) - China
1946
Lanlung [Anlong] - China
1946
Laohokow [Laohekou] - China
1946
Loyang [Luoyang] - China
1946
Lu An [Changzhi] (D, and new name, previously Luanfu) - China
1946
Mukden / Fengtien [Shenyang] (Metr.) - China
1946
Nanchang [Nanchang] (Metr.) - China
1946
Nancheng [Nancheng] - China
1946
Nanking [Nanjing] (Metr.) - China
1946
Nanning [Nanning] (Metr.) - China
1946
Nanyang [Nanyang] - China
1946
Ning Po / Ningpo [Ningbo] - China
1946
Ningsia (D, and new name, previously Ninghsia AV) - China
1946
Ningyüan [Xichan] (D, and new name, previously Ningyüanfu AV) - China
1946
Pakhoi [Beihai] - China
1946
Paoting [Baoding] - China
1946
Peking [Beijing] (Metr.) - China
1946
Pengpu [Bengbu] - China
1946
Sanyüan [Sanyuan] - China
1946
Shanghai [Shanghai] - China
1946
Shihnan [Enshi] - China
1946
Shiuchow [Shaoguan] - China
1946
Shohchow [Shuoxian] - China
1946
Shunking [Nanchong] - China
1946
Shunteh [Xingtai] (D, and new name, previously Shuntehfu AV) - China
1946
Sian [Xi'an] (Metr. and new name, previously Sianfu AV) - China
1946
Sienhsien [Xianxian] - China
1946
Sinyang [Xinyang] (D, and new name, previously Sinyangchow AV) - China
1946
Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] - China
1946
Süanhwa [Xuanhua] (D, and new name, previously Süanhwafu AV) - China
1946
Süchow [Xuzhou] - China
1946
Suifu [Yibin] - China
1946
Suiyüan / Kuei Sui [Hohot] (Metr.) - China
1946
Swatow [Shantou] - China
1946
Szepingkai [Siping] - China
1946
Taichow [Linhai] - China
1946
Taiyüan [Taiyuan] (Metr., and new name, previously Taiyuanfu) - China
1946
Tatung [Datong] (D, and new name, previously Tatungfu AV) - China
1946
Tientsin [Tianjin] (D) - China
1946
Tsaochow [Heze] (D, and new name, previously Tsaochowfu AV) - China
1946
Tsinan [Jinan] (Metr., and new name, previously Tsinanfu AV) - China
1946
Tsinchow [Tianshui] - China
1946
Tsingtao [Qingdao] - China
1946
Tsining [Jining] - China
1946
Wanhsien [Wanxian] - China
1946
Weihwei [Jixian] - China
1946
Wuchang [Wuchang] - China
1946
Wuchow [Wuzhou] - China
1946
Wuhu [Wuhu] - China
1946
Yangku [Yanggu] - China
1946
Yenan [Yan'an] (D, and new name, previously Yenanfu AV) - China
1946
Yenchow / Tze-Yang [Yanzhou] (D, and new name, previously Yenchowfu) - China
1946
Yenki [Yanji] - China
1946
Yentai [Yantai] (D, and new name, previously Chefoo AV) - China
1946
Yüanling [Yuanling] - China
1946
Yükiang [Yujiang] - China
1946
Yüngnien [Weixian] - China
1946
Yüngping [Lulong] - China
1946
Yütze [Yuci] - China

1947
Kinghsien [Qingxian] - China
1947
Taming [Daming] - China
1947
Tingchow [Changting] - China

1948
Lishui [Lishui] - China
1948
Tali [Dali] - China

1949
Chihfeng [Chifeng] - China
1949
Kaohsung (AV, new name, previously Island of Formosa AV) - (China) Taiwan-China
1949
Yinkow - China
1949
Haichow [Haizhou] (AP, detached from Shanghai) - China
1949
Soochow [Suzhou] (detached from Shanghai) - China
1949
Taipei (AP, detached from Island of Formosa AV) - (China) China-Taiwan
1949
Yangchow [Yangzhou] (AP, detached from Shanghai) - China
1949
Yingkow [Yingkou] (detached from Mukden) - China
1949
Yungkia / Wenchow [Yongjia] (detached from Ningpo) - China

1950
Hungtung [Hongdong] - China
1950
Pingliang [Pingliang] - China
1950
Taichung (AP, detached from Kaoshiung) - (China) Taiwan-China
1951
Chowchich [Zhouzhi] - China
1951
Puchi [Puqi] - China
1951
Siangyang [Xiangyang] - China
1952
Taipei (Metr.) - Taiwan-China
1952
Hwalien (AP, detached from Kaohsung) - Taiwan-China
1952
Kiayi (AP, detached from Kaohsung) - Taiwan-China

1961
Kaohsiung (D, and new name, previously Kaohsung (AV) - Taiwan-China
1961
Hsinchu (detached from Taipeh) - Taiwan-China
1961
Tainan (detached from Kaohsiung) - Taiwan-China
1962
Kiayi - Taiwan-China
1962
Taichung - Taiwan-China
1963
Hwalien - Taiwan-China
Last update: 2007-03-30 19:25