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Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:
Zambia
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See a list of abbreviations used in this
list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- Regarding Bangueolo 1913
- 1204
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Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto
established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople)
Turkey
- 1742
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Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal
vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1760
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Aleppo [Lat.] (AV, detached from AV Constantinople) - Syria
- 1817
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Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV,
reestablished with new name, previously Aleppo) - Syria, Egypt, Arabian
Peninsula, Cyprus
- 1839
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Abyssinia [Lat.] (AV, detached from Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt,
Arabia and Cyprus) -Abyssinia
- 1846
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Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Abyssinia AV) - Sudan, etc.
- 1880
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Tanganyika (APV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Tanzania
- 1883
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Tanganyika (AV) - Tanzania, Congo [Kinshasa]
- 1889
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Nyasa / Nyassa (APV, detached from AV Tanganyika) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- Regarding Broken Hill 1927
- 1514
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Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
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Goa (detached from Funchal) - India
- 1558
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Cochin (detached from Goa) - India
- 1558
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Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1606
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São Tomé of Meliapore (detached from Cochin) - India
- 1612
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Moçambique (AA, detached from São Tomé of Meliapore) - (Portuguese East
Africa) Mozambique
- 1712
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Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
- 1783
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Moçambique (Prel.) - (Portuguese East Africa) Mozambique
- 1818
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Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent Territories (AV, detached from Islands of the
Indian Ocean [AP], and from Moçambique [Prel.]) - Mauritius, Madagascar,
South Africa, etc.
- 1819
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Mauritius (AV, new name, previously Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent
Territories AV) - Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, etc.
- 1837
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Cape of Good Hope (AV, detached from Mauritius) - (Cape Colony) South Africa
- 1847
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Cape of Good Hope - Eastern District (AV, new name, previously Cape of Good
Hope) - (Cape Colony) South Africa
- 1850
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Natal (AV, detached from Cape of Good Hope - Eastern District) - (Natal)
South Africa
- 1879
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Zambesi (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Natal) - (Southern Rhodesia)
Zimbabwe
- 1915
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Zambesi (AP) - (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe
- 1913
- Banguelo (AV, detached from Nyasa / Nyassa in Central Africa AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1927
- Broken Hill (AP, detached from Zambesi AP) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1933
- Lwangwa (Mission "sui iuris") - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1936
- Victoria Falls (AP, detached from Broken Hill) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1937
- Lwangwa (AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1937
- Fort Jameson (AP, detached from Nyasa / Nyassa in Central Africa, and from Lwangwa) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1938
- Ndola (AP, detached from Broken Hill) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1946
- Lusaka (AP, new name, previously Broken Hill AP) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1949
- Ndola (AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1950
- Livingstone (AV, and new name, previously Victoria Falls AP) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1950
- Lusaka (AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1951
- Abercorn (AV, new name, previously Lwangwa AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1952
- Kasama (AV, new name, previously Bangueolo AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1952
- Fort Rosebery (AP, detached from Bangueolo) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1953
- Fort Jameson (AV) - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1959
- Abercorn - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1959
- Fort Jameson - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1959
- Kasama - (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia
- 1959
- Livingstone - Zambia
- 1959
- Lusaka (Metr.) - Zambia
- 1959
- Ndola - Zambia
- 1959
- Solwezi (AP, detached from Ndola) - Zambia
- 1961
- Fort Rosebery - Zambia
- 1962
- Monze (detached from Lusaka) - Zambia
- 1967
- Kasama (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lusaka) - Zambia
- 1967
- Mansa (new name, previously Fort Rosebery) - Zambia
- 1968
- Chipata (new name, previously Fort Jameson) - Zambia
- 1969
- Mbala (new name, previously Abercorn) - Zambia
- 1976
- Solwezi - Zambia
- 1991
- Mbala-Mpika (new name, previously Mbala) - Zambia
- 1994
- Mpika (new name, previously Mbala-Mpika) - Zambia
- 1997
- Mongu (detached from Livingstone) - Zambia