Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Burundi
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- 1204
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
- 1742
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1760
- Aleppo [Lat.] (AV, detached from AV Constantinople) - Syria
- 1817
- Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV, reestablished with new name, previously Aleppo) - Syria, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus
- 1839
- Abyssinia [Lat.] (AV, detached from Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) -Abyssinia 1846 Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Abyssinia AV) - Sudan, etc.
- 1880
- Nyanza (AV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1880
- Southern Upper Congo (Miss., detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - ...
- 1880
- Tanganyika (APV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Tanzania
- 1883
- Victoria Nyanza (AV, new name, previously Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1886
- Unanyembe (AV, detached from Tanganyika APV, and from Southern Upper Congo [Miss.]) - Tanganyika
- 1894
- Southern Victoria Nyanza (AV, detached from Victoria Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Kenya, etc.
- 1912
- Kivu (AV, detached from Unyanyembe AV, and from Southern Victoria-Nyanza AV) - (German South-East Africa) Burundi, Rwanda
- 1921
- Urundi and Kivu (AV, new name, previously Kivu AV) - (Tanganyika) Burundi, Rwanda
- 1922
- Urundi (AV, new name, previously Urundi and Kivu AV) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1949
- Kitega (AV, new name, previously Urundi AV) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1949
- Ngozi (AV, detached from Urundi AV) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1959
- Usumbura (AV 11/6, detached from Ngozi, and from Kitega) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1959
- Usumbura (9/10) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1959
- Gitega (Metr., 10/11, and new name, previously Kitega) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1959
- Ngozi (10/11) - (Tanganyika) Burundi
- 1961
- Bururi (detached from Gitega) - Burundi
- 1964
- Bujumbura (new name, previously Usumbura) - Burundi
- 1968
- Muyinga (detached from Ngozi) - Burundi
- 1973
- Ruyigi (detached from Gitega, and from Bururi) - Burundi
- 1980
- Bubanza (detached from Bujumbura) - Burundi
- 2006
- Bujumbura (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Gitega) - Burundi
- 2009
- Rutana (detached from Bururi, and Ruyigi) - Burundi