Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Chad
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 1204
- Constantinople (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
- 1596
- Congo in Angola / São Salvador da Congo (detached from São Tomé) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1609
- Congo in Angola / São Paulo de Loanda (see transferred, new name, previously São Salvador da Congo) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1623
- Congo in Angola / São Salvador da Congo (see transferred, new name, previously São Paulo de Loanda) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1628
- Congo in Angola / São Paulo de Loanda (see transferred, new name, previously São Salvador da Congo) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1640
- Lower Congo / Portuguese Congo (AP, established by the "Propaganda Fide", detached from Congo in Angola / São Paulo de Loanda) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1716
- Congo in Angola / São Paulo de Loanda / Santa Cruz de Reino de Angola (added new name) - (Portuguese West Africa) Angola
- 1742
- Constantinople (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal Vicars / suffragan Bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1762
- Aleppo (AV, detached from Constantinople AV) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria, Lebanon, etc.
- 1818
- Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus (AV, new name, previously Aleppo AV; see in Beirut) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Arabian Peninsula
- 1839
- Egypt and Arabia (AV, detached from detached from the AV of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Arabian Peninsula
- 1846
- Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Egypt and Arabia AV) - Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
- 1886
- French Congo (AV, detached from Lower Congo / Portuguese Congo AP, and from Gabon AV) - (Middle Congo) Congo [Brazzaville]
- 1890
- French Lower Congo (AV, new name after division of French Congo) - (Middle Congo) Congo [Brazzaville]
- 1890
- French Upper Congo or Oubangui (AV, detached from French Congo AV) - (Middle Congo) Congo [Brazzaville]
- 1909
- Oubangui Chari (AP, detached from Oubangui AV) - (French Equatorial Africa) Central African Republic
- 1913
- Khartoum (AV, new name, previously Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Sudan
- 1914
- Adamaua (AP, detached from Sudan / Central Africa) - (Kamerun) Cameroon
- 1934
- Foumban (AV and new name, previously Adamaua AP) - Cameroon
- 1937
- Oubangui Chari (AV) - (French Equatorial Africa) Central African Republic
- 1940
- Berbérati (AP, detached from Oubangui Chari, and from Foumban) - (French Equatorial Africa) Central African Republic
- 1947
- Garoua (AP, detached from Foumban) - Cameroon
- 1953
- Garoua (AV) - Cameroon
- 1955
- Garoua - Cameroon
- 1947
- Fort-Lamy (AP, detached from Foumban, from Khartoum, and from Berbérati) - (French Equatorial Africa) Chad
- 1951
- Moundou (AP, detached from Fort-Lamy, and from Garoua) - (French Equatorial Africa) Chad
- 1955
- Fort-Lamy - (French Equatorial Africa) Chad
- 1956
- Pala (AP, detached from Garoua) - (French Equatorial Africa) Chad
- 1959
- Moundou - (French Equatorial Africa) Chad
- 1961
- Fort-Lamy (Metr.) - Chad
- 1961
- Fort-Archambault (detached from Fort-Lamy) - Chad
- 1964
- Pala - Chad
- 1972
- Sarh (new name, previously Fort-Archambault) - Chad
- 1973
- N'Djamena (Metr., new name, previously Fort-Lamy [Metr.]) - Chad
- 1989
- Doba (detached from Moundou) - Chad
- 1998
- Laï (detached from Moundou, and from Doba) - Chad
- 1998
- Goré (detached from Moundou, and from Doba) - Chad
- 2001
- Mongo (AP, detached from N'Djamena, and from Sarh) - Chad
- 2009
- Mongo (AV) - Chad
- 2023
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Koumra (detached from Sarh) - Chad