Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Libya
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
This list does not yet include dioceses from pre-Islamic times in what is today Libya. Claes.Tande@katolsk.no |
- 290-343
- Barcelona - Spain
- 713
- Barcelona (abandoned due to Arab Muslim conquest) - Spain
- 850
- Barcelona (restored) - Spain
- 1237
- Mallorca (reestablished, detached from Barcelona) - Spain
- 1351
- Insulas Fortunatis / Islas Canarias (erected by monks out of Mallorca) -Spain
- 1354
- Islas Canarias (vacant/abandoned) - Spain
- 1369
- Telde / Islas Canarias (revived) - Spain
- 1393
- Islas Canarias (abandoned) - Spain
- 1404
- Rubicon / Islas Canarias (revived) - Spain
- 1485
- Las Palmas (new name, previously Rubicon) - Spain
- 1630
- Tripoli (AP, detached from Las Palmas) - Libya
- 1894
- Libya (AV, and new name, previously Tripoli AP) - Libya
- 1927
- Cirenaica (AV, detached from Libia AP) - Libya
- 1927
- Tripolitania (AV, new name, previously Libya AV) - Libya
- 1939
- Derna (AV, detached from Cirenaica AV) - Libya
- 1939
- Bengasi / Benghazi (AV, new name, previously Cirenaica AV) - Libya
- 1939
- Misurata (AP, detached from Tripolitania AV) - Libya
- 1939
- Tripoli (AV, new name, previously Tripolitania) - Libya