Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Malawi
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 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) - Tanzania, etc.
- 1880
- Tanganyika (APV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Tanzania
- 1883
- Tanganyika (AV, detached from Victoria Nyanza AV, and from Tanganyika APV) - Tanzania, etc.
- 1889
- Nyasa / Nyassa (APV, detached from AV Tanganyika) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1897
- Nyasa / Nyassa (AV) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1903
- Shiré (AP, detached from Nyasa / Nyassa) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1908
- Shiré (AV) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1947
- Northern Nyassa (AP, detached from Nyasa / Nyassa in Central Africa AV) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1951
- Likuni (AV, new name, previously Nyasa / Nyassa in Central Africa AV) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1952
- Blantyre (AV, new name, previously Shiré) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1952
- Zomba (AV, separated from Shiré) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1956
- Dedza (AV, detached from Likuni, and from Zomba) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1958
- Lilongwe (AV, new name, previously Likuni AV) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1959
- Blantyre (Metr.) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1959
- Dedza - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1959
- Lilongwe - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1959
- Zomba - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1961
- Mzuzu (D, and new name, previously Northern Nyassa AP) - (Nyassaland) Malawi
- 1965
- Chikwawa (detached from Blantyre) - Malawi
- 1969
- Fort Johnston (AP, detached from Zomba) - Malawi
- 1973
- Mangochi (D, and new name, previously Fort Johnston AP) - Malawi