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 Oversiktskart
1903
Shiré (AP, detached from Nyasa / Nyassa) - (Nyassaland) Malawi Oversiktskart
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
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