Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in Pitcairn Islands

Pitcairn Islands
DateAscendingChange
1833.06.08Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands)
1848.05.09Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands)
1889.02.08Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago
1966.06.21Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete (with suffragan see Taiohae)

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