Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Libya | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Antiphræ was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Antipyrgos was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Barca was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Berenice was established |
| Unknown | Titular Metropolitan See of Darnis was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Magna was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Parætonium was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Tacapæ was established |
| Unknown | Titular Episcopal See of Theuchira was established |
| 100 | Diocese of Cyrene was established |
| 200 | Diocese of Sabrata was established |
| 200 | Diocese of Å’a was established |
| 500 | Diocese of Sabrata was suppressed |
| 500 | Diocese of Å’a was suppressed |
| 600 | Diocese of Cyrene was suppressed |
| 1400 | Titular Episcopal See of Cyrene was restored |
| 1643 | Apostolic Prefecture of Tripoli was established (from Diocese of Islas Canarias) |
| 1700 | Titular Episcopal See of Å’a was restored |
| 1900 | Titular Episcopal See of Sabrata was restored |
| 1909 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais antea Syis was established |
| 1913 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais antea Syis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais |
| 1913.02.23 | Apostolic Prefecture of Tripoli was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Libya |
| 1922 | Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais |
| 1925 | Titular Metropolitan See of Darnis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Darnis |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Magna was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Maior |
| 1925 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Sabrata was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sabratha |
| 1925 | Titular Episcopal See of Theuchira was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Teuchira |
| 1926 | Titular Episcopal See of Å’a was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Å’a |
| 1927.02.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Libya) |
| 1927.02.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Libya was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica) |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Darnis was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Darnis |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Maior was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Leptis magna |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Œa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oëa |
| 1929 | Titular Episcopal See of Sabratha was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sabrata |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Ammoniace was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Boreum was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Dystis was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Erythrum was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Gergis was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Gigthi was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Leptis magna was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Magna |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Olbia was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Oëa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oëa |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais in Libya |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Sinnipsa was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Sozusa in Libya was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Villamagna in Tripolitana was established |
| 1933 | Titular Episcopal See of Zagylis was established |
| 1939.06.22 | Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Derna) |
| 1939.06.22 | Apostolic Vicariate of Derna was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica) |
| 1939.06.22 | Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana) |
| 1939.06.22 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata) |
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