Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Mozambique 🇲🇿

Date	Change
1612.01.21	Apostolic Administration of Mozambique was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and became suffragan of Goa)
1783	Apostolic Administration of Mozambique was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
1940.09.04	Diocese of Beira was established (from Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1940.09.04	Territorial Prelature of Mozambique was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques (with suffragan sees Beira and Nampula and lost territory to establish Diocese of Beira and Diocese of Nampula)
1940.09.04	Diocese of Nampula was established (from Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1954.10.06	Diocese of Quelimane was established (from Diocese of Beira and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1957.04.05	Diocese of Porto Amélia was established (from Diocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1962.05.06	Diocese of Tete was established (from Diocese of Beira and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1962.08.03	Diocese of Inhambane was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1963.07.21	Diocese of Vila Cabral was established (from Diocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1970.06.19	Diocese of João Belo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1976.07.29	Diocese of Vila Cabral was renamed as Diocese of Lichinga
1976.09.17	Diocese of Porto Amélia was renamed as Diocese of Pemba
1976.09.18	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maputo
1976.10.01	Diocese of João Belo was renamed as Diocese of Xai-Xai
1984.06.04	Diocese of Beira was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira (with suffragan sees Quelimane and Tete)
1984.06.04	Diocese of Nampula was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nampula (with suffragan sees Lichinga and Pemba)
1990.11.19	Diocese of Chimoio was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira and became suffragan of Beira)
1991.10.11	Diocese of Nacala was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Nampula)
1993.12.06	Diocese of Gurúè was established (from Diocese of Quelimane and became suffragan of Beira)
2025.01.23	Diocese of Alto Molócuè was established (from Diocese of Gurúè and Diocese of Quelimane and became suffragan of Nampula)
2025.12.23	Diocese of Caia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira, Diocese of Chimoio, Diocese of Quelimane and Diocese of Tete and became suffragan of Beira)