Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in New Zealand

Date	Change
1830.01.10	Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon)
1836.01.10	Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Western Oceania)
1836.01.10	Apostolic Vicariate of Western Oceania was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands)
1842.08.23	Apostolic Vicariate of Western Oceania was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of New Zealand (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Central Oceania)
1848.06.20	Apostolic Vicariate of New Zealand was promoted as Diocese of Auckland (lost territory to establish Diocese of Wellington)
1848.06.20	Diocese of Wellington was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of New Zealand and without ecclesiastical province)
1869.11.26	Diocese of Dunedin was established (from Diocese of Wellington)
1887.05.10	Diocese of Christchurch was established (from Diocese of Wellington and became suffragan of Wellington)
1887.05.10	Diocese of Wellington was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wellington (with suffragan sees Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin and lost territory to establish Diocese of Christchurch)
1958.05.10	Apostolic Vicariate of Australia (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1976.10.28	Military Vicariate of New Zealand was established
1980.03.06	Diocese of Hamilton was established (from Diocese of Auckland and became suffragan of Wellington)
1980.03.06	Diocese of Palmerston North was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wellington and became suffragan of Wellington)
1982.06.24	Apostolic Vicariate of Australia (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (became suffragan of Melbourne)
1986.07.21	Military Vicariate of New Zealand was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of New Zealand
1987.03.26	Diocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2006.10.21	Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2013.12.23	Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)