Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in French Polynesia

Date	Change
1833.06.08	Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands)
1833.06.08	Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Oceania was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands)
1844.08.13	Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Oceania was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania)
1848.05.09	Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania)
1848.05.09	Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands)
1889.02.08	Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago
1966.06.21	Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete (with suffragan see Taiohae)
1966.06.21	Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands was promoted as Diocese of Taiohae (became suffragan of Papeete)
1974.05.31	Diocese of Taiohae was renamed as Diocese of Taiohae