Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Samoa

Date	Change
1850.08.20	Apostolic Vicariate of Archipelago of the Navigators was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Oceania)
1957.01.04	Apostolic Vicariate of Archipelago of the Navigators was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Samoa Island and Tokelau
1966.06.21	Apostolic Vicariate of Samoa Island and Tokelau was promoted as Diocese of Apia
1974.08.10	Diocese of Apia was renamed as Diocese of Apia and Tokelau
1975.12.03	Diocese of Apia and Tokelau was renamed as Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau
1982.09.10	Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (with suffragan sees Samoa–Pago Pago and Funafuti and lost territory to establish Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago)
1992.06.26	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Tokelau and gained suffragan see Tokelau)