1868: The Prefecture Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan was elected.
1891: The Prefecture Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan was elevated to Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan.
19 July 1901: The Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan lost territory for the erection of the Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa.
19 July 1901: The Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan changed name to Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara in French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}.
2 July 1921: The Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara in French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese} was suppressed. The territory of the Vicariate was divided into two vicariates: the Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako was erected and the Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou was erected.
Ordinaries Missionaries of Africa
Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie † (13 Mar 1891 Appointed - 26 Nov 1892 Died)
Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, M. Afr. † (4 Mar 1893 Appointed - 18 Oct 1897 Resigned)
Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M. Afr. † (19 Jan 1898 Appointed - 4 Apr 1901 Died)
Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M. Afr. † (27 Jul 1901 Appointed - 30 Nov 1910 Died)
Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr. † (24 Feb 1911 Appointed - 28 Jul 1920 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage)
11 January 1887: The Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore} was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika.
8 April 1911: Territory were added to Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore} (Boundaries Changed).
26 December 1929: The Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo lost territories for the erection of the Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu.
11 July 1939: The Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore} changed name to Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville.
10 January 1952: The boundaries of the Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville were adjusted.
20 December 1954: The Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville lost territory (The Pweto region).
10 November 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville was elevated to Diocese of Baudouinville.
24 April 1971: The Diocese of Baudouinville lost territory.
22 August 1972 : The Diocese of Baudouinville changed name to Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu.
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1st bishop: Victor Roelens, M. Afr. † (30 Mar 1895 Appointed - 22 Sep 1941 Retired)
2nd bishop: Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. † (22 Sep 1941 Succeeded - 29 Sep 1966 Resigned)
6th bishop: Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma, M. Afr. (31 Mar 2015 Appointed - )
4 June 1891: The Vicariate Apostolic of Saskatchewan was erected from the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface.
2 December 1907: The Vicariate Apostolic of Saskatchewan was elevated to Diocese of Prince-Albert.
4 December 1915: The Diocese of Prince-Albert became suffragant of the Archdiocese of Regina.
30 April 1921: The Diocese of Prince-Albert changed name to Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon.
6 May 1921: The Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon lost territory (Muenster, Humboldt, Annaheim, Dead Moose Lake, Fulda St. Benedikt, Leofeld, Bruno, Engelfeld, and Watson) for the erection of the Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster.
9 June 1933: The Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon lost territory for the erection of the Diocese of Saskatoon. The Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon changed name to Diocese of Prince-Albert.
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7th bishop: Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. (26 May 2008 Appointed - 25 Mar 2021 Retired)
19 July 1901: The Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan.
10 January 1921: The Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa changed name to Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara.
10 Juin 1948: The Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara was elevated to Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara.
14 September 1955: The Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara was elevated to Diocese of Laghouat.
Ordinaries Missionaries of Africa (all of them to the present were Missionaries of Africa)
Father Charles Guérin, M.Afr. † ( 1901 Appointed - 19 Mar 1910 Died)
Father Henri Bardou, M. Afr. † (3 Jan 1911 Appointed - 1916 Resigned)
Father Louis David, M.Afr. † ( 1916 Appointed - 1919 Resigned)
Father Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr. † (8 Apr 1919 Appointed - 1941 Resigned)
Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † (13 Jun 1941 Appointed - 11 Jan 1968 Resigned)
Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. † (11 Jan 1968 Appointed - 25 Jun 1989 Died)
Bishop Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. † (4 Feb 1991 Appointed - 1 Jun 2004 Died)
Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. (26 Oct 2004 Appointed - 16 Mar 2017 Retired)
Bishop John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. (16 Mar 2017 Appointed - 25 Jan 2025 Retired)
Bishop Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr. (25 Jan 2025 Appointed - )
12 February 1948: The Vicariate Apostolic of Bethlehem was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Kroonstad.
11 January 1951: The Vicariate Apostolic of Bethlehem was elevated to Diocese of Bethlehem.
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4th bishop: Jan de Groef, M. Afr. (31 Dec 2008 Appointed - )
10 March 1949: The Vicariate Apostolic of Wamba was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville.
28 November 1958: The territory of the Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville (North of the river Linda, from eastern limits to the 26th degree longitude) was added to Vicariate Apostolic of Wamba.
10 November 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Wamba was elevated to Diocese of Wamba.
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5th bishop: Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr. (17 Jan 2024 Appointed- )
10 January 1952: The Vicariate Apostolic of Kasongo was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville (Northern region)
and the Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu (Shabunda, Mwenga, and Fizi).
10 November 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Kasongo was elevated to the Diocese of Kasongo.
16 April 1962: The Diocese of Kassongo lost territory (Portions of Kabambare) to the Diocese of Uvira (erected).
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1st bishop: Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † (10 Jan 1952 Appointed - 5 Apr 1963 Resigned).
6th bishop: Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. (11 Mar 2014 Appointed - )
23 April 1956: The Vicariate Apostolic of Kindu was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Kongolo (Rimbombo, and parts of Kongoloënsi, Kasongo, and Kindu) and the Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville (Parts of Lubutu and Shabunda).
10 November 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Kindu was elevated to Diocese of Kindu.
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4th bishop: Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (25 Apr 2007 Appointed - 23 Apr 2019 Appointed, Bishop of Goma).
30 June 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Goma was erected from the Vicariate Apostolic of Bukavu.
10 November 1959: The Vicariate Apostolic of Goma was elevated to Diocese of Goma.
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4th bishop: Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (23 Apr 2019 Appointed - )
3 November 1959: The Diocese of Wa was erected from the Diocese of Tamale. It was suffragant of the Archdiocese Cape Coast.
30 May 1977: The Diocese of Wa became suffragant of the Archdiocese of Tamale.
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4th bishop: Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. † (17 Feb 2016 Appointed - 27 Nov 2022 Died)
5th bishop: Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr. (22 May 2024 Appointed - )
18 December 1965: The Diocese of Nouakchott was erected from the Prefecture Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal.
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3rd bishop: Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (10 Jul 1995 Appointed - 10 Feb 2024 Retired)
19 November 1990: The Diocese of Chimoio was erected from the Archdiocese of Beira.
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1st bishop: Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (19 Nov 1990 Appointed - 2 Jan 2017 Retired)
13 March 2001: The Diocese of Maradi was erected from the Diocese of Niamey.
25 June 2007: The Diocese of Maradi became suffragant of the Archdiocese of Niamey.
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2nd bishop: Ignatius Kanmurum Anipu, M. Afr. (22 Feb 2025 Appointed - )