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US Dioceses by Year Established - In Order

You may have tried to name all the US Catholic dioceses, but are you able to name them in order that they were established as a diocese?
For merged dioceses, the date of the older diocese is used.
To help, the state(s) in which the diocese is found is given and moreover when you guess a diocese, the diocese from which it came will appear.
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Year
State(s)
(Arch)Diocese of ...
Formed from...
1789
MD
Baltimore
Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America
1793
LA
New Orleans (as Louisiana)
Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana
1808
MA
Boston
Diocese of Baltimore
1808
KY
Louisville (as Bardstown)
Diocese of Baltimore
1808
NY
New York
Diocese of Baltimore
1808
PA
Philadelphia
Diocese of Baltimore
1820
SC
Charleston
Archdiocese of Baltimore
1820
VA
Richmond
Archdiocese of Baltimore
1821
OH
Cincinnati
Diocese of Bardstown
1826
MO
St. Louis
Dioceses of Durango & Louisiana and the Two Floridas
1829
AL
Mobile
Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas (from Diocese of Louisiana)
1833
MI
Detroit
Diocese of Cincinnati
1834
IN
Indianapolis (as Vincennes)
Diocese of Bardstown
1837
IA
Dubuque
Diocese of St. Louis
1837
TN
Nashville
Diocese of Bardstown
1837
MS
Jackson (as Natchez)
Diocese of New Orleans
1840
CA
Monterey (as California)
Diocese of Sonora
1843
PA
Pittsburgh
Diocese of Philadelphia
1843
IL
Chicago
Dioceses of St. Louis & Vincennes
1843
CT
Hartford
Diocese of Boston
1843
AR
Little Rock
Diocese of St. Louis
1843
WI
Milwaukee
Diocese of Detroit
1846
OR
Portland (as Oregon City)
Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory (from Dioceses of Baltimore & Quebec)
1847
NY
Albany
Diocese of New York
1847
NY
Buffalo
Diocese of New York
1847
OH
Cleveland
Diocese of Cincinnati
1847
TX
Houston-Galveston (as Galveston)
Vicariate Apostolic of Texas (from Diocese of Linares)
1850
WA
Seattle (as Nesqually)
Archdiocese of Oregon City
1850
MN
Saint Paul and Minneapolis (as Saint Paul)
Dioceses of Dubuque & Milwaukee
1850
GA
Savannah
Dioceses of Charleston & Mobile
1850
WV
Wheeling-Charleston
Diocese of Richmond
1853
LA
Alexandria (as Natchitoches)
Archdiocese of New Orleans
1853
NY
Brooklyn
Archdiocese of New York
1853
VT
Burlington
Diocese of Boston
1853
KY
Covington
Diocese of Louisville
1853
PA
Erie
Diocese of Pittsburgh
1853
NJ
Newark
Dioceses of New York & Philadelphia
1853
ME
Portland
Diocese of Boston
1853
CA
San Francisco
Diocese of Monterey
1853
NM
Santa Fe
Vicariate Apostolic of New Mexico (from Diocese of Durango)
1853
IL
Springfield (as Quincy)
Diocese of Chicago
1856
IN
Gary
Diocese of Fort Wayne
1857
IN
Fort Wayne-South Bend (as Fort Wayne)
Diocese of Vincennes
1857
MI
Marquette (as Sault Sainte Marie)
Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan (from Diocese of Detroit)
1868
OH
Columbus
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
1868
WI
Green Bay
Diocese of Milwaukee
1868
PA
Harrisburg
Diocese of Philadelphia
1868
WI
La Crosse
Diocese of Milwaukee
1868
NC
Raleigh
Diocese of Charleston
1868
NY
Rochester
Diocese of Buffalo
1868
PA
Scranton
Diocese of Philadelphia
1868
DE / MD
Wilmington
Diocese of Baltimore & Philadelphia
1870
FL
St. Augustine
Vicariate Apostolic of Florida (from Diocese of Savannah)
1870
MA
Springfield
Diocese of Boston
1872
NY
Ogdensburg
Diocese of Albany
1872
RI
Providence
Dioceses of Boston & Hartford
1874
TX
San Antonio
Diocese of Galveston
1875
IL
Peoria
Diocese of Chicago
1877
KS
Kansas City (as Leavenworth)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas (from Diocese of New Orleans)
1880
MO
Kansas City-Saint Joseph (as Kansas City)
Archdiocese of St. Louis
1881
IA
Davenport
Diocese of Dubuque
1881
NJ
Trenton
Diocese of Newark
1882
MI
Grand Rapids
Diocese of Detroit
1884
MT
Helena
Vicariate Apostolic of Montana
1884
NH
Manchester
Diocese of Portland
1885
NE
Omaha
Vicariate Apostolic of Nebraska (from Diocese of New Orleans)
1886
CA
Sacramento
Diocese of San Francisco
1886
NY
Syracuse
Diocese of Albany
1887
IL
Belleville
Diocese of Alton
1887
WY
Cheyenne
Diocese of Omaha
1887
NE
Lincoln
Diocese of Omaha
1887
KS
Salina (as Concordia)
Diocese of Leavenworth
1887
KS
Wichita
Diocese of Leavenworth
1887
CO
Denver
Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado (from Diocese of Santa Fe)
1889
MN
Saint Cloud
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota (from Diocese of St. Paul)
1889
MN
Duluth
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota
1889
ND
Fargo (as Jamestown)
Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota (from Diocese of St. Paul)
1889
SD
Sioux Falls
Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota (from Diocese of St. Paul)
1889
MN
Winona-Rochester (as Winona)
Archdiocese of St. Paul
1890
TX
Dallas
Diocese of Galveston
1891
UT
Salt Lake City
Vicariate Apostolic of Utah (from Archdiocese of San Francisco)
1893
ID
Boise
Vicariate Apostolic of Idaho (from Archdiocese of Oregon City)
1897
AZ
Tucson
Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona (from Diocese of Santa Fe)
1901
PA
Altoona-Johnstown (as Altoona)
Dioceses of Harrisburg & Pittsburgh
1902
IA
Sioux City
Archdiocese of Dubuque
1902
SD
Rapid City (as Lead)
Diocese of Sioux Falls
1903
OR
Baker (as Baker City)
Archdiocese of Oregon City
1904
MA
Fall River
Diocese of Providence
1904
MT
Great Falls-Billings (as Great Falls)
Diocese of Helena
1905
WI
Superior
Dioceses of Green Bay & La Crosse
1905
OK
Oklahoma City (as Oklahoma)
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory (from Diocese of Little Rock)
1908
IL
Rockford
Archdiocese of Chicago
1909
ND
Bismarck
Diocese of Fargo
1909
MN
Crookston
Diocese of Duluth
1910
OH
Toledo
Diocese of Cleveland
1911
IA
Des Moines
Diocese of Davenport
1912
NE
Grand Island (as Kearney)
Diocese of Omaha
1912
TX
Corpus Christi
Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville (from Diocese of Galveston)
1913
WA
Spokane
Diocese of Seattle
1914
TX
El Paso
Dioceses of Dallas, San Antonio, & Tucson
1918
LA
Lafayette
Archdiocese of New Orleans
1922
CA
Los Angeles (as Los Angeles-San Diego)
Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles
1926
TX
Amarillo
Dioceses of Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio
1931
NV
Reno
Dioceses of Salt Lake & Sacramento
1936
CA
San Diego
Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego
1937
MI
Lansing
Diocese of Detroit
1937
NJ
Camden
Diocese of Trenton
1937
KY
Owensboro
Diocese of Louisville
1937
NJ
Paterson
Diocese of Newark
1938
MI
Saginaw
Dioceses of Detroit & Grand Rapids
1939
NM / AZ
Gallup
Dioceses of Santa Fe & Tucson
1941
HI
Honolulu
Vicariate Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands
1941
CO
Pueblo
Diocese of Denver
1943
OH
Youngstown
Diocese of Cleveland
1944
IN
Lafayette
Diocese of Fort Wayne
1944
OH
Steubenville
Diocese of Columbus
1944
IN
Evansville
Diocese of Indianapolis
1946
WI
Madison
Dioceses of Green Bay, La Crosse, Milwaukee
1947
TX
Austin
Dioceses of Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio
1947
DC / MD
Washington
Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington
1948
IL
Joliet
Dioceses of Chicago, Peoria, Rockford
1950
MA
Worcester
Diocese of Springfield
1951
AK
Anchorage-Juneau (as Juneau)
Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska
1951
PA
Greensburg
Diocese of Pittsburgh
1951
KS
Dodge City
Diocese of Wichita
1951
WA
Yakima
Dioceses of Seattle & Spokane
1953
CT
Bridgeport
Diocese of Hartford
1953
CT
Norwich
Diocese of Hartford
1956
GA
Atlanta
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
1956
MO
Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Dioceses of Kansas City, St. Louis
1956
MO
Jefferson City
Dioceses of Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis
1957
NY
Rockville Centre
Diocese of Brooklyn
1957
MN
New Ulm
Archdiocese of St. Paul
1958
FL
Miami
Diocese of St. Augustine
1961
PA
Allentown
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
1961
LA
Baton Rouge
Archdiocese of New Orleans
1961
TX
San Angelo
Dioceses of Amarillo, Austin, El Paso, Dallas-Fort Worth
1962
AK
Fairbanks
Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (from Dioceses of New Westminster & Victoria)
1962
CA
Oakland
Archdiocese of San Francisco
1962
CA
Santa Rosa
Dioceses of Sacramento & San Francisco
1962
CA
Stockton
Dioceses of Sacramento & San Francisco
1965
TX
Brownsville
Diocese of Corpus Christi
1966
TX
Beaumont
Diocese of Galveston-Houston
1967
TX
Fresno
Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
1968
FL
Orlando
Dioceses of St. Augustine & Miami
1968
FL
St. Petersburg
Dioceses of Miami & St. Augustine
1969
AL
Birmingham
Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
1969
TX
Fort Worth
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth
1969
AZ
Phoenix
Dioceses of Gallup & Tucson
1970
TN
Memphis
Diocese of Nashville
1970
MI
Gaylord
Dioceses of Grand Rapids & Saginaw
1970
MI
Kalamazoo
Dioceses of Grand Rapids & Lansing
1971
NC
Charlotte
Diocese of Raleigh
1972
OK
Tulsa
Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa
1974
VA
Arlington
Diocese of Richmond
1975
FL
Pensacola-Tallahassee
Diocese of St. Augustine
1976
CA
Orange
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
1977
MS
Biloxi
Diocese of Natchez-Jackson
1977
LA
Houma-Thibodaux
Archdiocese of New Orleans
1978
CA
San Bernardino
Diocese of San Diego
1980
LA
Lake Charles
Diocese of Lafayette
1981
CA
San Jose
Archdiocese of San Francisco
1981
NJ
Metuchen
Diocese of Trenton
1982
TX
Victoria
Dioceses of Corpus Christi, Galveston-Houston, San Antonio
1982
NM
Las Cruces
Dioceses of El Paso & Santa Fe
1983
TX
Lubbock
Dioceses of San Angelo & Amarillo
1983
CO
Colorado Springs
Dioceses of Denver & Pueblo
1984
FL
Palm Beach
Dioceses of Miami & Orlando
1984
FL
Venice
Dioceses of Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg
1986
LA
Shreveport
Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport
1986
TX
Tyler
Dioceses of Beaumont, Dallas, Galveston-Houston
1988
KY
Lexington
Dioceses of Louisville & Covington
1988
TN
Knoxville
Diocese of Nashville
1995
NV
Las Vegas
Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas
2000
TX
Laredo
Dioceses of Corpus Christi & San Antonio
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