In 1861, the Bahamas became a separate diocese, and, in 1891, the same happened to Belize.

Finally, the list conflicts with other evidence indicating that Mardin was not a separate diocese until after the schism of 1552.

Two cathedrals were established because the eventual plan is to make each cathedral the seat of a separate diocese.

But organizationally, the church in the United States is 188 separate dioceses governed by individual bishops.

In 1939 this area was detached from Lahore to become a separate diocese.

Around 1990 the Catholics of Baluchistan had already started asking for a separate diocese.

By the thirteenth century archdeacons acted as lieutenants of the bishops within the separate dioceses or sees.

Nyon, also often erroneously considered a separate diocese, belonged to Geneva.

There have also been plans to establish a separate Russian diocese in Finland.

In 1970, New Zealand became a separate diocese with its own archbishop.