Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Brazil

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1514: Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1551: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (detached from Funchal) - Brazil
1575: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Prel., detached from São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos) -Brazil
1614: Pernambuco (Prel., detached from São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos) - Brazil
1614: São Luís do Maranhão (ecclesiastical administration, detached from Pernambuco) - Brazil
1676: Olinda (D, and new name, previously Pernambuco Prel.) - Brazil
1676: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1676: São Salvador da Bahia (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lisboa) - Brazil
1677: São Luís do Maranhão - Brazil
1720: Belém do Pará (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1745: Goiás (Prel., detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1745: Mariana (detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1745: São Paulo (detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1746: Cuiabá (Prel., detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1826: Cuiabá - Brazil
1826: Goiás - Brazil
1848: São Pedro do Rio Grande (detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1854: Diamantina (detached from Mariana) - Brazil
1854: Ceará (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1892: Amazonas (detached from Belém) - Brazil
1892: Curitiba (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1892: Niterói (detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1892: Paraíba (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1892: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1895: Espírito Santo (detached from Niterói) - Brazil
1900: Alagoas (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1900: Pouso Alegre (detached from Mariana) - Brazil
1902: Piauí (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1903: Santarém (Prel., detached from Belém) - Brazil
1906: Belém do Pará (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1906: Mariana (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1907: Campanha (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1907: Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Abb., detached from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and also given the Federal Territory of Rio Branco, detached from Amazonas) - Brazil
1907: Uberaba (detached from Goiás) - Brazil
1908: Botucatu (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1908: Campinas (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1908: Florianópolis (detached from Curitiba) - Brazil
1908: Ribeirão Preto (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1908: São Carlos do Pinhal (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1908: São Paulo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1908: Taubaté (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1909: Natal (detached from Paraíba) - Brazil
1910: Alto Solimões (AP, detached from Amazonas) - Brazil
1910: Aracaju (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1910: Corumbá (detached from Cuiabá) - Brazil
1910: Cuiabá (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1910: Floresta (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1910: Montes Claros (detached from Diamantina) - Brazil
1910: Olinda (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1910: Pelotas (detached from São Pedro do Rio Grande) - Brazil
1910: Porto Alegre (Metr., and new name, previously São Pedro do Rio Grande, was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1910: Santa Maria (detached from São Pedro do Rio Grande) - Brazil
1910: São Luís de Cáceres (detached from Cuiabá) - Brazil
1910: Tefé (AP, detached from Amazonas) - Brazil
1910: Uruguaiana (detached from São Pedro do Rio Grande) - Brazil
1911: Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1913: Araçuaí (detached from Diamantina) - Brazil
1913: Barra (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1913: Caetité (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1913: Ilhéus (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1914: Cajazeiras (detached from Paraíba) - Brazil
1914: Crato (detached from Ceará) - Brazil
1914: Paraíba (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Olinda) - Brazil
1914: Registro do Araguaia (Prel., detached from Cuiabá) - Brazil
1915: Caratinga (detached from Manaus) - Brazil
1915: Sobral (detached from Ceará) - Brazil
1915: Fortaleza (Metr., and new name, previously Ceará, was part of the Metropolitan Province of Olinda) - Brazil
1915: Porto Nacional (detached from Goiás) - Brazil
1916: Guaxupé (detached from Pouso Alegre) - Brazil
1916: Penedo (detached from Alagoas) - Brazil
1917: Diamantina (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mariana) - Brazil
1917: Maceió (new name, previously Alagoas) - Brazil
1918: Aterrado (detached from Mariana, and from Uberaba) - Brazil
1918: Garanhuns (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1918: Nazaré (detached from Olinda) - Brazil
1918: Olinda e Recife (Metr., new name, previously Olinda [Metr.]) - Brazil
1918: Pesqueira (new name, previously Floresta) - Brazil
1919: Acre e Purus (Prel., detached from Amazonas) - Brazil
1920: Bom Jesus do Piauí (Prel., detached from Piauí) - Brazil
1920: Maceió (Metr.) - Brazil
1921: São Luís do Maranhão (AD) - Brazil
1921: Belo Horizonte (detached from Mariana) - Brazil
1922: Barra do Piraí (detached from Niterói) - Brazil
1922: Campos (detached from Niterói) - Brazil
1922: São José do Grajaú (Prel., detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1921: São Luís do Maranhão (Metr., previously AD) - Brazil
1923: Petrolina (detached from Pesqueira) - Brazil
1924: Bananal (Prel., detached from Porto Nacional) - Brazil
1924: Belo Horizonte (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mariana) - Brazil
1924: Juiz de Fora (detached from Mariana) - Brazil
1924: Santos (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1924: São João do Alto Tocantins (Prel., detached from Goiás) - Brazil
1924: Sorocaba (detached from São Paulo, from Botucatu, and from Taubaté) - Brazil
1925: Bragança Paulista (detached from São Paulo, and from Campinas) - Brazil
1925: Lábrea (Prel., detached from Amazonas) - Brazil
1925: Porto Velho (Prel., detached from Amazonas, and from São Luís de Cáceres) - Brazil
1925: Rio Negro (Prel., previously AP) - Brazil
1925: Valença (detached from Barra do Piraí) - Brazil
1926: Cafelândia (detached from Botucatu) - Brazil
1926: Curitiba (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Paulo) - Brazil
1926: Foz do Iguaçu (Prel., detached from Curitiba) - Brazil
1926: Jacarezinho (detached from Curitiba) - Brazil
1926: Ponta Grossa (detached from Curitiba) - Brazil
1926: São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Prel., new name, previously Acre e Purus) - Brazil
1927: Florianópolis (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Porto Alegre) - Brazil
1927: Joinville (detached from Florianópolis) - Brazil
1927: Lages (detached from Florianópolis) - Brazil
1928: Assis (detached from Botucatu) - Brazil
1928: Gurupi (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1928: Marajó (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1929: Diamantino (Prel., detached from Cuiabá) - Brazil
1929: Guajará-Mirim (Prel., detached from São Luís de Cáceres, and from Porto Velho) - Brazil
1929: Jaboticabal (detached from São Carlos do Pinhal) - Brazil
1929: Jataí (Prel., detached from Goiás) - Brazil
1929: Paracatu (Prel., detached from Montes Claros, and from Uberaba) - Brazil
1929: Rio Preto (detached from São Carlos) - Brazil
1931: Juruá (Prel., detached from Tefé AP) - Brazil
1932: Goiás (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mariana) - Brazil
1933: Bonfim (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1933: Palmas (Prel., detached from Lages, and from Ponta Grossa) - Brazil
1934: Caxias (detached from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
1934: Guamá (Prel., new name, previously Gurupi) - Brazil
1934: Mossoró (detached from Natal) - Brazil
1934: Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Abb., suppressed)- Brazil
1934: Rio Branco (AA, detached from Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro) - Rio de Janeiro
1934: Vacaria (Prel., detached from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
1934: Xingu (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará, from Santarém, and from Santíssima Conceição do Araguaiana) - Brazil
1937: Lorena (detached from Taubaté) - Brazil
1938: Limoeiro do Norte (detached from Fortaleza) - Brazil
1939: Caicó (detached from Natal) - Brazil
1939: Caxias do Maranhão (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1939: Pinheiro (Prel., detached from São Luís do Maranhão, and from São José do Grajaú) - Brazil
1940: Chapada (Prel., detached from Cuiabá) - Brazil
1941: Amargosa (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1941: Oliveira (detached from Belo Horizonte) - Brazil
1942: Leopoldina (detached from Mariana, and from Juiz de Fora) - Brazil
1944: Oeiras (detached from Piauí) - Brazil
1944: Parnaíba (detached from Piauí) - Brazil
1944: Piracicaba (detached from Campinas) - Brazil
1944: Rio Branco (Prel., previously AA) - Brazil
1944: Teresina (new name, previously Piauí) - Brazil
1946: Petrópolis (detached from Niterói, and from Barra do Piraí) - Brazil
1948: Caruaru (detached from Olinda e Recife) - Brazil
1948: Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Abb., reestablished) - Brazil
1949: Campina Grande (detached from Paraíba) - Brazil
1949: Macapá (Prel., detached from Santarém) - Brazil
1950: Alto Solimões (Prel., previously AP) - Brazil
1950: Brasil (Mil.Ord.) - Brazil
1950: Lins (new name, previously Cafelândia) - Brazil
1950: Tefé (Prel., previously AP) - Brazil
1951: Brasil [for Orientals without an Ordinary of their own Rite] (ApEx) - Brazil
1951: Passo Fundo (detached from Santa Maria) - Brazil
1952: Cametá (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1952: Manaus (Metr., and new name, previously Amazonas D, was part of the Metropolitan Province of Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1952: Marília (detached from Lins) - Brazil
1952: Natal (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Paraíba) - Brazil
1952: Teresina (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1954: Santo André (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1954: Santo Antônio de Balsas (Prel., detached from Caxias do Maranhão) - Brazil
1954: Tocantinópolis (Prel., detached from Porto Nacional) - Brazil
1954: Tubarão (detached from Florianópolis) - Brazil
1955: Parintins (Prel., detached from Manaus) - Brazil
1955: Patos de Minas (detached from Uberaba) - Brazil
1955: Sete Lagoas (detached from Belo Horizonte, and from Diamantina) - Brazil
1956: Afogados da Ingazeira (detached from Pesqueira) - Brazil
1956: Bananal (Prel., suppressed, territories incorporated in Cristalândia, and in Goiás) - Brazil
1956: Jataí - Brazil
1956: São João do Alto Tocantins (Prel. suppressed, territories incorporated in Cristalândia, in Formosa and in Uruaçu) - Brazil
1956: Cristalândia (Prel., detached from Bananal, and from São João do Tocantins) - Brazil
1956: Formosa (Prel., detached from São João do Tocantins, and from Goiás) - Brazil
1956: Goiânia ( Metr., detached from Goiás [Metr.]) - Brazil
1956: Goiás [Metr.] (suppressed) - Brazil
1956: Goiás (detached from suppressed Metr. Goiás, and from Bananal Prel.) - Brazil
1956: Governador Valadares (detached from Diamantina, from Araçuaí, and from Caratinga) - Brazil
1956: Londrina (detached from Jacarezinho) - Brazil
1956: Maringá (detached from Jacarezinho) - Brazil
1956: Uruaçu (detached from Goiás, and from São João do Tocantins) - Brazil
1957: Campo Grande (detached from Corumbá, and from Registro do Araguaia) - Brazil
1957: Dourados (detached from Corumbá) - Brazil
1957: Januária (detached from Montes Claros, and from Paracatu) - Brazil
1957: Óbidos (Prel., detached from Santarém) - Brazil
1957: São Carlos (new name, previously São Carlos do Pinhal) - Brazil
1957: Vacaria - Brazil
1957: Vitória da Conquista (detached from Amargosa) - Brazil
1958: Acre and Purus (Prel.) (new name, previously São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus [Prel.]) - Brazil
1958: Aparecida (Metr., detached from Taubaté, and from São Paulo) - Brazil
1958: Botucatu (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Paulo) - Brazil
1958: Palmas (Prel. suppressed) - Brazil
1958: Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (detached from Espírito Santo) - Brazil
1958: Campinas (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Paulo) - Brazil
1958: Carolina (Prel., detached from São José do Grajaú) - Brazil
1958: Chapecó (detached from Palmas, and from Lages) - Brazil
1958: Divinópolis (detached from Belo Horizonte, and from Aterrado) - Brazil
1958: Palmas (D, detached from (Prel.) Palmas, which is suppressed) - Brazil
1958: Ribeirão Preto (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Paulo) - Brazil
1958: São Mateus (detached from Espírito Santo) - Brazil
1958: Vitória (Metr., and new name, previously Espírito Santo, was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1959: Toledo (detached from Foz do Iguaçu) - Brazil
1959: Campo Mourão (formed from the largest part of the Prel. of Foz do Iguaçu, which was suppressed) - Brazil
1959: Foz do Iguaçu (suppressed, territory incorporated in the new dioceses of Campo Mourão, and Toledo) - Brazil
1959: Jales (detached from Rio Preto) - Brazil
1959: Patos (detached from Cajazeiras, and from Campo Grande) - Brazil
1959: Ruy Barbosa (detached from São Salvador da Bahia, from Bonfim, from Caetité, and from Barra) - Brazil
1959: Santa Cruz do Sul (detached from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
1960: Aracaju (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Maceió) - Brazil
1960: Bagé (detached from Pelotas, and from Uruguaiana) - Brazil
1960: Brasília (detached from Goiânia) - Brazil
1960: Estância (detached from Aracaju) - Brazil
1960: Luz (new name, previously Aterrado) - Brazil
1960: Niterói (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
1960: Nova Friburgo (detached from Barra do Piraí, and from Petrópolis) - Brazil
1960: Nova Iguaçu (detached from Niterói, from Campos, and from Valença) - Brazil
1960: Presidente Prudente (detached from Assis) - Brazil
1960: Propriá (detached from Aracaju) - Brazil
1960: São João da Boa Vista (detached from Ribeirão Preto) - Brazil
1960: São João del Rei (detached from Mariana, and from Campanha) - Brazil
1960: São Raimundo Nonato (Prel., detached from Bom Jesus de Piauí) - Brazil
1960: Teófilo Otoni (detached from Araçuaí) - Brazil
1961: Abaeté do Tocantins (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1961: Cândido Mendes (Prel., detached from Pinheiro) - Brazil
1961: Frederico Westphalen (detached from Santa Maria, and from Passo Fundo) - Brazil
1961: Humaitá (Prel.,detached from Manaus, and from Porto Velho) - Brazil
1961: Iguatu (detached from Fortaleza, and from Crateús) - Brazil
1961: Rondonópolis (Prel., new name, previously Chapada -Prel.) - Brazil
1961: Santo Ângelo (detached from Uruguaiana) - Brazil
1961: São Luís de Montes Belos (Prel., detached from Goiânia, from Goiás, and from Jataí) - Brazil
1961: Uberlândia (detached from Uberaba) - Brazil
1962: Bom Jesus da Lapa (detached from Barra) - Brazil
1962: Brazil [Ukr.] (ApEx) - Brazil
1962: Caravelas (detached from Ilhéus) - Brazil
1962: Feira de Santana (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1962: Juazeiro (detached from Barra, and from Bonfim) - Brazil
1962: Juiz de Fora (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mariana) - Brazil
1962: Mogi das Cruzes (detached from São Paulo, and from Taubaté) - Brazil
1962: Palmares (detached from Olinda e Recife, and from Garanhuns) - Brazil
1962: Palmeira dos Índios (detached from Maceió, and from Penedo) - Brazil
1962: Paracatu - Brazil
1962: Paranaguá (detached from Curitiba) - Brazil
1962: Pouso Alegre (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mariana) - Brazil
1962: Uberaba (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Belo Horizonte) - Brazil
1962: Viana (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1963: Borba (Prel., detached from Manaus, and from Parintins) - Brazil
1963: Coari (Prel., detached from Manaus) - Brazil
1963: Crateús (detached from Iguatu, and from Sobral) - Brazil
1963: Itacotiara (Prel., detached from Manaus) - Brazil
1963: Ponta de Pedras (Prel., detached from Belém do Pará) - Brazil
1963: Roraima (Prel., new name, previously Rio Branco -Prel.) - Brazil
1964: Apucarana (detached from Londrina, and from Campo Mourão) - Brazil
1964: Bauru (detached from Botucatu, and from Lins) - Brazil
1964: Floresta (detached from Pesqueira, and from Petrolina) - Brazil
1965: Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda (new name, previously Barra do Piraí) - Brazil
1965: Guarapuava (detached from Ponta Grossa, from Campo Mourão, and from Toledo) - Brazil
1965: Itabira (detached from Mariana, and from Diamantina) - Brazil
1966: Anápolis (detached from Goiânia) - Brazil
1966: Brasília (Metr., was directly under the Holy See) - Brazil
1966: Caxias do Sul (new name, previously Caxias) - Brazil
1966: Ipameri (detached from Goiânia) - Brazil
1966: Ituimbara (detached from Goiânia) - Brazil
1966: Jundiaí (detached from São Paulo, and from Campinas) - Brazil
1966: Miracema do Norte (Prel, detached from Porto Nacional) - Brazil
1966: Rubiataba (Prel., detached from Goiás, and from Uruaçu) - Brazil
1967: Livramento de Nossa Senhora (detached from Caetité) - Brazil
1968: Bacabal (detached from São Luís do Maranhão, and from São José de Grajaú) - Brazil
1968: Caçador (detached from Lages) - Brazil
1968: Claraval (Abb., detached from Guaxupé) - Brazil
1968: Itapeva (detached from Botucatu, from Santos, and from Sorocaba) - Brazil
1968: Paranavaí (detached from Maringá) - Brazil
1968: Rio do Sul (detached from Florianópolis, and from Joinville) - Brazil
1969: Guiratinga (Prel., new name, previously Registro do Araguaia -Prel.) - Brazil
1969: Marabá (Prel., new name, previously Santíssima Conceição do Araguaiana -Prel.) - Brazil
1969: São Félix (Prel., detached from Cristalândia, from Registro do Araguaia, and from Santissima Conceição do Araguaia) - Brazil
1970: Londrina (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Curitiba) - Brazil
1971: Brejo (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1971: Cruz Alta (detached from Santa Maria) - Brazil
1971: Erexim (detached from Passo Fundo) - Brazil
1971: Franca (detached from Ribeirão Preto) - Brazil
1971: Itapipoca (detached from Fortaleza) - Brazil
1971: Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo [Gr.-Melk.] - Brazil
1971: Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo [Mar.] - Brazil
1971: Paulo Afonso (detached from Bonfim) - Brazil
1971: Quixadá (detached from Fortaleza) - Brazil
1971: Rio Grande (detached from Pelotas) - Brazil
1971: São João Batista em Curitiba [Ukr.] (D, and new name, previously Brazil ApEx) - Brazil
1971: Tianguá (detached from Sobral) - Brazil
1973: Barretos (detached from Ribeirão Preto, and from Jaboticabal) - Brazil
1973: Cornélio Procópio (detached from Jacarezinho) - Brazil
1973: Umuarama (detached from Campo Mourão) - Brazil
1974: Alagoinhas (detached from São Salvador da Bahia) - Brazil
1974: Picos (detached from Oeiras, and from Teresina) - Brazil
1974: Registro (detached from Santos, and from Itapeva) - Brazil
1975: Campo Maior (detached from Teresina, and from Parnaíba) - Brazil
1975: Joaçaba (detached from Lages, from Chapecó, and from Caçador) - Brazil
1976: Limeira (detached from Campinas, and from Piracicaba) - Brazil
1976: Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Prel., detached from Cristalândia, and from Marabá) - Brazil
1976: União da Vitória (detached from Ponta Grossa, from Guarapuava, and from Curitiba) - Brazil
1977: Coroatá (detached from São Luís do Maranhão) - Brazil
1977: Oeiras-Floriano (new name, previously Oeiras) - Brazil
1978: Campo Grande (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Cuiabá) - Brazil
1978: Coxim (Prel., detached from Campo Grande) - Brazil
1978: Cascavel (detached from Toledo) - Brazil
1978: Foz do Iguaçu (detached from Toledo) - Brazil
1978: Itabuna (detached from Ilhéus) - Brazil
1978: Jequié (detached from Amargosa, and from Vitória da Conquista) - Brazil
1978: Três Lagoas (detached from Campo Grande) - Brazil
1978: Vila Rondônia (Prel., detached from Guajará-Mirim, and from Porto Velho) - Brazil
1979: Barreiras (detached from Barra) - Brazil
1979: Carolina - Brazil
1979: Cascavel (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Curitiba) - Brazil
1979: Diamantino - Brazil
1979: Formosa - Brazil
1979: Guajará-Mirim - Brazil
1979: Guamá - Brazil
1979: Humaitá - Brazil
1979: Irecê (detached from Ruy Barbosa, and from Barra) - Brazil
1979: Itabira-Fabriciano (new name, previously Itabira) - Brazil
1979: Marabá - Brazil
1979: Maringá (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Londrina) - Brazil
1979: Pinheiro - Brazil
1979: Ponta de Pedras - Brazil
1979: Porto Velho - Brazil
1979: Roraima - Brazil
1979: Rubiataba-Mozarlândia (18/4, Prel., new name, previously Rubiataba -Prel.) - Brazil
1979: Rubiataba-Mozarlândia (16/10) - Brazil
1979: Santarém - Brazil
1979: Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia - Brazil
1980: Duque de Caxias (detached from Nova Iguacu, and from Petrópolis) - Brazil
1980: Guarabira (detached from Paraíba) - Brazil
1980: Itaguaí (detached from Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, and from Nova Iguaçu) - Brazil
1980: Macapá - Brazil
1980: Novo Hamburgo (detached from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
1980: Parintins - Brazil
1980: Rio Negro - Brazil
1980: Tocantinópolis - Brazil
1981: Abaetetuba (previously prel. Abaeté do Tocantins) - Brazil
1981: Almenara (detached from Araçuaí, and from Teófilo Otoni) - Brazil
1981: Balsas (D, and new name, previously Santo Antônio de Balsas) - Brazil
1981: Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (D, and new name, previously Bom Jesus do Piauí (Pr.)) - Brazil
1981: Bragança do Pará (new name, previously Guamá) - Brazil
1981: Guiratinga - Brazil
1981: Guarulhos (detached from Mogi das Cruzes) - Brazil
1981: Jardim (detached from Corumbá) - Brazil
1981: Miracema do Norte - Brazil
1981: São Gabriel da Cachoeira (new name, previously Rio Negro) - Brazil
1981: São José do Grajaú - Brazil
1981: São José dos Campos (detached from Taubaté, and from Mogi das Cruzes) - Brazil
1981: São Luís de Montes Belos - Brazil
1981: São Raimundo Nonato - Brazil
1982: Barra do Garças (detached from Guaratinga) - Brazil
1982: Ituiutaba (detached from Uberaba, and from Uberlândia) - Brazil
1982: Porto Velho (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Manaus) - Brazil
1982: Sinop (detached from Diamantino) - Brazil
1983: Cândido Mendes - Brazil
1983: Ji-Paraná (D, and new name, previously Vila Rondônia -Prel.) - Brazil
1983: Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (new name, previously Caravelas) - Brazil
1984: Grajaú (new name, previously São José do Grajaú) - Brazil
1985: Guanhães (detached from Diamantina, from Governador Valadares, and from Itabira-Coronel Fabriciano) - Brazil
1986: Rio Branco (D, and new name, previously Acre and Purus -Prel.) - Brazil
1986: Rondonópolis - Brazil
1987: Cruzeiro do Sul (D, new name, previously Juruá -Prel.) - Brazil
1987: Imperatriz (detached from Carolina) - Brazil
1987: Palmas-Francisco Beltrão (new name, previously Palmas) - Brazil
1988: Itaituba (Prel., detached from Santarém) - Brazil
1989: Campo Limpo (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1989: Luziânia (detached from Anápolis, from Ipameri, and from Uruaçu) - Brazil
1989: Miracema do Tocantins (new name, previously Miracema do Norte) - Brazil
1989: Osasco (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1989: Santo Amaro (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1989: São Miguel Paulista (detached from São Paulo) - Brazil
1990: Colatina (detached from Vitória) - Brazil
1991: Alto Solimões - Brazil
1991: Zé Doca (new name, previously Cândido Mendes) - Brazil
1991: Cachoeira do Sul (detached from Santa Maria) - Brazil
1992: Sorocaba (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of São Paulo) - Brazil
1994: Araçatuba (detached from Lins) - Brazil
1996: Eunápolis (detached from Itabuna, and from Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas) - Brazil
1996: Palmas (Metr., detached from Porto Nacional, and from Miracema do Tocantins, in the Metropolitan Province of Goiânia) - Brazil
1997: Amparo (detached from Campinas, and from Limeira) - Brazil
1997: Juína (detached from Ji-Paraná, and from Diamantino) - Brazil
1997: Paranatinga (Prel., detached from Sinop, from Rondonópolis, and from Barra do Garças) - Brazil
1998: Criciúma (detached from Tubarão) - Brazil
1998: Itapetininga (detached from Sorocaba, and from Itapeva) - Brazil
1998: Ourinhos (detached from Botucatu, from Assis, and from Itapeva) - Brazil
1999: Caraguatatuba (detached from Santos) - Brazil
1999: Osório (detached from Caxias do Sul, and from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
2000: Blumenau (detached from Florianópolis, from Joinville, and from Rio do Sul) - Brazil
2000: Catanduva (detached from Rio Preto, from São Carlos, and from Jaboticabal) - Brazil
2000: Janaúba (detached from Montes Claros, and from Januária) - Brazil
2001: Montes Claros (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Diamantina) - Brazil
2002: Coxim - (D, previously Prel.) - Brazil
2003: São José do Rio Preto (new name, previously Rio Preto) - Brazil
2003: Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (suppressed, territory incorporated in São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil
2004: Castanhal (detached from Belém do Pará (AD), and from Bragança do Pará (D)) - Brazil
2005: Serrinha (detached from Feira de Santana (AD), and from Paulo Afonso (D)) - Brazil
2006: São José dos Pinhais (detached from Curitiba (AD)) - Brazil
2008: Floriano (detached from Floriano-Oeiras) - Brazil
2008: Oeiras (new name, previously Floriano-Oeiras) - Brazil
2008: Montenegro (detached from Porto Alegre) - Brazil
2013: Cametá - Brazil
2016: Votuporanga (detached from Jales, and from São José do Rio Preto) - Brazil
2017: Cruz das Almas (detached from São Salvador da Bahía) - Brazil
2019: Cristalândia (D, previously Prel.) - Brazil
2019: Santarém (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Belém do Pará) - Brazil
2019: Alto Xingu-Tucamã (Prel., detached from Xingu, Prel.) - Brazil
2019: Xingu-Altamirá (D., previously Xingu, Prel.) - Brazil
2022: Borba (D, previously Prel.) - Brazil
2023: Araguaína (detached from Tocantinópolis (D), and from Miracema do Tocantins (D)) - Brazil