Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:The Gambia

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1514

Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal

1534

São Tomé / São Tomé e Príncipe (detached from Funchal) - São Tomé and Principe

1763

Senegal / Saint-Louis de Sénégal (AP, detached from Funchal) - Senegal, Mauretania

1842

The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AP, detached from São Tomé, and from Funchal) - Western Africa from Senegal River to Loanda

1846

The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AV) - Western Africa from Senegal River to Loanda

1863

Senegambia (AV, detached from The Two Guineas and Senegambia AV) - Senegal, Gambia

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1931

Gambia (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Senegambia AP) - The Gambia

1951

Bathurst in Gambia (AP, and new name, previously Gambia) - The Gambia

1957

Bathurst in Gambia - The Gambia

1974

Banjul (new name, previously Bathurst in Gambia) - The Gambia