Samoa-Apia, archdiocese of
Samoa-Apia, archdiocese of
Comprises the Independent State of Samoa. Founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators on 20 August 1850. Name changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau on 4 January 1957. Elevated to the diocese of Apia on 21 June 1966. Name changed to the Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau on 10 August 1974. Name changed to the Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau on 3 December 1975. Elevated to the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau on 10 September 1982. Name changed to the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia on 26 June 1992. Suffragen dioceses include
Funafuti, Tuvalu
Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
Tokelau
See also
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
New Catholic Dictionary