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Changes in Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions in Namibia

Date	Change
1892.08.01	Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia)
1909.07.07	Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River)
1921.01.10	Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia
1926.05.11	Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek
1930.07.14	Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand
1949.01.13	Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop
1994.03.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop was promoted as Diocese of Keetmanshoop
1994.03.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek)
1994.03.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Windhoek (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu)

as of 2013.04.28

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