Dioceses established in the 18th century

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Chapters: Anglican dioceses established in the 18th century, Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 18th century, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, Episcopal Diocese of New York, Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana, Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz, Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana, Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul, Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev, Diocese of Leoben, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine, Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia, Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Fagaras and Alba Iulia, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal, Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion, Saint Thomas of Guiana, Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceské Budejovice, Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli. Excerpt: The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties in Maryland. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest diocese in the United States whose see city was within the nation's boundaries when the United States declared its independence in 1776. The Holy See granted the Archbishop of Baltimore the right of precedence in the nation at liturgies, meetings, and councils on August 15, 1859. Although the Archdiocese of Baltimore does not enjoy primatial status, it is the premier episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. The archdiocese comprises nine Maryland counties and Baltimore city, with 518, 000 Catholics, 545 priests, five hospitals, and two seminaries - (St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary's Seminary (at Mount Saint Mary's University) in Emmitsburg, Maryland). Before and during the American Revolutionary War, the Catholics in Great Britain's thirteen colonies in America (and also its colonies in Canada) were under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of the London District, in England. The war was formally ended by the Treaty of Paris, which was signed on September 3, 1783, and was ratified by the Congress of the Confederation (of the newly independent United States of America) on January 14, 1784, and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784. The ratification documents were exchanged in Paris on May 12, 1784. A petition was sent by the Maryland clergy to the Holy See, on November 6, 1783, for permissio...