Founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado and Utah in 1868. The name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado in 1870. Elevated to a diocese on August 16, 1887 as a suffragan of Santa Fe. Elevated to an archdiocese on November 15, 1941. Suffragen dioceses include
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