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