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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1547			Diocese of León en Nicaragua (From Seville (Spain) to Lima (Peru))	Metropolitan Changed
1780	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover), Germany	Suppressed	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Territory Added
1870			Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Approbation
1905	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia	Erected
1913	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (San Miguel, La Union, Morazan, and Usulutan Provinces)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Miguel, El Salvador	Erected
1913	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Ahuachapan, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate Provinces)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Erected
1913	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Cabanas, Chalatenanco, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, and San Vicente Provinces)	Elevated	Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador	Elevated
1921	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Erected
1924	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsuapa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1925			Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Erected
1948			Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine	Erected
1954	Diocese of Lingayen, Philippines	Name Changed	Diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Name Changed
1957	Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Villa María, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Viedma, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Resistencia, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Formosa, Argentina	Erected
1957	Archdiocese of Paraná, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gualeguaychú, Argentina	Erected
1957	Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Erected
1957	Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Morón, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Azul, Argentina Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Posadas, Argentina	Erected
1957	Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Reconquista, Argentina	Erected
1957	Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Erected
1957	Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina	Elevated
1957	Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Elevated
1964	Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio, Colombia	Elevated	Diocese of Villavicencio, Colombia	Elevated
1973	Diocese of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Elevated
1973	Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Elevated
1986	Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy Diocese of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	United	Diocese of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy	United
2002	Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia {Russia Europea Settentrionale}	Elevated	Archdiocese of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation	Elevated
2002	Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale} Diocese of Tiraspol, Moldova	Elevated	Diocese of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation	Elevated
2002	Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia {Siberia Orientale}, Russian Federation	Elevated	Diocese of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation	Elevated
2002	Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia {Siberia Occidentale}, Russian Federation	Elevated	Diocese of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation	Elevated

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