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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1580	Diocese of Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Territory Added
1822	Archdiocese of Chambéry, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Annecy, France	Erected
1842	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Erected
1850	Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India	Erected
1850	Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India	Name Changed
1897	Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Plata, Argentina	Erected
1897	Diocese of Paraná, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Fe, Argentina	Erected
1897	Diocese of Salta, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina	Erected
1908			Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Approbation
1910			Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Approbation
1916	Diocese of Digne, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France (Added Riez and Sisteron)	Name Changed
1928	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Erected
1929	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Remaining part of Sikkim) Vicariate Apostolic of Tatsienlu, China (English Bhutan (Kalimpong) and part of Sikkim)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sikkim, India	Erected
1947	Diocese of Cervia, Italy (Medelana, Rovereto, Alberlungo, Migliarino, S. Margherita, Fiscaglia, Migliaro, and Massafiscaglia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Comacchio, Italy	Territory Added
1957	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1958			Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Decretum Laudis
1964	Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Agudos, Boracela, Cabrália Paulista, Duartina, Gália, Lucianópolis, Pederneiras, Piratininga, and part of Bauru) Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Arealva, Avai, Iacanga, and parts of Bauru)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1964	Diocese of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil (Floresta, Beiern do Rio Sao Francisco, Betania, Custòdia, Inajá, Petrolândia, and Tacaratu) Diocese of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil (Cabroró)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil	Erected
1965			Diocese of Patna, India (from Calcutta)	Metropolitan Changed
1966	Diocese of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) (Masan, Jinju, Samcheonpho, Jinhae, and Choong-mu, along with Jinyang, Euryeong, Changweon, Haman, Hapcheon, Keuchang, Hamyang, Sancheong, Hadong, Sacheon, Koseong, Thongyeong, and Namhae)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Masan, Korea (South)	Erected
1966	Prefecture Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Elevated	Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Elevated
1967	Diocese of Darwin, Australia (Torres Strait)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cairns, Australia	Territory Added
1969			Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries) Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries)	Territory Added
1986	Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil	Elevated
1986	Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated
2020	Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Elevated	Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Elevated
2023	Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Isiolo, Kenya	Elevated

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