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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1564	Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Elevated
1564			Diocese of Cartagena, Colombia (to Santafé en Nueva Granada) Diocese of Popayán, Colombia (from Lima to Santafé en Nueva Granada)	Metropolitan Changed
1803	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands	Erected
1803	Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands Vicariate Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Grave, Netherlands	Erected
1803	Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands Vicariate Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Megen, Netherlands	Erected
1904	Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated
1917	Congregation of the Index, Roman Curia	Suppressed	Congregation of the Holy Office, Roman Curia	Territory Added
1929	Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Erected
1932	Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Name Changed	Diocese of Alba Iulia, Romania	Name Changed
1932	Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1932	Prefecture Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga and Niue Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
1965	Archdiocese of Blantyre, Malawi (Chikwawa and Port Herald)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chikwawa, Malawi	Erected
1965	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda (Karamoja)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Moroto, Uganda	Erected
1965	Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon, Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, and Chaiyaphum)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima, Thailand	Erected
1965	Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) (Won Seong, Yeong Wol, Sam Cheok, Jeong Seong, and Ul-jin)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wonju, Korea (South)	Erected
1968	Vicariate Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Name Changed
1972			Nunciature to Tunisia	Established
1983	Diocese of Huaraz, Peru (Huarmey in Casma; Pamparomas in Huaylas; Quillo in Yungay; Cochabamba, Colcabamba, Huanchay, Pampas, and Pariacoto in Huaraz)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Chimbote, Peru	Territory Added
1991	Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kano, Nigeria	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon (Sanaga Maritime) Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon (Nkam)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Edéa, Cameroon	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon (Nyong-et-Kelle)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Eséka, Cameroon	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar (Southern part (Tenasserim Division and half of Mon))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mawlamyine, Myanmar	Erected
2005	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Uzbekistan	Elevated	Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan	Elevated
2025	Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay (Caazapá)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caazapá, Paraguay	Erected

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