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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1519			Territorial Prelature of Pescia, Italy	Erected
1577	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arequipa, Peru Diocese of Trujillo, Peru	Erected
1592			Diocese of Fossano, Italy	Erected
1742			Vicariate Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey	Erected
1783			Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus	Erected
1884	Diocese of Portland, Maine, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA (New Hampshire)	Erected
1895	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Tonking {Tonkino Superiore}, Viet Nam	Erected
1901	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Tonking {Tonkino Marittimo}, Viet Nam	Erected
1910	Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA	Erected
1914			Delegation to Australia	Established
1920			Nunciature to Venezuela (to Nunciature)	Elevated
1924	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1924	Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China Vicariate Apostolic of Central Chi-Li {Ce-Li Centrale}, China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lihsien, China	Erected
1929	Vicariate Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Hainan [Hainan], China	Erected
1968	Diocese of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Name Changed	Diocese of Chipata, Zambia	Name Changed
1970	Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Guaira, Venezuela	Erected
1991	Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles Diocese of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Erected
1998	Diocese of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archdiocese of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
2000	Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Córdoba, Veracruz, México Diocese of Orizaba, Veracruz, México	Erected

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