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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1527	Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Territory Added
1625			Congregation of the Mission	Founded
1891			Diocese of Hakodate, Japan	Erected
1944	Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA (Catawba, Cleveland, Burke, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Territory Added
1959			Apostolic Exarchate of Deutschland und Skandinavien {Germany and Scandinavia} (Ukrainian)	Erected
1989	Prefecture Apostolic of Tambacounda, Senegal	Elevated	Diocese of Tambacounda, Senegal	Elevated
1998	Diocese of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Diocese of Puntarenas, Costa Rica	Erected

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