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Diocese Events

St. Mark, evangelist (Feast)

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Year	From		To
1793	Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Territory Lost	Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA	Erected
1902	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mixtecas, Oaxaca, México	Erected
1922			Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda	Erected
1922	Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi and Kivu, Burundi	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi, Burundi	Name Changed
1925	Apostolic Administration of Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia	Elevated	Diocese of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia	Elevated
1932	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Erected
1933			Vicariate Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China	Elevated
1939			Prefecture Apostolic of Shunsen, Korea (South)	Erected
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Erected
1949			Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Decretum Laudis
1950	Diocese of Lipa, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Infanta, Philippines	Erected
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Blantyre, Malawi	Elevated	Archdiocese of Blantyre, Malawi	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Dedza, Malawi	Elevated	Diocese of Dedza, Malawi	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasama, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Kasama, Zambia	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Lilongwe, Malawi	Elevated	Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Livingstone, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Lusaka, Zambia	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia	Erected
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Abercorn, Zambia	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Ndola, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Ndola, Zambia	Elevated
1959	Prefecture Apostolic of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Elevated	Diocese of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Elevated
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Zomba, Malawi	Elevated	Diocese of Zomba, Malawi	Elevated
1960	Diocese of Morondava, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Morombe, Madagascar	Erected
1966	Archdiocese of Chihuahua, México Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México Diocese of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Erected
1969	Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Elevated
1969	Archdiocese of Cartagena, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Magangué, Colombia Diocese of Sincelejo, Colombia	Erected
1969	Vicariate Apostolic of Valledupar, Colombia	Elevated	Diocese of Valledupar, Colombia	Elevated
1969	Diocese of Barranquilla, Colombia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Barranquilla, Colombia	Elevated
1969	Diocese of Sukarnapura, Indonesia	Name Changed	Diocese of Djajapura, Indonesia	Name Changed
1969	Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Malaybalay, Philippines	Erected
1969	Delegation to Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore	Split	Delegation to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore Nunciature to Thailand	Split
1997			Military Ordinariate of Croatia, Military	Erected
2001	Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Elevated
2001			Diocese of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (from Diamantina)	Metropolitan Changed
2001			Diocese of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil (from Diamantina)	Metropolitan Changed
2001			Diocese of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil (from Brasilia)	Metropolitan Changed
2013	Archdiocese of Guatemala	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala	Name Changed
2018	Diocese of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiang Rai, Thailand	Erected

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