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Diocese Events


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YearFromTo
1648Diocese of Maillezais, France
Diocese of Saintes, France
Territory LostDiocese of La Rochelle, France Erected
1688Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany (territory of Denmark and Sweden) Territory Added
1828Diocese of Brėst (Ukrainian)
Diocese of Vilno (Ukrainian), Lithuania
Territory LostDiocese of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian), Lithuania Erected
1828Diocese of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine SuppressedArchdiocese of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus Territory Added
1845Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Essington, Australia Erected
1845Diocese of Adelaide, Australia
Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia
Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of King George Sounde - The Sound, Australia Erected
1846Prefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia Erected
1847Vicariate Apostolic of Texas, USA Territory LostDiocese of Galveston, Texas, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) Erected
1852Diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ElevatedArchdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Elevated
1852Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) Metropolitan Changed
1852Diocese of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) Metropolitan Changed
1852Diocese of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (from Québec to Halifax) Metropolitan Changed
1888Diocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA ElevatedArchdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Elevated
1888Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Aden, Yemen Erected
1898Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac, Ontario, Canada ElevatedDiocese of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) Elevated
1899Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Laos Erected
1910Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Northwestern part) Territory LostMission "Sui Iuris" of Drisdale River, Australia Erected
1923Vicariate Apostolic of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne and Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
UnitedVicariate Apostolic of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) United
1923Diocese of Osaka, Japan (Yamaghuchi, Shimane, Hiroshima, Oìcayama, and Tottori) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan Erected
1959Diocese of Nagasaki, Japan ElevatedArchdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan Elevated
1959Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan (from Tōkyō) Metropolitan Changed
1959Diocese of Kagoshima, Japan (from Tōkyō) Metropolitan Changed
1968Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India Name ChangedPrefecture Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir, India Name Changed
2002Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia)
Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine (Kharkiv, Luhansk, Pollava, and Sumy)
Territory LostDiocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Erected
2002Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Kherson, Kyrovohrad, Mykalov, Odessa and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) Territory LostDiocese of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine Erected
2017Delegation to Myanmar ElevatedNunciature to Myanmar Elevated

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