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Diocese Events

St. Bernardine of Siena, priest (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1790	Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela	Erected
1825			Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Decretum Laudis
1844	Diocese of Siracusa, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy	Elevated
1887			Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1887			Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1900	Diocese of Tolima, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Garzón, Colombia Diocese of Ibagué, Colombia	Erected
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Name Changed
1921			Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Founded
1925			Delegation to Indochina	Established
1928			Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China	Erected
1939	Diocese of Concepción, Chile	Elevated	Archdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Elevated
1948	Archdiocese of Bombay, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Erected
1982			Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia	Erected
1991	Diocese of Sangmélima, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Erected
1991	Diocese of Moroto, Uganda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kotido, Uganda	Erected
1991	Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Erected

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