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Diocese Events

Birth of St. John the Baptist (Solemnity)

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Year	From		To
1524			Congregation of Clerics Regular	Approbation
1921	Prefecture Apostolic of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Elevated	Diocese of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Elevated
1921	Vicariate Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany	Suppressed	Diocese of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Territory Added
1929			Nunciature to Italy	Elevated
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Merauke, Indonesia	Erected
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Musoma-Maswa, Tanzania	Split	Prefecture Apostolic of Musoma, Tanzania Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania	Split
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Elevated	Diocese of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Elevated
1957	Prefecture Apostolic of Bathurst in Gambia	Elevated	Diocese of Bathurst in Gambia	Elevated
1961	Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Erected
1961	Diocese of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1965	Apostolic Administration of Loreto, Italy	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Loreto, Italy	Elevated
1969	Diocese of Osaka, Japan	Elevated	Archdiocese of Osaka, Japan	Elevated
1982	Apostolic Exarchate of Australia, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Elevated
1986	Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala Diocese of Zacapa, Guatemala	Name Changed	Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala	Name Changed
2004	Archdiocese of Seoul, Korea (South)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uijongbu, Korea (South)	Erected
2004	Vicariate Apostolic of Baguio, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Baguio, Philippines	Elevated
2005	Diocese of Belgaum, India (Bijapur) Diocese of Bellary, India (Gulbarga) Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India (Bidar)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gulbarga, India	Erected

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