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Diocese Events

St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1183			Diocese of Cuenca, Spain	Erected
1605	Diocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Erected
1881			Diocese of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Erected
1881	Diocese of Vrhbosna, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elevated
1881	Vicariate Apostolic of Herzegovina	Elevated	Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elevated
1916			Nunciature to Argentina (to Nunciature)	Elevated
1954	Prefecture Apostolic of Jabalpur, India	Elevated	Diocese of Jabalpur, India	Elevated
1954	Archdiocese of Agra, India (Datia and Gwalior) Prefecture Apostolic of Jhansi, India	Elevated	Diocese of Jhansi, India	Elevated
1954	Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria (Sahara (subject to the Spaniards)) Vicariate Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco (Ifni)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Spanish Sahara and Ifni {Sahara Español e Ifni}, Western Sahara	Erected
1954	Diocese of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (La Palma)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Added
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (Island of New Ireland with the islands commonly known as the Duke of York, the island of New Hanover, the Admiralty islands with the rest which are adjacent)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Erected
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1957	Prefecture Apostolic of Musoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Musoma, Tanzania	Elevated
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam (Khanhoa and Ninhthuam) Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam (Binhthuan)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Erected
1960	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated
1973	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria (Asaba and Ika)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Erected
1973	Prefecture Apostolic of Raipur, India	Elevated	Diocese of Raipur, India	Elevated
1975	Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Name Changed
1991	Diocese of Cândido Mendes, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Zé-Doca, Maranhão, Brazil	Name Changed
1994	Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela (Puerto Cabello and Juan José Mora)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Erected
1996	Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria (Akko, Alkaleri, Balanga, Bauchi, Billirri, Darazo, Dass, Dukku, Gamawa, Gankuwa, Gombe, Itas/Gadau, Jama'are, Kaltungo, Katagum, Misau, Nafada, Nigi, Shiri, Tafawa-Balewa, Toro, Tamaltu/Deba, and Zaki)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bauchi, Nigeria	Erected
1997	Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia (Pozega, Virovitica, Nasice, Nova Kapela, Nova Gradiska, and Pakrac along with Jasenovac, Krapje, and Lonja)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Požega, Croatia	Erected
1997	Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia (lower Varazdin, upper Varazdin, Varazdinske-Toplice, Bednja, lower Medjimurje, upper Medjimurje, Djurdjevac, Koprivnica, and Virje)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Varaždin, Croatia	Erected
2000	Diocese of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Espinosa, Mamonas, Monte Azul, Gameleira, Catuti, Mato Verde, Jaiba, and Matos Cardoso) Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil (Janauba, Porteirinha, Pai Pedro, Serranópolis, Nova Porteirinha, Riacho dos Machados, Varzelândia, Ibiracatu, Verdelândia, Rio Pardo de Minas, Montezuma, Indaiabira, Santo Antonio do Retiro, Vargem Grande, São João do Paraíso, and Ninheira)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
2005	Diocese of Poona, India (Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri along with Ajra and Gandhinglaj; and Kolhapur (except St. Francis Xavier))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sindhudurg, India	Erected
2022	Diocese of Gap (-Embrun), France	Name Changed	Diocese of Gap-Embrun, France	Name Changed

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