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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1574			Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Founded
1601	Diocese of Elne, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Perpignan-Elne, France	Name Changed
1636			Diocese of Smoleńsk, Poland	Erected
1826			Oblates of the Virgin Mary	Approbation
1859	Diocese of Leoben, Austria	Suppressed	Diocese of Seckau, Austria	Territory Added
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India	Elevated	Diocese of Eastern Bengal, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Agra, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Agra, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Patna, India	Elevated	Diocese of Allahabad, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bombay, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India	Elevated
1886	Diocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Coimbatore, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad, India	Elevated	Diocese of Hyderabad, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1886	Prefecture Apostolic of Central Bengal, India	Elevated	Diocese of Central Bengal, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Punjab, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan	Erected
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Madras, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Madras, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Mangalore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Mangalore, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Mysore, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Pondicherry, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Poona, India	Elevated	Diocese of Poona, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Quilon, India	Elevated	Diocese of Quilon, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast, India	Elevated	Diocese of Madurai, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Vizagapatnam, India	Elevated	Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India	Elevated
1886	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Verapoly, India	Elevated
1886	Archdiocese of Goa, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Damão, India	Erected
1886			Patriarchate of East Indies, India	Erected
1899	Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kumbakonam, India	Erected
1930	Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany	Suppressed	Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany	Territory Added
1942	Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia (West and South)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia (Cogua, Nemocòn, San Cayetano, Suesca, Villapinzón, Chaguani, Guachetù, Cunubà, Caparrapi, Utica, La Paz de Calamoimaf Puerto Salgar, Manta, Tibirita, Supatà, Paime, Villagòmez, Fùquene, Simijaca, El Peñón, Yacopì, San Antonio de Aguilera, El Carmen de...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Zipaquirá, Colombia	Erected
1959	Diocese of Sonora, México	Name Changed	Diocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Name Changed
1964	Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy	Name Changed
1969	Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India (Maduran-takam and Kancheepuram (lower))	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Territory Added
1969	Diocese of Vellore, India (Tiruttani)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Territory Added
1969	Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India (Tiruvannamalai and Chengam)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vellore, India	Territory Added
1977	Diocese of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Name Changed	Diocese of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Name Changed
1981			Nunciature to Dominica, Antilles	Established
1984	Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Melkite Greek)	Elevated	Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada	Elevated
1984			Nunciature to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Established
2016	Pontifical Council for the Family, Roman Curia Pontifical Council for the Laity, Roman Curia	Established	Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Roman Curia	Established

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