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Diocese Events

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YearFromTo
1611Société de l’Oratoire de Jésus Founded
1778Diocese of Penafiel, Portugal SuppressedDiocese of Porto, Portugal Territory Added
1906Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México ElevatedArchdiocese of Yucatán, México Elevated
1924Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Territory LostDiocese of Oruro, Bolivia
Diocese of Potosí, Bolivia
Diocese of Tarija, Bolivia
Erected
1924Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Name ChangedArchdiocese of Sucre, Bolivia Name Changed
1928Nunciature to Latvia (to Nunciature) Elevated
1932Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany (Territory of Petrus Hoeek) Territory LostDiocese of Augsburg, Germany Territory Added
1935Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga (Wallis, Futuna, Alofi and the surrounding rocks) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Erected
1939Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania (Elbassan, Korea, Berat, Wallona, and Argyrocastro) Territory LostApostolic Administration of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (Albanian) Erected
1948Vicariate Apostolic of Timor Olandese, Indonesia Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia Name Changed
1952Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Pouso Alegre, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)
Territory Added
1954Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Hélène Island) Territory LostArchdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada Territory Added
1956Prefecture Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea Elevated
1956Prefecture Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Elevated
1963Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Povoado dos Lopes in Candeias) Territory LostDiocese of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1963Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cápela dos Alves in Bom Despacho) Territory LostDiocese of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1963Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Sao José do Felipe and Santo Antonio do Morro Vermelho) Territory LostDiocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1963Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo, Conceiçâo do Rio Acima, and Santo Antonio de Vigario da Vara along with São Geraldo de Jacaranda and Nossa Senhora das Graças de Sesmaria) Territory LostArchdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1963Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (São José do Paraopeba in Brumadinho; Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo de Arrojado Lisboa and Nossa Senhora do Parto de Chacrinha in Jeceaba) Territory LostArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1963Diocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Sant'Ana de Cachoeirinha and Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo de Urucuia) Territory LostArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added
1970Prefecture Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia Elevated
1970Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone (Eastern Province) Territory LostDiocese of Kenema, Sierra Leone Erected
1970Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone ElevatedArchdiocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Elevated
1970Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone (from Immediately Subject) Metropolitan Changed
1983Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania (Kahama) Territory LostDiocese of Kahama, Tanzania Erected
1992Nunciature to Belarus Established
1994Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon ElevatedArchdiocese of Bertoua, Cameroon Elevated
1994Diocese of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed
1994Diocese of Yokadouma, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed
1996Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Kanyakumari and Shenkottai) Territory LostDiocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India Erected
2002Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (Gandhinagar, Mehasana, Patan, Banaskantha, and Sabarkantha) Territory LostArchdiocese of Gandhinagar, India Erected
2002Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (from Bombay) Metropolitan Changed
2002Diocese of Baroda, India (from Bombay) Metropolitan Changed
2002Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bombay) Metropolitan Changed
2008Diocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick (Ascension (in Beaverbrook)) Territory LostDiocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Territory Added
2010Missionary Brothers of the Countryside Approbation

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