The Year of Our Lord 1846

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Date	From		To
unknown	Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon	Elevated
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Agra, India	Name Changed
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Bosnia (Ottoman), Croatia Diocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Herzegovina	Erected
27 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam	Erected
27 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Lhassa, China	Erected
27 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China	Erected
3 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan	Erected
1 May			Vicariate Apostolic of Japan	Erected
4 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia	Erected
24 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vancouver Island, USA Diocese of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA	Erected
24 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
7 Aug			Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Approbation

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