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Diocese Events

St. Basil the Great and
St. Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
968			Diocese of Zeitz, Germany	Erected
968			Diocese of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Erected
1817			Fratelli Maristi delle Scuole (Piccoli Fratelli di Maria)	Founded
1884	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China	Erected
1905	Prefecture Apostolic of Cameroun	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Cameroun	Elevated
1915	Diocese of Nocera Umbra, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Name Changed
1932	Diocese of Fulda, Germany (Towns of Borussici, Höringhausen, Eimelrod, Hemmighausen, and Deisfeld)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Territory Added
1947	Delegation to Africa for the Missions	Name Changed	Delegation to British Eastern and Western Africa	Name Changed
1953	Diocese of Zulia, Venezuela	Name Changed	Diocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Name Changed
1953	Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela	Name Changed	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Name Changed
1984	Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, Roman Curia	Name Changed
1997	Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Manga, Burkina Faso (Boulgou, Bazega, Zoundweogo, and Nahouri)	Erected
1999	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated	Archdiocese of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated
1999	Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda	Elevated
1999	Diocese of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated
1999			Diocese of Arua, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Lira, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Hoima, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Kabale, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Kasese, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Jinja, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Kotido, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Moroto, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Diocese of Soroti, Uganda (from Kampala)	Metropolitan Changed
2007	Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
2017	Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (El Paraíso)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Danlí, Honduras	Erected

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