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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1870	Vicariate Apostolic of Florida, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Erected
1883	Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Montana, USA (Current part of the state of Montana East of the Rockies)	Territory Added
1892	Prefecture Apostolic of Norvegia (Norway)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia	Elevated
1910	Diocese of Pamiers, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Name Changed
1929	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae) Nunciature to Syria (Palestine, TransJordan, and island of Cyprus)	Name Changed	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus	Name Changed
1935	Diocese of Ajmer, India (Part of the Administration of Central India, which is south of the Administration of Rajputana, the Prefecture (tahsil) of Thandla, the districts of Isaghar and Mandasor, and the State of Sitaman) Diocese of Allahabad, India (State of Bhopal and the district of Bhilsa) Diocese of Nagpur, India (District of Eoshangabad (except Pachmari), district of Nimar, State of Barwani, and that part of the States of Indore and Dhar, which lies to the south of the river Narbada)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Indore, India	Erected
1935	Vicariate Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China (Taming, Nanlao, Tsingfeng, and Kaichow (or Puyang) along with Changyua)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Taming [Daming], China	Erected
1948	Diocese of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay (Northern region)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay	Erected
1948	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia (Liutang)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sintang, Indonesia	Erected
1967	Delegation to Southern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Lesotho	Established
1968	Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin (Mono)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lokossa, Benin	Erected
1968	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon (Diamaré and Margui Wandala (except Kaelé))	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Erected
1968	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon (Mayo, Danai, Logone and Chari along with Kaelé)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yagoua, Cameroon	Erected
1971	Diocese of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Western and Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1977	Archeparchy of Munhall (Ruthenian), USA	Name Changed	Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Name Changed
1981	Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur, India (Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Indore, India	Territory Added
1992	Delegation to Southern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Swaziland	Established
2000	Diocese of Pesaro, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pesaro, Italy	Elevated
2000			Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy (no longer a Metropolitan)	Elevated
2000			Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy (from Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
2000			Territorial Prelature of Loreto, Italy (from Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
2000			Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy (from Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado)	Metropolitan Changed
2000			Diocese of Senigallia, Italy (from Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado)	Metropolitan Changed
2008	Diocese of Caguas, Puerto Rico (Fajardo, Naguabo, Ceiba, Vieques, Culebra, and Humacao) Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Canóvanas, Loíza, Luquillo, and Río Grande)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico	Erected

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