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Diocese Events

St. Bernardine of Siena, priest (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1596	Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe	Territory Lost	Diocese of Angola e Congo	Erected
1790	Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela	Erected
1825			Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Decretum Laudis
1844	Diocese of Siracusa, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy	Elevated
1887	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1900	Diocese of Tolima, Colombia (Neiva and del Sur)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Garzón, Colombia	Erected
1900	Diocese of Tolima, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ibagué, Colombia	Erected
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Name Changed
1919			Delegation to Australia (Expanded to include Missions in Oceania and Malaysia)	Territory Added
1920	Diocese of Catamarca, Argentina (de los Andes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Salta, Argentina	Territory Added
1921			Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Founded
1921	Diocese of La Paz, Bolivia (Coven and St. Anna)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Territory Added
1925			Delegation to Indochina	Established
1928			Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China	Erected
1939	Diocese of Concepción, Chile	Elevated	Archdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Elevated
1939	Diocese of La Serena, Chile	Elevated	Archdiocese of La Serena, Chile	Elevated
1939			Diocese of Chillán, Chile (from Santiago de Chile)	Metropolitan Changed
1939			Diocese of Temuco, Chile (from Santiago de Chile)	Metropolitan Changed
1939			Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile (from Santiago de Chile)	Metropolitan Changed
1939			Diocese of Iquique, Chile (from Santiago de Chile)	Metropolitan Changed
1939			Diocese of Antofagasta, Chile (from Santiago de Chile)	Metropolitan Changed
1948	Archdiocese of Bombay, India (Sind and Baluchistan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Erected
1955	Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain (Guadalajara, Brihuega, Pastrana, and Tomajón)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sigüenza, Spain	Territory Added
1955	Diocese of Ávila, Spain (19 parishes in Toledo)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain	Territory Added
1955	Diocese of Cuenca, Spain (9 parishes in Toledo)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain	Territory Added
1955	Diocese of Cuenca, Spain (Sacedón in Guadalajara)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sigüenza, Spain	Territory Added
1955	Diocese of Cochin, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Trivandrum, India	Territory Added
1982			Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia	Established
1991	Diocese of Sangmélima, Cameroon (Vallée-du-Ntem and Océan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Erected
1991	Diocese of Moroto, Uganda (Kotido)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kotido, Uganda	Erected
1991	Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon (Yokadouma)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Erected
2002			Nunciature to Timor-Leste	Established
2022	Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada (L'Assomption-de-Marie, Notre-Dame-du-Très-Saint-Rosaire, and Saint-Patrick (in Maniwaki), Sainte-Marie-de-l'Incarnation (in Gracefield), and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (in Duhamel))	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Gatineau, Québec, Canada	Territory Added

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