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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1819	Diocese of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy	Name Changed
1854	Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy Diocese of Civitavecchia, Italy	Split	Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy Diocese of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	United
1860	Diocese of Bytown, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed
1870	Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA (Counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hamden, and Worcester)	Erected
1881	Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, USA (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Erected
1910	Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Valdivia, Chile	Erected
1922	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Name Changed
1928	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated
1929	Diocese of Trento, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Trento, Italy (Without suffragans)	Elevated
1938	Prefecture Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar	Name Changed
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Togo	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé, Togo	Name Changed
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Shihnan [Enshi], China	Erected
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Laos (Vientiane, Xieng-Khuang (or Tran-Ninh), Luang-Prabang, Huei-Sai (or Eaut-Melcong), and the Fifth Military Territory or Phong-Sali)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Lómela and Dehese along with part of Kole and Eastern part of Oshwe)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Rairakhol, Athmalik, Angul, Pallahara, Talcher, Hindol, and Dhenkanal along with part of Sambalpur and Sonpur) Diocese of Nagpur, India (Patna and part of Sambalpur and Sonpur) Diocese of Ranchi, India (Gangpur, Bonai, and Bamra)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sambalpur, India	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar (North-western region of Mandalay (Naga tribes) and Mong Myet and Mong Long)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bhamo, Myanmar	Territory Added
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar (Hsipaw except Mong Long)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar	Territory Added
1954	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic (Basse-Kotto and Mbomou, and Mobaye, Alindao, Kembe, Bangassou, Ouango, Bakouma, Rafay, Zemio, and Obo.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bangassou, Central African Republic	Erected
1954	Prefecture Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia	Elevated
1954	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia (Ketapang and part of Sanggau)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ketapang, Indonesia	Erected
1954	Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated
1954			Diocese of Meru, Kenya Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya	Territory Added
1954	Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka (Uva)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka	Territory Added
1954	Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (San Ioannis de los Morros)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela	Territory Added
1956	Diocese of Jessore, Bangladesh	Name Changed	Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh	Name Changed
1965	Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Braúnas, Itambé do Mato Dentro, Morro do Pilar, Passabém, Santo Antonio do Rio Abaixo, and Sâo Sebastiâo do Rio Preto) Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Alvinópolis, Antonio Dias, Bela Vista de Minas, Belo Oriente, Bom Jesus do Amparo, Coronel Fabriciano, Dionisio, Ferros, Itabira, Ipatinga, Jaguaraçu, Joanésia, Joao Monlevade, Marliéria, Mesquita, Nova Era, Rio Piracicaba, Santa Maria do Itabira, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itabira, Brazil	Erected
1972	Archdiocese of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1973			Nunciature to Burkina Faso	Established
1976	Delegation to Ghana	Elevated	Nunciature to Ghana	Elevated
1988	Diocese of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire (Assuefry and Transua)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Added
1994	Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine	Established	Nunciature to Israel	Established
1995	Diocese of Maitland, Australia	Name Changed	Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Name Changed
1996	Diocese of Trivandrum, India (Nedumangad and Neyyattinkara except for Padroad)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Neyyattinkara, India	Erected
1997	Diocese of Darjeeling, India (Southern part of Siliguri)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bagdogra, India	Erected
1997	Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia (Kalabo, Kaoma, Lukulu, Mongu, and Sanga)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mongu, Zambia	Erected
2006	Diocese of Carcassonne, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France	Name Changed
2006	Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Name Changed

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