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Diocese Events

St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop (Opt. Memorial)
St. John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and St. Thomas More, martyr (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1218	Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Seckau, Austria	Erected
1622			Congregation for Propagation of the Faith, Roman Curia	Established
1823	Vicariate Apostolic of Mississippi and Alabama, USA	Territory Added
1838			Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Decretum Laudis
1901			Hijos de la Sagrada Familia	Approbation
1909	Diocese of Bayonne, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Name Changed
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya (Derna)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Derna, Libya	Erected
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya	Name Changed
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya (Misurata)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Misurata, Libya	Erected
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya	Name Changed
1940			Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted) Territorial Prelature of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
1946			Eparchy of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Erected
1955	Diocese of Asti, Italy (Saretto (in Cisterna d'Asti) and S. Rochi (in Monta d'Alba))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Territory Added
1955	Diocese of Alba (Pompea), Italy (Lame (in Canale))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Asti, Italy	Territory Added
1967	Diocese of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam (Quang-Duc and Phuoc-Long) Diocese of Kontum, Viet Nam (Dak Lak)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Erected
1968	Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil (Esperantinopolis) Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Parts of Bacabal and Ipixuna along with Altamira do Maranhäo, Igarapé Grande, Lago da Pedra, Lago do Junco, Lago Verde, Lima Campos, Olho d'Água dos Cunhas, Pedreiras, Pio XII, Poçâo de Pedras, Rosinopolis, Santo Antonio dos Lopes, and Vitorino Freiré)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
1968	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Dom Pedro and Governador Archer)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Territory Added
1968	Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil (Mirador, Nova York, Paraïbano, Pastos Bons, and Sucupira do Norte)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Added
1972	Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán, México (Enandio and Quanoro (in Benito Juárez))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Territory Added
1978	Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India (Cranganore;, a large part of Makundapur; and small portions of Parur and Alwaye)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1979	Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	United	Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	United
1984	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India (Andamans and Nicobar Islands)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Port Blair, India	Erected
1999	Diocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated
1999	Vicariate Apostolic of Kano, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Kano, Nigeria	Elevated
1999			Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles (from Kingston in Jamaica)	Metropolitan Changed
1999			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Turks and Caicos, Antilles (from Kingston in Jamaica)	Metropolitan Changed
2001			Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Syrian)	Erected

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