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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1847	Diocese of Kingston, Ontario, Canada Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada Diocese of North-West (Nord-Ouest), Canada Diocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bytown, Ontario, Canada	Erected
1847	Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maitland, Australia Diocese of Melbourne, Australia	Erected
1847			Diocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Erected
1855	Diocese of Troia, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Foggia, Italy	Erected
1877			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Eusebio	Restored
1929	Diocese of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti (Hinche, Maissade, Marmelade, and St. Michel) Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haïti (Thomond)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Les Gonaïves, Haïti (Entire civil province of Artibonite)	Territory Added
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia (Central Java (Midden-Java))	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Semarang, Indonesia	Erected
1940	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China (Kinhwa (Kinhwa, Iwu, Pukiang, Tungyang, Yungkang, Wuyi, Tangid, and Lance))	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lishui [Lishui], China	Territory Added
1956	Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire (Gagnoa, Grand-Lahou, Cassandra, and Tabou)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
1960	Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Bagé, Lavras do Sul, and Pinheiro Machado) Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Cacequi, Dom Pedrito, General Vargas, Rosario do Sul, Santana do Livramento, and Sao Gabriel)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1960	Diocese of Melo, Uruguay (Lavalleja, Rocha, and Maldonato)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Minas, Uruguay	Erected
1963	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil (Cachoeira do Arari, Ponta de Pedras, Santa Cruz do Ararí, Muanâ, Sâo Sebastiâo da Boa Vista, and Curralinho)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Erected
1966	Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA (Counties of : Angelina Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdokes, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler, and parts of Chambers and Liberty, and the bays of Trinity Bay and Galveston Bay)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, USA	Erected
1973			Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia	Erected
1982	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinoia, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
1982	Diocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Diocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
1982	Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
1982	Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Diocese of Mutare, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
1987	Territorial Prelature of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil	Elevated
1994	Archdiocese of La Paz, Bolivia (Muñecas, Camacho, Manco Kapac, Omasuyos, Los Andes, and Ingavi, and part of Murillo (El Alto, Zongo, and part of Achocalla))	Territory Lost	Diocese of El Alto, Bolivia	Erected
1994	Delegation to Southern Africa	Elevated	Nunciature to South Africa	Elevated
2007	Diocese of Niamey, Niger	Elevated	Archdiocese of Niamey, Niger	Elevated
2007			Diocese of Maradi, Niger (from Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
2014	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Araguainha, Ponte Branca, Ribeirãozinho, and Torixoréu)	Suppressed	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
2014	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Primavera do Leste, Poxoréu, and Jarudoré) Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Campo Verde and Chapada dos Guimarães)	Elevated	Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated
2014	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Parts of Bardão do Melgaço, Cuiabá, and Santo Antônio do Leverger)	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
2014	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Alto Araguaia, Alto Garças, Alto Taquari, Dom Aquino, Tesouro, and Guiratinga) Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed

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