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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1548	Diocese of Michoacán, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Erected
1784	Titular See of Teodosia	Territory Added
1795	Diocese of Mallorca, Spain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Menorca, Spain	Erected
1878	Vicariate Apostolic of Montevideo, Uruguay	Elevated	Diocese of Montevideo, Uruguay	Elevated
1894	Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania	Erected
1894	Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Settentrionale}, Uganda	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China (Formosa Island)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan	Erected
1926	Diocese of Regensburg, Germany (Kleinwolfersdorf)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Territory Added
1929	Prefecture Apostolic of Lihsien, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China	Elevated
1929			Paulist Fathers	Decretum Laudis
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa (Tongaland) Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa (Piet Retief)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland	Territory Added
1940	Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil	Erected
1944	Prefecture Apostolic of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China	Elevated
1945	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Diocese of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada	Erected
1945	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru (Northern and Eastern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru	Erected
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Name Changed
1963	Diocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Elevated
1963	Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Elevated	Diocese of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Elevated
1963	Archdiocese of Panamá (Veraguas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Erected
1963	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Autazes, Axini, Borba, Canûma, Miriti, Nova Olinda do Norte, Novo Aripuana, and Prainha) Territorial Prelature of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil (Parintine, Mundurucús, and Paraconi)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1963	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Aiapuá, Anania, Anori, Beruri, Cámara, Coarí, Codajás, Manacapuru, and Piorini)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1963	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (Eva, Itacoatiara, Itapeassu, Itapiranga, São Sebastiào, Silves, Urucará, and Urucurituba)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1963			Diocese of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México (from Chihuahua)	Metropolitan Changed
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada	Elevated	Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Elevated	Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville, Québec, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Elevated
1967			Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Archdiocese without Suffragans)	Territory Added
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Elevated
1967	Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Elevated
1968			Diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles (from Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
1968			Diocese of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles (from Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
1987	Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (San Bernardo, Calera de Tango, Buín, Paine, El Bosque, La Pintana, and Pirque)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Bernardo, Chile	Erected
1991			Ordinariate of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)	Erected
2008	Diocese of Les Cayes, Haïti (Department des Nippes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti	Erected
2019	Diocese of Florencia, Colombia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Florencia, Colombia	Elevated
2019			Diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia (from Popayan to Florencia)	Metropolitan Changed
2019			Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia (from Ibagué to Florencia)	Metropolitan Changed

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