25th day of July

Diocese Events

St. James, apostle (Feast)

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Year	From		To
1851			Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Decretum Laudis
1866	Diocese of Alger, Algeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Constantine, Algeria Diocese of Oran, Algeria	Erected
1866	Diocese of Alger, Algeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Alger, Algeria	Elevated
1889	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria	Erected
1913	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea	Split	Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Eastern part) Prefecture Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Western part)	Split
1916	Diocese of Northampton, England, Great Britain (Royston)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Territory Added
1924	Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (Northern region)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil	Erected
1950	Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Palai, Muttuchira, Kuravilangatt, Anacallu, and Uamapuram)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1959	Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Name Changed
1959	Vicariate Apostolic of Eritrea	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia	Name Changed
1977	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru (Area between Tomás Valle Avenue and the Rimae River)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Callao, Peru	Territory Added
1992	Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela (Torres and Urdaneta)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Carora, Venezuela	Erected
1992	Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela (Monagas, Ribas, Infante, and Zaraza)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela	Erected
1995	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica (San Carlos, Los Chiles, and Sarapiquí) Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica (Upala and Guatuso)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica	Erected

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