2nd day of February

Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1791			Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù	Founded
1859	Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed
1916	Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Northern part: Cortes, Islas de la Bahia, Atlántida, and Colón)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Erected
1916	Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Western part: Santa Barbara, Copan, Gracias, Ocotepeque, and Inübucá)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Erected
1916	Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras (Eastern part: Yoro, Comayagua, La Pax, Valle, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, EI Paraiso, and Olouclto)	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
1921			Société des Missions-Étrangères	Founded
1923	Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia, Russian Federation (Primorskaia Oliasti and Amurshia Oblasti along with Russian part of Sakalin island)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vladivostok, Russian Federation	Erected
1928			Rosarian Fathers	Founded
1932	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana (Kingdom of Ashanti)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana	Erected
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia (Eastern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Erected
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Name Changed
1950			Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania (Unyamwanga) Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania (Unyamwanga)	Territory Added
1952			Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù	Approbation
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe (Melsetter and Chipinga) Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Inyange, Matoni, and Umtali)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Erected
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Gwelo and Selukwe)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Territory Added
1956	Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Islands of Ariranhas, Tibiricá, do Bio Verde, Carolina, Manuel Hörnern, Dr. Carlos Botelho, and Bandeirantes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Added
1965	Diocese of Mondovi, Italy (Saint John the Baptist in Nasino)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Albenga, Italy	Territory Added
1980	Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Canela, Campo Bom, Dois Irmâos, Estancia Velha, Gramado, Igrejinha, Ivoti, Nova Petrópolis, Nova Hamburg, Rolante, São Leopoldo, Sapiranga, Taquara, and Tres Coroas, along with Santo Antonio)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1996	Diocese of Camagüey, Cuba (Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spiritus)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba	Erected
1998	Delegation to Malaysia and Brunei	Split	Delegation to Malaysia Delegation to Brunei Darussalam	Split
2017	Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Elevated	Archdiocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Elevated
2017			Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh (from Dhaka)	Metropolitan Changed
2017			Diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh (from Dhaka)	Metropolitan Changed
2022	Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador (Cities of Santa Elena, La Liberdad, Salinas, and Playas and the towns of El Morro, Posorja, and Progreso)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Elena, Ecuador	Erected
2022	Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador (Cities of Daule, Balzar, Colimes, El Empalme, Isidro Ayora, Lomas de Sargentillo, Nobol, Palestina, Pedro Carbo, Samborondón, Santa Lucía, and Salitre)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Daule, Ecuador	Erected

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