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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1515	Diocese of Chieti, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lanciano, Italy	Erected
1840	Diocese of Sonora, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México (Old and New California)	Erected
1877	Diocese of Nîmes, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Name Changed
1883	Apostolic Administration of Nicopolis, Romania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania	Elevated
1892	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil	Erected
1892	Diocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1892	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Erected
1892	Diocese of Olinda, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paraíba, Brazil	Erected
1892	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
1892			Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
1892			Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
1903			Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico	Approbation
1912	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China (Tien-tsin-fou)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li {Ce-Li Marittimo}, China	Erected
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar (Keng-Tung)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar	Erected
1927	Prefecture Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China	Elevated
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia	Erected
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar	Name Changed
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Bafalce, Belongo Weti, and Hongo)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Added
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Boundaries changed from 142m22' to 143m20')	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Central New Guinea	Territory Added
1959	Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Mussum and Santa Lucia do Piai (of Caxias do Sul))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caxias, Brazil	Territory Added
1959	Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Guaporé and Casca along with Maria (of Marau))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Added
1963	Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hull, Québec, Canada	Erected
1967	Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala (EI Quiché)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala	Erected
1967	Archdiocese of Guatemala (Chimaltenango)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala	Territory Added
1987	Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Name Changed
1987	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (Tongaren) Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya (Bungoma and Busia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bungoma, Kenya	Erected
1990	Diocese of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Rest of Anhembi)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Added
1996	Archdiocese of Guatemala (Departamento Santa Rosa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala	Erected
2021	Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras (Lempira and Intibucá)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gracias, Honduras	Erected

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