The Year of Our Lord 2022

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Date	From		To
2 Feb	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
2 Feb	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
19 Feb	Patriarchate of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Name Changed	Patriarchate of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Name Changed
3 Mar	Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Elevated	Apostolic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada (from Eparchy to Exarchate)	Elevated
25 Mar	Diocese of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Lomami (Tshilomba and Mwene-Ditu) and Katshisungu, Kanincin, Mulundu, and Kanda-Kanda)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tshilomba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
5 May			Domus Vaticanae, Roman Curia	Established
20 May	Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada (L'Assomption-de-Marie, Notre-Dame-du-Très-Saint-Rosaire, and Saint-Patrick (in Maniwaki), Sainte-Marie-de-l'Incarnation (in Gracefield), and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (in Duhamel))	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Gatineau, Québec, Canada	Territory Added
1 Jun	Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	United	Diocese of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	United
5 Jun	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Roman Curia	United	Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia	United
5 Jun	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Office of Papal Charities, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for Bishops, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Bishops, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for the Clergy, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for the Clergy, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun	Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study), Roman Curia	United	Dicastery for Culture and Education, Roman Curia	United
5 Jun	Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Roman Curia	Elevated	Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Roman Curia	Elevated
5 Jun			Pontifical Committee for Investments, Roman Curia	Established
5 Jul	Diocese of Gap (-Embrun), France	Name Changed	Diocese of Gap-Embrun, France	Name Changed
23 Sep	Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt	Erected
18 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
14 Dec	Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria (Taraba State)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wukari, Nigeria	Erected
17 Dec	Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Macerata, Italy	Name Changed
17 Dec			Titular See of Recanati Titular See of Cingoli Titular See of Tolentino Titular See of Treia	Established

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