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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1876	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Huntingdon, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Westmorland, Butler, Armstrong, and part of Allegheny)	Erected
1887	Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania ((or 30 Dec 1886))	Erected
1918	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Southwest Louisiana (between the Atchafalaya and Sabine Rivers))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Erected
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Media Valley)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Erected
1930			Delegation to Africa for the Missions	Established
1932	Prefecture Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Elevated
1936	Diocese of Pinsk, Belarus (Wodzld, Sciony, and Kiewlahi)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Łomża, Poland	Territory Added
1946	Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru Diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru Vicariate Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Erected
1946	Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania (Shinyanga)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania	Territory Added
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Aliwal, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa (Fauresmith, Philippolis, Smithfield, Edenburg, Trompsburg, and Zastron) Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} (Bloemfontein, Thabunch, Wetsdorp, Jacobsdal, Boshof, Wepener, Redderburg, and parts of Ladybrand and Hoopstad)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape Town, South Africa	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Elevated	Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Eshowe, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Johannesburg, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Keimoes, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}	Elevated	Diocese of Kimberley, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Kokstad, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Kroonstad, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Swaziland	Elevated	Diocese of Bremersdorp, eSwatini	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Elevated	Diocese of Maseru, Lesotho	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Pretoria, South Africa	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pretoria, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Queenstown, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Queenstown, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Umtata, South Africa	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Lydenburg, South Africa	Elevated
1965	Prefecture Apostolic of Bhagalpur, India	Elevated	Diocese of Bhagalpur, India	Elevated
1966	Diocese of Jamshedpur, India (Anandpur and Bandgaon)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India	Territory Added
1968	Prefecture Apostolic of Bafia, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Bafia, Cameroon	Elevated
1968	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (Turkana)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya	Erected
1968	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya (Districts of Nakuru and Kericho)	Erected
1982			Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean)	Erected
1996	Diocese of Silchar, India (Tripura)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Agartala, India	Erected
1996	Diocese of Silchar, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Aizawl, India	Name Changed
2001	Eparchy of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia (Macedonia)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Erected
2002	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Territory Lost	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected

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