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Diocese Events

St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1860	Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China	Erected
1860	Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China	Name Changed
1893			Delegation to United States of America	Established
1919			Diocese of Crato, Ceara, Brazil (Boundaries Adjusted) Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil (Boundaries Adjusted)	Territory Added
1944			Sons of Divine Providence	Decretum Laudis
1950	Diocese of Penne e Pescara, Italy (27 parishes bounded by Fano Adriano, Pietracamela, Tossiccia, Colledara, Isola del Gran Sasso, and Castelli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Teramo e Atri, Italy	Territory Added
1962	Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Parish of Beaver Brook)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Territory Added
1974	Diocese of Cuttack, India (Parts of Ganjam and Koraput) Diocese of Visakhapatnam, India (Kalahandi and Parts of Ganjam and Koraput)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Berhampur, India	Erected
1974	Diocese of Cuttack, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India	Elevated
1974			Diocese of Sambalpur, India (from Ranchi)	Metropolitan Changed
1976	Diocese of Belgaum, India (North Kanara (Uttara Kannada))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Karwar, India	Erected
1981	Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (Mannar and Vavuniya)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Erected
1981	Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria (Ekiti, Mbano, Okigwe, and Isuikwuato)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Okigwe, Nigeria	Erected
1981			Military Ordinariate of Kenya, Military (Ordinariate)	Elevated
1983	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (East Rizal)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Antipolo, Philippines	Erected
1983	Diocese of Ozamis, Philippines	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ozamiz, Philippines	Elevated
1983			Diocese of Dipolog, Philippines (from Zamboanga)	Metropolitan Changed
1983			Diocese of Pagadian, Philippines (from Zamboanga)	Metropolitan Changed
1983			Diocese of Iligan, Philippines (from Cagayan de Oro to Ozamiz)	Metropolitan Changed
1983			Territorial Prelature of Marawi, Philippines (from Cagayan de Oro)	Metropolitan Changed
1997	Diocese of Salem, India (Dharmapuri)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dharmapuri, India	Erected
1998	Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Guantánamo)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba	Erected
2009	Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar (Hpa-an, Kawkareik, Kyar-inn-seik-gyi, Hpa-pun, Myawaddy, Hlaingbwe, Kyaikto, Kyaikmayaw, Chaungson, Paung, Beelin, and Thaton)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hpa-an, Myanmar	Erected

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