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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1071	Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gurk, Austria	Erected
1531	Archdiocese of Salerno, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Giffoni, Italy	Erected
1799			Diocese of Supraśl (Ukrainian), Belarus	Erected
1871			Institut de l'Œuvre de la jeunesse Jean Joseph Allemand	Approbation
1925			Military Ordinariate of Italy, Military	Erected
1925	Diocese of Limburg, Germany (Dortelweil and Niedererlenbaeli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mainz, Germany	Territory Added
1931	Diocese of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland (Erbonne)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Como, Italy	Territory Added
1933	Prefecture Apostolic of Yüngnien [Weixian], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Yüngnien [Weixian], China	Elevated
1949	Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Erected
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso (Mopti, Dienne, Bandiagara (except Bai), and Douentza)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Gao, Mali	Territory Added
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso (Bounoumba, Dielizangasso, Dioundiou, Kassorola, Moribila, Menesso, Ouaki, Souroutouna, and Toulakoulouba (belonging to San))	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sikasoo, Mali	Territory Added
1955	Archdiocese of Panamá (Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí)	Territory Lost	Diocese of David, Panama	Erected
1955			Archdiocese of Panamá (becomes a Metropolitan)	Elevated
1969			Military Ordinariate of Australia, Military	Erected
1972			Nunciature to Algeria	Established
1976	Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Elevated	Diocese of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Elevated
1980	Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand (Raglan, Waipa, Otorohanga, Taumarunui, Otinemuri, Piako, Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo, Opotiki, Waiapu, Waikohu, Cook, and part of Waikato)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand	Erected
1980	Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand (Clifton, Stratford, Inglewood, Taranaki, Egmont, Waitame West, Hawera, Eltham, Patea, Waitotara, Waimairino, Wanganui, Rangatikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Manawatu, Kairanga, Eketahuna, Pohiatua, Woodville, Dannevirke, Waipukurau, Waipawa, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Erected
1980	Diocese of Patna, India (West Champaran, East Champaram, Gopan Ganj, Siwan, Saran, Vishali, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darhanga, Samastipur, Saharsha, and Begusarai)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Muzaffarpur, India	Erected
1980	Vicariate Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia (Arssi and Bale along with Butejira-Haigotch)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia	Erected
1989	Diocese of Moundou, Chad (Eastern part (most of Oriental Longone))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Doba, Chad	Erected
1989	Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda (Kasese)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kasese, Uganda	Erected
1992	Diocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire (Yamussukro)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
1997	Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy (Santa Maria Maggiore (Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte))	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Benevento, Italy	Territory Added
1997	Archdiocese of Benevento, Italy (San Bartolomeo Apostolo (Greci), San Nicola Vescovo (Savignano Irpino), and Santa Maria del Monte Carmelo (Savignano Irpino))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Territory Added
2012			Eparchy of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India (Delhi along with Haryana, Punjab, Himachal-Pradesh, and Jammu Kashmir as well as Gautambuddhanagar and Ghaziabad (in Uttar Pradesh))	Erected

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