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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1474	Diocese of Vercelli, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Erected
1834	Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, India	Erected
1903	Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia	Erected
1918	Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Parts of St. Matthew (Beloeil) and St. Mark)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Territory Added
1919	Diocese of Haileybury, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada	Erected
1920	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Elevated
1942			Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
1950	Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Accra, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Accra, Ghana	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Asaba-Benin, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Elevated	Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Elevated
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Elevated	Diocese of Hongdong [Hungtung], China	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Keta, Ghana	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Benue, Nigeria	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Name Changed
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Onitsha, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria	Elevated
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania (Tanga, Pangani, Handeni, and Lushoto)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga, Tanzania	Erected
1950	Vicariate Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated
1959	Diocese of Loja, Ecuador (Cantón Chinchipe (Chinchique))	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador	Territory Added
1979	Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba, Goias, Brazil	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Name Changed
1980	Diocese of Assisi, Italy (S. Michele Arcangelo di Limigiano)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Spoleto, Italy	Territory Added
1983	Diocese of Caravelas, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil	Name Changed
1990			Society of Saint John Mary Vianney	Founded
1994			Military Ordinariate of Hungary, Military	Erected

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