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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1803	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru Diocese of Cuenca, Ecuador Archdiocese of Lima, Peru Diocese of Popayán, Colombia Diocese of Quito, Ecuador Diocese of Trujillo, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maynas, Peru	Erected
1839			Delegation to Egypt and Arabia	Established
1878	Archdiocese of Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Erected
1886	Diocese of Grass Valley, California, USA Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA	Erected
1913			Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Erected
1929	Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia (Southern part of Queensland, south of the twenty-fifth degree of south latitude and west of the Auburn and great Dividing Ranges)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toowoomba, Australia	Erected
1931			Apostolic Administration of Harbin [Harbin], China	Erected
1932	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana (Territory between Kumasi and Navrongo)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Territory Added
1934	Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, Uganda	Erected
1934	Prefecture Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon	Elevated
1934	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Rajaburi, Thailand	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand	Elevated
1934	Prefecture Apostolic of Shenchow, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Shenchow, China	Elevated
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Territory Added
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Erected
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic	Name Changed
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Süchow [Xuzhou], China (area north and east of Lake Weishan)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Yenchowfu, China	Territory Added
1960	Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Name Changed
1965	Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain (Surrey and Sussex)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Erected
1965	Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Elevated	Archdiocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Elevated
1974	Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA (Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Lancaster, Loudon, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, and Westmoreland)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, USA	Erected
1974	Diocese of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA (area in Virginia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Territory Added
1974	Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, USA (Accomack and Northampton Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Territory Added
1974	Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA (area in West Virginia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Territory Added
1993	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India (Gumla)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gumla, India	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India (Simdega in Gumla)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Simdega, India	Erected
1997	Diocese of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México (Ciudad del Maíz) Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, México (Matehuala, Catoce, Cedrai, Charcas, Guadalcázar, Santo Domingo, Vanegas, Venado, Villa de Guadalupe, Villa de la Paz, and Villa de Arista)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Erected
1997	Archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania Diocese of Panevėžys, Lithuania Diocese of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Šiauliai, Lithuania	Erected

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