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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1888	Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles (Belize (British Honduras))	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize	Erected
1898			Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchebray	Decretum Laudis
1919			Nunciature to Poland	Established
1921	Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China (East of Hoang-Ho River (Tung-Ming and Southern part of Ghang-Yuan))	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China	Territory Added
1925	Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy (Chignolo Po)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pavia, Italy	Territory Added
1925	Diocese of Pavia, Italy (Cascina Bianca di Spirago)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Territory Added
1930			Missionaries of Workers	Decretum Laudis
1948	Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated
1948	Prefecture Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montanosa), Philippines	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Elevated
1948	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda (Busoga and part of Mengo)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kampala, Uganda	Erected
1952			Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos, Ecuador (Latin changed from Fluminensis)	Name Changed
1957			Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain	Erected
1966	Diocese of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia (Kebupaten Pasir and Kutai Selatan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Samarinda, Indonesia	Territory Added
1968	Archdiocese of Durango, México (Pueblo Nuevo) Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México (Tamazula, Topia, Canelas, Santa Maria Otaez, and San Dimas along with San Andres de la Sierra (in Santiago Papasquiaro))	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of El Salto, Durango, México	Erected
1972	Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law, Roman Curia	Name Changed
1979	Diocese of Mileto, Italy (Palmi, Anoia, Pietro di Caridà, San Proeopio, Seminara, Serrata, Sinopoli, Taurianova along with St. Michael the Archangel in Acquaro di Cosoleto)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Territory Added
1979	Diocese of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Name Changed
1979	Diocese of Mileto, Italy (S. Maria a Monte Carmelo in Ceramida)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Territory Added
1984	Diocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Turks and Caicos, Antilles	Erected
1994	Diocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1994	Vicariate Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia (Keffa, Illubabor, and Gambela)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia	Erected
1994	Delegation to Pacific Ocean	Established	Nunciature to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Established
1994			Diocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe (from Harare)	Metropolitan Changed
1994			Diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe (from Harare)	Metropolitan Changed
1995	Diocese of Abomey, Benin (Dassa-Zoumé, Bante, Savalou, Savé, Glazoue, and Ouesse)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin	Erected
1995	Diocese of Natitingou, Benin (Djougou, Bassila, Copargo, and Ouake)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Djougou, Benin	Erected
1995	Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic (Mbaiki)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mbaïki, Central African Republic	Erected
2011			Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada	Erected
2013	Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	United	Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	United

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