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Diocese Events

St. Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1805	Diocese of Kraków, Poland Diocese of Tarnów, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kielce, Poland	Erected
1828	Diocese of Soissons, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Soissons (-Laon), France	Name Changed
1859	Diocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paraná, Argentina	Erected
1900	Diocese of Grafton, Australia	Name Changed	Diocese of Lismore, Australia	Name Changed
1917	Prefecture Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1917	Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Elevated
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape Town, South Africa	Name Changed
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale}, South Africa	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Name Changed
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa	Elevated	Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg, South Africa	Elevated
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Name Changed
1946	Vicariate Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea (Eastern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea	Erected
1946	Vicariate Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
1946	Prefecture Apostolic of Broken Hill, Zambia	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Lusaka, Zambia	Name Changed
1956			Ordinariate of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Erected
1960	Diocese of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ipiabas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Territory Added
1966			Diocese of Huaraz, Peru (from Lima)	Metropolitan Changed
1966			Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru (from Lima)	Metropolitan Changed
1968			Little Brothers of Jesus	Approbation
1969	Diocese of Ihosy, Madagascar (Midongy-sud)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar	Territory Added
1997	Diocese of Colón, Panama	Name Changed	Diocese of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama	Name Changed
2009	Diocese of Posadas, Argentina (San Antonio de Padua, Cristo Rey, Santa Rita, San José Obrero, and Ascension del Señor (in Oberá); San Rafael Arcángel, Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, and María de Itatí (in Cainguás); Santa Teresita del Nino Jesus, Santa Catalina de Siena, and Santa ...) Diocese of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina (Cristo Rey, San Juan Neumann, and San Vicente de Paúl along with Asunción de la Santísima Virgen (Ukrainian, in Guaraní))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Oberá, Argentina	Erected
2009	Diocese of Posadas, Argentina (San Alberto Magno (in Puerto Rico) and San Luis Gonzaga (in Capioví))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina	Territory Added
2016			Franciscan Friars of the Renewal	Approbation

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