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Diocese Events

St. Romuald, abbot (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1325	Diocese of Arezzo, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cortona, Italy	Erected
1821	Diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Ohio)	Erected
1852	Diocese of Isernia, Italy Diocese of Venafro, Italy	United	Diocese of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	United
1903	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baker City, Oregon, USA	Erected
1903	Diocese of Vancouver Island, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	Elevated
1903			Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (from Saint-Boniface)	Metropolitan Changed
1903			Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada (to Vancouver Island)	Metropolitan Changed
1920	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (Part of parish of St. Anna des Plaines)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Territory Added
1928	Vicariate Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China (Kweiteh, Ningling, Kaocheng, Yucheng, Siayi, and Yuncheng)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China	Erected
1931			Diocese of Csanád, Hungary (Cathedral moved)	Elevated
1931	Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, México (Teziutlan and Huetemalco)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Papantla, Puebla, México	Territory Added
1952	Diocese of Cochin, India (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alleppey, India	Erected
1952	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Sumatra)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia	Erected
1952	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Teluk-Betung and Kroë)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang, Indonesia	Erected
1952	Diocese of Sendai, Japan (Oshima and Hakodate)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan	Territory Added
1957	Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México (Arriaga, Villaflores, Villa Corzo, Tonala, La Concordia, Angel A. Corzo, Pijijiapam, Mapestepec, Motozintla, Siltepec, Bellavista, La Grandeza, Bejucal, Amatenango, Porvenir, Mazapa, Escuintla, Aeacoyagua, Acapetagua, Huixtla, Pueblo Nuevo, Tuzantan, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Erected
1957	Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México (Torreón, Viesca, Matamoros, San Pedro, and Francisco I. Madero)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Erected
1965	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Kenya	Established
1970	Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique (Gaza)	Territory Lost	Diocese of João Belo, Mozambique	Erected
1972	Diocese of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Mata and Sao Vincente do Sul)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Added
1976	Diocese of Avellaneda, Argentina (Quilmes, Berazategui, and Florencio Várela)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quilmes, Argentina	Erected
1984	Diocese of Varanasi, India (Gorakhpur, Basti, and Deoria)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1989	Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú-Puerto Inírida, Colombia	Elevated
1989	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated
2006	Nunciature to Serbia and Montenegro	Name Changed	Nunciature to Serbia	Name Changed
2006	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia	Name Changed
2008	Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon (Océan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kribi, Cameroon	Erected
2008	Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon (Vallée-du-Ntem)	Name Changed	Diocese of Ebolowa, Cameroon	Name Changed

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