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Diocese Events


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YearFromTo
1603Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala SuppressedDiocese of Santiago de Guatemala Territory Added
1725Diocese of Aquino, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy Name Changed
1777Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania Erected
1891Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Territory LostDiocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Erected
1891Diocese of Durango, México Territory LostDiocese of Chihuahua, México Erected
1891Archdiocese of México, Federal District Territory LostDiocese of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Erected
1891Diocese of Durango, México ElevatedArchdiocese of Durango, México Elevated
1891Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Territory LostDiocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Erected
1891Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México ElevatedArchdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Elevated
1891Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Territory LostDiocese of Tepic, Nayarit, México Erected
1891Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México ElevatedArchdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Elevated
1891Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México (From Mexico (Mexico) to Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico)) Metropolitan Changed
1891Diocese of Sonora, México (From Guadalajara (Mexico) to Durango (Mexico)) Metropolitan Changed
1903Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales, Colombia Erected
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA Territory LostDiocese of Juneau, Alaska, USA Erected
1951Archdiocese of Québec, Canada (Kamouraslca, Islet, Montmagny, and Rivière du Loup) Territory LostDiocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Erected
1951Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada (3 parishes in Argenteuil)
Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (18 parishes in Terrebonne; 8 parishes from Deux Montagnes; and 4 parishes from Argenteuil)
Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (7 parishes from Argenteuil)
Territory LostDiocese of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Erected
1951Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Chelan, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima)
Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA (Douglas, Grant, and Benton)
Territory LostDiocese of Yakima, Washington, USA Erected
1951Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA ElevatedArchdiocese of Seattle, Washington, USA Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA (to Seattle) Metropolitan Changed
1958Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México Elevated
1958Diocese of Gulu, Uganda (West Nile) Territory LostDiocese of Arua, Uganda Erected
1958Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South) (Chungcheongnam-do) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cheong-ju, Korea (South)
Vicariate Apostolic of Daijeon, Korea (South)
Erected
1958Diocese of Bremersdorp, eSwatini (Piet Retief)
Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa (Newcastle, Utrecht, Dundee, Klip Eivier, Helpmekaar, and parts of Msinga, Weenan, and Bergville north of Tugela river)
Diocese of Lydenburg, South Africa (Ermelo, Bethal, Standerton, Volksrust, Amersfoort, and Wakkerstroom)
Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa Erected
1958Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso (Ouahigouya) Territory LostDiocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Erected
1958Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria (Okigwi, Bende, and Aba) Territory LostDiocese of Umuahia, Nigeria Erected
1979Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King Decretum Laudis
1990Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate Founded
1999Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India Territory LostDiocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Erected
2018Secretariat for Communications, Roman Curia Name ChangedDicastery for Communication, Roman Curia Name Changed

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