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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1603	Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala	Suppressed	Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala	Territory Added
1725	Diocese of Aquino, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy	Name Changed
1777			Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania	Erected
1891	Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Durango, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chihuahua, México	Erected
1891	Archdiocese of México, Federal District	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Durango, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Durango, México	Elevated
1891	Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Elevated
1891	Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Elevated
1891			Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México (From Mexico (Mexico) to Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico))	Metropolitan Changed
1891			Diocese of Sonora, México (From Guadalajara (Mexico) to Durango (Mexico))	Metropolitan Changed
1903	Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales, Colombia	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Québec, Canada (Kamouraslca, Islet, Montmagny, and Rivière du Loup)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Erected
1951	Diocese 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 Lost	Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Erected
1951	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Chelan, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima) Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA (Douglas, Grant, and Benton)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yakima, Washington, USA	Erected
1951	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington, USA	Elevated
1951			Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA (to Seattle)	Metropolitan Changed
1958	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated
1958	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda (West Nile)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arua, Uganda	Erected
1958	Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South) (Chungcheongnam-do)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Cheong-ju, Korea (South) Vicariate Apostolic of Daijeon, Korea (South)	Erected
1958	Diocese 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 Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa	Erected
1958	Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso (Ouahigouya)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Erected
1958	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria (Okigwi, Bende, and Aba)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria	Erected
1979			Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King	Decretum Laudis
1990			Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate	Founded
1999	Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
2018	Secretariat for Communications, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Dicastery for Communication, Roman Curia	Name Changed

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