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Diocese Events

Annunciation (Solemnity)

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Year	From		To
1643			Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Founded
1798			Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland	Erected
1839	Archdiocese of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus	Territory Added
1907	Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Erected
1931			Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchebray	Approbation
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Neghelli, Ethiopia	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Name Changed
1937	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Elevated
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Dessié, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Gondar, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai, Ethiopia	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Name Changed
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rubaga, Uganda	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Kigoma, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Masaka, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Masaka, Uganda	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mwanza, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Maswa, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Karema, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Rutabo, Tanzania	Elevated
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania	Elevated
1960	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Name Changed
1964	Diocese of Barcelona, Spain	Elevated	Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain	Elevated
1964	Diocese of Madrid, Spain	Elevated	Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain	Elevated
1966	Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México	Erected
1968			Military Ordinariate of El Salvador, Military	Erected
1968	Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Split	Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná, Paraguay Territorial Prelature of Encarnación, Paraguay	Split
1972	Diocese of Colima, México Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Erected
1972	Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Singida, Tanzania	Erected
1972			Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Melkite Greek)	Erected
1981	Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello, Italy	Name Changed
1983	Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, USA Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lubbock, Texas, USA	Erected
1992	Diocese of Białystok, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Białystok, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Katowice, Poland Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Częstochowa, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Diocese of Gdańsk, Poland Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Elbląg, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Łomża, Poland Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ełk, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland Diocese of Katowice, Poland Diocese of Opole, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gliwice, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Gdańsk, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Katowice, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Katowice, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland Diocese of Opole, Poland Archdiocese of Poznań, Poland Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kalisz, Poland	Erected
1992	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Legnica, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Łódź, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Łódź, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Lublin, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lublin, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Łódź, Poland Diocese of Płock, Poland Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Łowicz, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Name Changed	Diocese of Pelplin, Poland	Name Changed
1992	Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Przemyśl, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland	Split	Diocese of Radom, Poland Diocese of Sandomierz, Poland	Split
1992	Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland Diocese of Tarnów, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rzeszów, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland Diocese of Kielce, Poland Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sosnowiec, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toruń, Poland	Erected
1992	Diocese of Gorzów, Poland	Name Changed	Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Name Changed
1992	Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Warmia, Poland	Elevated
1992	Diocese of Płock, Poland Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Erected
1992	Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów, Poland Diocese of Lublin, Poland	Name Changed	Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland	Name Changed
1993	Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimoney of Art and History, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, Roman Curia	Name Changed
2002	Diocese of Indore, India Diocese of Udaipur, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jhabua, India	Erected
2009	Territorial Prelature of Libmanan, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Libmanan, Philippines	Elevated

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