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Diocese Events

1979 and Earlier

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

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