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Diocese Events

St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor (Memorial)


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YearFromTo
1860Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China Erected
1860Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China Name Changed
1893Delegation to United States of America Established
1944Sons of Divine Providence Decretum Laudis
1950Diocese of Penne e Pescara, Italy (27 parishes bounded by Fano Adriano, Pietracamela, Tossiccia, Colledara, Isola del Gran Sasso, and Castelli) Territory LostDiocese of Teramo e Atri, Italy Territory Added
1962Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Parish of Beaver Brook) Territory LostDiocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick Territory Added
1974Diocese of Cuttack, India (Parts of Ganjam and Koraput)
Diocese of Visakhapatnam, India (Kalahandi and Parts of Ganjam and Koraput)
Territory LostDiocese of Berhampur, India Erected
1974Diocese of Cuttack, India ElevatedArchdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India Elevated
1974Diocese of Sambalpur, India (from Ranchi) Metropolitan Changed
1976Diocese of Belgaum, India (North Kanara (Uttara Kannada)) Territory LostDiocese of Karwar, India Erected
1981Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (Mannar and Vavuniya) Territory LostDiocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka Erected
1981Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria (Ekiti, Mbano, Okigwe, and Isuikwuato) Territory LostDiocese of Okigwe, Nigeria Erected
1981Military Ordinariate of Kenya, Military (Ordinariate) Elevated
1983Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (East Rizal) Territory LostDiocese of Antipolo, Philippines Erected
1983Diocese of Ozamis, Philippines ElevatedArchdiocese of Ozamiz, Philippines Elevated
1983Diocese of Dipolog, Philippines (from Zamboanga) Metropolitan Changed
1983Diocese of Pagadian, Philippines (from Zamboanga) Metropolitan Changed
1983Diocese of Iligan, Philippines (from Cagayan de Oro to Ozamiz) Metropolitan Changed
1983Territorial Prelature of Marawi, Philippines (from Cagayan de Oro) Metropolitan Changed
1997Diocese of Salem, India (Dharmapuri) Territory LostDiocese of Dharmapuri, India Erected
1998Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Guantánamo) Territory LostDiocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba Erected
2009Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar (Hpa-an, Kawkareik, Kyar-inn-seik-gyi, Hpa-pun, Myawaddy, Hlaingbwe, Kyaikto, Kyaikmayaw, Chaungson, Paung, Beelin, and Thaton) Territory LostDiocese of Hpa-an, Myanmar Erected

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