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Diocese Events

St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1216	Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiemsee, Germany	Erected
1659			Archeparchy of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Erected
1785	Diocese of Passau, Germany	Territory Lost	Diocese of Linz, Austria Diocese of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Erected
1785	Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Leoben, Austria	Erected
1785	Diocese of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Territory Added
1897			St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Decretum Laudis
1904	Congregation for Indulgences and Relics, Roman Curia	Suppressed	Congregation of (Sacred) Rites, Roman Curia	Territory Added
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia	Erected
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kaffa {Kaffa Meridionale}, Ethiopia	Erected
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsuapa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Added
1926	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsuapa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1927	Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy (Malo)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vicenza, Italy	Territory Added
1935	Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania Prefecture Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania	Erected
1935	Prefecture Apostolic of Loyang [Luoyang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Loyang [Luoyang], China	Elevated
1935	Prefecture Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1935	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Miyazaki, Japan	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Miyazaki, Japan	Elevated
1939			Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland (Sanniki)	Territory Added
1956	Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Elevated
1961	Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
1961	Diocese of Colima, México (Autlan de Navarro, Cabo Corrientes (Tuito), Casimiro Castillo, Ejutla, El Grullo, La Huerta, El Limón, Purificación, Tomatlán, Cihuatlán, and Cuatitlán) Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México (Atengo, Ayutla, Cuautlá, Juchitlán, Tecolotlán, Tenamaxtlán, and Unión de Tula)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Erected
1961	Diocese of Crato, Ceara, Brazil (Acopiara, Arneiroz, Aiuaba, Cariús, Catarina, Cedro, Cococí, Ico, Iguatú, Jucas, Oros, Parambú, Saboeiro, and Tauá) Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil (Milha, Mombaça, Pedra Branca, Piquet Carneiro, Senador Pompeu, and Solonópole)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Erected
1995	Vicariate Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela (Páez and Northern part of Mara along with Gonzalo Antonio)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Territory Added
1995	Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela (Parts of Encontrados and Udón Pérez)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela	Territory Added
2006	Archdiocese of Shillong, India (West Khasi Hills)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nongstoin, India	Erected
2006	Archdiocese of Shillong, India (Jaintia Hills)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jowai, India	Erected

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