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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1888			Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Approbation
1908	Prefecture Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1910	Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1910	Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Meru, Kenya	Erected
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Name Changed
1926	Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Kharkiv, Ukraine Apostolic Administration of Mohilev, Belarus Apostolic Administration of Moscow, Russian Federation	Erected
1926	Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus Diocese of Tiraspol, Moldova	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk, Russian Federation	Erected
1944	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]	Elevated
1944	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Elevated
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Name Changed
1949	Prefecture Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Elevated
1949	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bellary, India	Elevated	Diocese of Bellary, India	Elevated
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls, Zambia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Livingstone, Zambia	Elevated
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinú-San Jorge, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia	Elevated
1951	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Guatemala	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jalapa, Guatemala Diocese of Zacapa, Guatemala	Erected
1951	Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Guatemala Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala	Erected
1951	Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of El Petén, Guatemala	Erected
1951	Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (Ukrainian)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Erected
1951	Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada (Ukrainian)	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada	Name Changed
1951	Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian)	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Name Changed
1951	Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (Ukrainian)	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada	Name Changed
1951	Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Diocese of Cheong-ju, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Hamheung, Korea (North)	Elevated	Diocese of Hamhŭng, Korea (North)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Inch’on, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Kwangju, Korea (South)	Elevated	Archdiocese of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Monze, Zambia	Erected
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Pyong-Yang, Korea (North)	Elevated	Diocese of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Elevated	Archdiocese of Seoul, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Archdiocese of Bamako, Mali	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ségou, Mali	Erected
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Daijeon, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1962	Vicariate Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Elevated	Archdiocese of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Elevated
1964	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Warri, Nigeria	Erected
1986	Prefecture Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir, India	Elevated	Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Elevated
1997	Delegation to Libya	Elevated	Nunciature to Libya	Elevated

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