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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1228	Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lavant, Slovenia	Erected
1419	Diocese of Firenze, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Elevated
1570	Diocese of Santiago de Chile (Tucumán)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Erected
1613			Société de l’Oratoire de Jésus	Approbation
1865			Congregazione dei Figli dell’Immacolata Concezione	Approbation
1869			Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul	Approbation
1887	Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland, Australia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown, Australia	Name Changed
1887	Diocese of Brisbane, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia	Elevated
1887	Diocese of Armidale, Australia Diocese of Bathurst, Australia Diocese of Goulburn, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wilcannia, Australia	Erected
1887	Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sale, Australia	Erected
1887	Diocese of Adelaide, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Port Augusta, Australia	Erected
1887	Diocese of Perth, Australia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Erected
1887	Diocese of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated
1887	Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand	Elevated	Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand	Elevated
1887	Prefecture Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated
1889	Vicariate Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of New Guinea	Erected
1889	Vicariate Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania) Vicariate Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of New Britain, Papua New Guinea	Erected
1898	Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China	Split
1910	Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China	Erected
1910	Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China	Name Changed
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Erected
1926	Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil Diocese of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil Diocese of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Erected
1926	Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Elevated
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China	Erected
1926	Diocese of Tiraspol, Moldova	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Caucasus, Russian Federation Apostolic Administration of Odessa, Ukraine Apostolic Administration of Russia (Armenian), Russian Federation Apostolic Administration of Tiflis and Georgia Apostolic Administration of Volga, Russian Federation	Erected
1941	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
1941			Society of St. Paul	Decretum Laudis
1946	Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania	Erected
1946	Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania	Name Changed
1947	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Name Changed
1951	Prefecture Apostolic of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China	Elevated	Diocese of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China	Elevated
1951	Prefecture Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated
1951	Prefecture Apostolic of Puchi [Puqi], China	Elevated	Diocese of Puqi [Puchi], China	Elevated
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda	Name Changed
1951	Prefecture Apostolic of Siangyang [Xiangyang], China	Elevated	Diocese of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China	Elevated
1954	Diocese of Manizales, Colombia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Manizales, Colombia	Elevated
1958			Apostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian)	Erected
1960	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of El Obeid, Sudan	Erected
1963	Diocese of Puerto Montt, Chile	Elevated	Archdiocese of Puerto Montt, Chile	Elevated
1989	Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina	Name Changed	Diocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Name Changed
2000	Archdiocese of Guwahati, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bongaigaon, India	Erected

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