31st day of May

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Year	From		To
1844	Diocese of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Trapani, Italy	Erected
1850	Diocese of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nesqually, Washington, USA	Erected
1925	Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Name Changed
1930	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated
1930	Prefecture Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated
1930	Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated
1960	Diocese of Segorbe, Spain	Name Changed	Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Name Changed
1967	Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hasselt, Belgium	Erected
1974	Diocese of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
1976	Vicariate Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Elevated	Diocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Elevated
1976	Vicariate Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Kuching, Malaysia	Elevated
1976	Vicariate Apostolic of Miri, Malaysia	Elevated	Diocese of Miri, Malaysia	Elevated
1976	Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India Diocese of Warangal, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nalgonda, India	Erected
1986	Diocese of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sonsonate, El Salvador	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Name Changed
1993	Archdiocese of Eger, Hungary Diocese of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary	Territory Lost	Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Erected
1993	Diocese of Veszprém, Hungary	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kaposvár, Hungary	Erected
1993	Archdiocese of Kalocsa, Hungary	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Name Changed
1993	Diocese of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia Diocese of Litoměřice, Czechia Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Plzeň, Czechia	Erected
1993	Diocese of Veszprém, Hungary	Elevated	Archdiocese of Veszprém, Hungary	Elevated
1995	Territorial Prelature of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated	Diocese of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated
2007	Diocese of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada	Name Changed
2007	Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Suppressed	Diocese of Amos, Québec, Canada (Nunavik Territory) Diocese of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada (La Basse C“te Nord Territory) Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada (Labrador Territory)	Territory Added
2007	Diocese of Amos, Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Opitciwan (Obedjiwan)) Diocese of Joliette, Québec, Canada (Manawan) Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Parent)	Territory Added
2007	Diocese of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amos, Québec, Canada (Chisasibi, Radisson, Waskaganish)	Territory Added
2007			Nunciature to United Arab Emirates	Established
2011	Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Kuwait	Name Changed
2011	Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Yemen	Name Changed
2018	Diocese of Barcelona, Venezuela	Territory Lost	Diocese of El Tigre, Venezuela	Erected
2018	Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Beata Maria Vergine Assunta in Strumica-Skopje (Macedonian)	Elevated

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