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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1771	Diocese of Guarda, Portugal	Territory Lost	Diocese of Castelo Branco, Portugal	Erected
1887			Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
1887	Diocese of Madurai, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Trichinopoly, India	Name Changed
1887			Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
1895			Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Decretum Laudis
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil	Erected
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campinas, Brazil	Erected
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Erected
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil	Erected
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Vale do Paraíba Paulista, the São Paulo side of Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar, and the North Coast)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1908	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
1910	Archdiocese of Popayán, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cali, Colombia	Erected
1916			Nunciature to Haiti (to Internunciature)	Elevated
1922	Diocese of Košice, Slovakia (Jaszó-Ujfalu, Lelesz, and Kiralyhelniec) Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia (Jaszó (abbey and city), Débròd, Rudnok, Felso-Mecenzéf, and Jaszó-Mindszent) Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania (Nagy-Kapos)	Territory Lost	Territorial Abbey of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia	Erected
1929	Diocese of Płock, Poland (Rynia)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Territory Added
1929	Archdiocese of Poznań, Poland (Orzechowo and Pieczkowo)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland	Territory Added
1951	Diocese of Port Augusta, Australia	Name Changed	Diocese of Port Pirie, Australia	Name Changed
1954	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (Anzoátegui)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barcelona, Venezuela	Erected
1954	Diocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela (Portuguese) Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela (Guanarito)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guanare, Venezuela	Erected
1954	Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela (Achaguas, Muñoz, and San Fernando) Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Páez)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Erected
1965	Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Hanna Parish and Delia Mission)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Territory Added
1966	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberleys, Australia	Elevated	Diocese of Broome, Australia	Elevated
1966	Prefecture Apostolic of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Elevated
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of San Luigi dei Francesi	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani	Established
1967			Cardinal Titular Church of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata	Established
1980	Diocese of Bujumbura, Burundi	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bubanza, Burundi	Erected

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