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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1603	Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala	Suppressed	Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala	Territory Added
1725	Diocese of Aquino, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy	Name Changed
1777			Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania	Erected
1891	Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Durango, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chihuahua, México	Erected
1891	Archdiocese of México, Federal District	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Durango, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Durango, México	Elevated
1891	Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Elevated
1891	Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Erected
1891	Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Elevated
1891			Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México (From Mexico (Mexico) to Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico))	Metropolitan Changed
1891			Diocese of Sonora, México (From Guadalajara (Mexico) to Durango (Mexico))	Metropolitan Changed
1903	Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales, Colombia	Erected
1951	Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Erected
1951	Archdiocese of Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Erected
1951	Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Erected
1951	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington, USA	Elevated
1951	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yakima, Washington, USA	Erected
1958	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated
1958	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arua, Uganda	Erected
1958	Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cheong-ju, Korea (South) Vicariate Apostolic of Daijeon, Korea (South)	Erected
1958	Diocese of Bremersdorp, eSwatini Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa Diocese of Lydenburg, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa	Erected
1958	Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Erected
1958	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria	Erected
1979			Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King	Decretum Laudis
1990			Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate	Founded
1999	Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
2018	Secretariat for Communications, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Dicastery for Communication, Roman Curia	Name Changed

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