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Diocese Events

St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1239			Diocese of Recanati, Italy	Erected
1817			Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Erected
1886	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo {Congo Inferiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1924	Archdiocese of Michoacán, México	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Name Changed
1924	Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Archdiocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Erected
1929	Vicariate Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tali [Dali], China	Erected
1958	Diocese of Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Chihuahua, México	Elevated
1958	Archdiocese of Durango, México Diocese of Sinaloa, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México	Erected
1958	Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Erected
1967	Diocese of Fort Rosebery, Zambia	Name Changed	Diocese of Mansa, Zambia	Name Changed
1967	Diocese of Abercorn, Zambia	Name Changed	Diocese of Mbala, Zambia	Name Changed
1968			Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
1980	Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier	Name Changed
1983			Military Ordinariate of Korea, Military (as Vicariate)	Erected
2005	Diocese of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Erected
2017	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil	Erected

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