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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1317	Diocese of Toulouse, France	Elevated	Archdiocese of Toulouse, France	Elevated
1317	Archdiocese of Narbonne, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alet, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Albi, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Castres, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Agen, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Condom, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Toulouse, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lavaur, France Diocese of Saint-Papoul, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Poitiers, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maillezais, France	Erected
1317			Diocese of Mirepoix, France Diocese of Pamiers, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Cahors, France Diocese of Toulouse, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montauban, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Pamiers, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rieux, France	Erected
1317	Archdiocese of Narbonne, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomi�res, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of P�rigueux (Vesuna), France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sarlat, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Limoges, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tulle, France	Erected
1317	Diocese of Rodez, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vabres, France	Erected
1820	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA (North and South Carolina and Georgia) Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA (Entire state of Virginia)	Erected
1835			Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Decretum Laudis
1882	Diocese of Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Peterborough, Northumberland, Durham, and Victoria Counties) Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Canada (Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts)	Name Changed	Diocese of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed
1882	Diocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Diocese of Trois-Rivi�res, Qu�bec, Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac, Ontario, Canada	Erected
1887	Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nagpur, India	Erected
1936	Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA (Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Diego, California, USA	Erected
1936	Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, USA	Elevated
1936			Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA (from San Francisco)	Metropolitan Changed
1936			Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, USA (from Santa Fe to Los Angeles)	Metropolitan Changed
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Mount Currie, South Africa	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Lang S�n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lang S�n et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Peng-yang, Korea (North)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (North)	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Elevated
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon (Bafia)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Yaound�, Cameroon	Territory Added
1939	Diocese of Osaka, Japan (Nara and Mie)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kyoto, Japan	Territory Added
1946	Diocese of Allahabad, India (Goraldipur, Azamgarli, Ballia, Jaunpur, Ghezipur, Behares, and Mirza)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Gorakhpur, India	Erected
1950	Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy (Giarralana)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Noto, Italy	Territory Added
1950	Diocese of Noto, Italy (Buccheri, Ferla, Gassaro, Buscemi, and Palatolo Acreide)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Territory Added
1950			Vicariate Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
1958	Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil (Araujos and Perdig�o) Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Divin�polis, Carmo de Caiur�, Claudio, Itapecerica, Itauna, Mateus Lerne, Nova Serrana, Para de Minas, Pitangui, S�o Gon�alo de Para, and On�a of Pequi)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Divin�polis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
1966	Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Name Changed
1966	Territorial Prelature of Davao, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Davao, Philippines	Elevated
1975	Congregation for Divine Worship, Roman Curia Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia	United	Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, Roman Curia	United
1978	Diocese of San Mart�n, Argentina (Partido of General Sarmiento)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Miguel, Argentina	Erected
1985	Diocese of Cairns, Australia (Islands of Kawa, Mata Kawa, and Kussa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Daru, Papua New Guinea	Territory Added
1992	Diocese of Tacna, Peru	Name Changed	Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru	Name Changed
2000	Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quich�, Guatemala	Name Changed	Diocese of Quich�, Guatemala	Name Changed
2006			Nunciature to Monaco	Established
2013	Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Territory Added
2014	Prefecture Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon	Elevated
2019			Apostolic Exarchate of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)	Erected

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