17th day of December

Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1659	Diocese of Cochin, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar, India	Erected
1787	Diocese of Camerino, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Camerino, Italy	Elevated
1832			Delegation to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq	Established
1841	Diocese of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Erected
1841			Society of Precious Blood	Approbation
1850	Diocese of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland	Split	Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland Diocese of Ross, Ireland	Split
1913	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend'Oreille, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Benton, Franklin, Walla-Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA	Erected
1922	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {G�rny Sląsk}, Poland	Erected
1936	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (Dera Ghazi Khan with Buoch Trans Frontier, Muzaffargarth, Jhang, Multan, Montgomery, Lyalpur, Dera Ismail Khan, along with Bhaj�kar and Bahawalpur)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Multan, Pakistan	Erected
1938	Archdiocese of Eger, Hungary (J�zsa, Szov�t, Tet�tlen, F�ldes, and Sap)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Debreczen, Hungary	Territory Added
1938	Archdiocese of Eger, Hungary (Tiszaherecseny, Tiszaadony Tiszavid, Tiszaszalka, and K�ntorj�nos)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of M�rk, Hungary	Territory Added
1938	Apostolic Administration of M�rk, Hungary (Z�honij Ilk and Nyirvasv�ri)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Eger, Hungary	Territory Added
1940			Paulist Fathers	Approbation
1949	Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines (Davao)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Davao, Philippines	Erected
1952	Diocese of Manizales, Colombia (Immaculate Conception B. M. V., Sacred Heart of Jesus, from Montenegro, generally, La Tebaida, Calarc�, C�rbiba, Pijao, Genova; parish vicariates: Barcelona and Buenavista, Filandia, Circassia, Quimbaya, and Salento)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Armenia, Colombia	Erected
1952	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia (Santander del Sur)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Erected
1952	Diocese of Cali, Colombia (Buga, San Pedro, Tulu�, Andaluc�a, Bugalagrande, Sevilla, and Caicedonia) Archdiocese of Popay�n, Colombia (Florida, Candelaria, Pradera, Palmira, Cerrito, Guacar�, and Ginebra)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palmira, Colombia	Erected
1952	Prefecture Apostolic of Choc�, Colombia (Pueblo Rico and S. Antonio de Chami) Diocese of Manizales, Colombia (Nuestra Se�ora de la Pobreza, N. S. de la Valvanera, Virginia, Viterbo, Ap�a, Santuario, Bel�n de Umbria, Mistrat�, Anserma, Belalc�zar, Gu�tica (with S. Clement), Arabia, Balboa and La Celia; parts of Marseilles and S. Rosa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pereira, Colombia	Erected
1956	Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru (Part of Caiamarca (Cutervo, Chota, and Santa Cruz)) Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru (Lambayeque (Chiclayo, Lambayeque, and Ferre�afe))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru	Erected
1960	Diocese of Salto, Uruguay (Soriano) Diocese of San Jos� de Mayo, Uruguay (Colonia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mercedes, Uruguay	Erected
1960	Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piau�, Piaui, Brazil (Sao Raimundo Nonato, Canto do Burit�, Caracol, and Sao Jo�o do Piaui)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of S�o Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Erected
1960	Territorial Prelature of Cotabato, Philippines (Marbel, Banga, Dadiangas, Glan, Kiamba, Lagao, Milbuk, Norala, Polomolok, Tupi, and Bolol)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Marbel, Philippines	Erected
1962	Diocese of Le�n en Nicaragua (Esteli, Madriz, and Nueva Segovia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Esteli, Nicaragua	Erected
1973	Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North along with Lomagundi, Urungwe, Kariba, Sipolilo, and Mount Darwin)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinoia, Zimbabwe	Erected
1974	Diocese of Majunga, Madagascar (Andriamena)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Territory Added
1976	Diocese of Wollongong, Australia (Eurobadalla)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Territory Added
1976	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia (Waugoola)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bathurst, Australia	Territory Added
1976	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia (Jemalong)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Territory Added
1977	Diocese of Amravati, India (Districts of Aurangabad and Parbhani) Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India (Districts of Bhir, Nanded, and Osmanabad)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aurangabad, India	Erected
1977	Prefecture Apostolic of Idah, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Idah, Nigeria	Elevated
1982	Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands (Malaita District)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Auki, Solomon Islands	Erected
1982	Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Erected
1992	Diocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Bahaigan Pendalaman (Interior Division))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Keningau, Malaysia	Erected
1998			Nunciature to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)	Established
2022	Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Macerata, Italy	Name Changed
2022			Titular See of Recanati Titular See of Cingoli Titular See of Tolentino Titular See of Treia	Established

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