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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1519			Territorial Prelature of Pescia, Italy	Erected
1577	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arequipa, Peru Diocese of Trujillo, Peru	Erected
1592	Diocese of Asti, Italy Diocese of Mondovi, Italy Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fossano, Italy	Erected
1742			Vicariate Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey	Erected
1783			Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus	Erected
1884	Diocese of Portland, Maine, USA (New Hampshire)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Erected
1895	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Tonking {Tonkino Superiore}, Viet Nam	Erected
1901	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Tonking {Tonkino Marittimo}, Viet Nam	Erected
1910	Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA	Erected
1914			Delegation to Australia (Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand)	Established
1920			Nunciature to Venezuela (to Nunciature)	Elevated
1924	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1924	Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China (ShentseJi) Vicariate Apostolic of Central Chi-Li {Ce-Li Centrale}, China (Shulu, AnMvo, Poye, Lihsien, and Kaoyang)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lihsien, China	Erected
1929	Vicariate Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China (Island of Hainan)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Hainan [Hainan], China	Erected
1931	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Aitape and Sepik)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Central New Guinea	Territory Added
1939	Diocese of Carpi, Italy (S. Antonio, La Bordinetta, and Ponte Pietra)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Territory Added
1939	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy (C. Pignatti, Vuccelliera, Qualiara, S. Liberated, Montalbano, and Dogale Delfini)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Carpi, Italy	Territory Added
1968	Diocese of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Name Changed	Diocese of Chipata, Zambia	Name Changed
1970	Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Vargas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Guaira, Venezuela	Erected
1982			Diocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (Porto Velho and Ariquemes)	Territory Added
1982			Diocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (Guajará-Mirim, Costa Marques, and Colorado do Oeste)	Territory Added
1982			Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Ji-Paraná, Cocoal, Espigão d'Oeste, Jarú, Ouro Prêto do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Presidente Medid, and Vilhena (in Mato Grosso do Norte) and part of Vila Bela)	Territory Added
1991	Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles Diocese of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles (Manchester, Clarendon, and Saint Elizabeth (all in Middlesex))	Erected
1998	Diocese of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archdiocese of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Itapetininga, Tatui, Sao Miguel Arcanjo, Pilar do Sul, Angatuba, Paranapanema, Alambari, Campiña do Monte Alegre, Cesario Lange, Cápela do Alto, Guareí, Sarapui, Porangaba, and Torre de Pedra)	Erected
2000	Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México (Alpatláhuac, Amatlán de los Reyes, Atoyac, Calcahualco, Camarón de Tejeda, Coetzala, Comapa, Córdoba, Coscomatepec, Cuichapa, Cuitláhuac, Chocamán, Fortín, Huatusco, Ixhuatlán del Café, Naranjal, Omealca, Paso del Macho, Sochiapa, Tlaltetela, Tepatlaxc...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Córdoba, Veracruz, México	Erected
2000	Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México (Alcultzingo, Aquila, Astancinga, Atlahuilco, Ciudad Mendoza, Huiloapan de C, Ixhuatlancillo, Ixtaczoquitlán, La Perla, Magdalena, Maltrata, Mariano Escobedo, Mixtla de A ., Nogales, Orizaba, Rafael Delgado, Río Blanco, San Andrés Tenejapa, Santa Ana ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orizaba, Veracruz, México	Erected

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