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Diocese Events

St. Joseph the Worker (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
560	Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo	Name Changed	Cardinal Titular Church of Santi XII Apostoli	Name Changed
1298			Diocese of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Erected
1585			Diocese of Wenden (Windau), Poland	Erected
1818	Diocese of Belluno, Italy Diocese of Feltre, Italy	United	Diocese of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	United
1818	Archdiocese of Udine, Italy	Elevated	Diocese of Udine, Italy (Archdiocese to Diocese)	Elevated
1846			Vicariate Apostolic of Japan	Erected
1857			Augustinians of the Assumption	Decretum Laudis
1865			Diocese of Karput (Armenian), Turkey	Erected
1888	Eparchy of Mardin (Syrian), Turkey	United	Eparchy of Mardin ed Amida (Syrian), Turkey	United
1906	Diocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Elevated
1906	Diocese of Mariana, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Elevated
1906			Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)	Metropolitan Changed
1917	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith, Roman Curia	Established	Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Roman Curia	Established
1922	Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Name Changed
1923	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Schneidemühl, Poland	Erected
1925	Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil (Eumaytà and Porto Velho) Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil (San Antonio de Madeira)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Erected
1925	Prefecture Apostolic of Rio Negro, Brazil	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
1925	Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil (Labrea, Canutama, and Florian Peixoto)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1927	Diocese of Cali, Colombia Diocese of Pasto, Colombia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia (Tumaco, Barbacoas, Iscuandé, Ricaurte, Guapi, and Puerto Merizalde)	Erected
1928	Diocese of Damão, India Archdiocese of Goa, India	United	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, India	United
1929	Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay	Erected
1929	Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay	Erected
1929	Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Elevated	Archdiocese of Asunción, Paraguay	Elevated
1969	Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) (Hoengseon and Pyeongchangmyeong, Mitamyeong, Daehwamyeong, and Bangrimmyeong (in Pyeongchang))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wonju, Korea (South)	Territory Added
1969	Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South) (Jecheon and Danyang)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wonju, Korea (South)	Territory Added
1973			Nunciature to Côte d’Ivoire (from Senegal to Abidjan)	Territory Added
1973			Nunciature to Dahomey (from Dacaria)	Territory Added
2010	Apostolic Administration of Comores	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Comores	Elevated
2010	Territorial Prelature of Ipil, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Ipil, Philippines	Elevated

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