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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1784	Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain (formally) Diocese of Québec, Canada (de facto)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada	Erected
1856	Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China	Erected
1856	Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China	Name Changed
1892	Diocese of Sivas {Sebaste} (Armenian), Turkey Diocese of Tokat {Toqat} (Armenian), Turkey	Elevated	Archdiocese of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey	Elevated
1901	Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Lycoming and Center) Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan (Bar-el-Gazai region)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Erected
1913	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Name Changed
1962			Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil (Ukrainian)	Erected
1966	Archdiocese of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1966	Archdiocese of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1966	Archdiocese of Elisabethville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1966	Archdiocese of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Mbandaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
1975	Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain (Arcos de las Salinas, Cervera, and Las Dueñas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Territory Added
1975	Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain (Santa Cruz de Moya)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cuenca, Spain	Territory Added
1977	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Southern and central part of 24 Paraganas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baruipur, India	Erected
1977	Diocese of Navrongo, Ghana	Name Changed	Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana	Name Changed
1977	Diocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated
1977			Diocese of Wa, Ghana (from Cape Coast)	Metropolitan Changed
1980	Diocese of Leeds, England, Great Britain (South Yorkshire) Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain (St. Thomas and Our Lady (in Sheffield); Bassetlaw, and Bamford, Chesterfield, Clowne, Dronfield, Eckington, Hathersage, and Staveley)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hallam, England, Great Britain	Erected
1996	Archdiocese of Olomouc, Czechia (Bílovec, Bruntál, Frydek, Hlucín, Jeseník, Karviná, Krnov, Mistek, Novy Jicin, Opava, and Ostrava)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia	Erected
2019	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Elevated	Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Elevated
2020	Diocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated
2020			Diocese of Dolisie, Congo (from Brazzaville)	Metropolitan Changed
2020			Diocese of Nkayi, Congo (from Brazzaville)	Metropolitan Changed
2020	Diocese of Owando, Congo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Owando, Congo	Elevated
2020			Diocese of Impfondo, Congo (from Brazzaville)	Metropolitan Changed
2020			Diocese of Ouesso, Congo (from Brazzaville)	Metropolitan Changed
2023	Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Elevated
2023			Diocese of Reno, Nevada, USA (from San Francisco)	Metropolitan Changed
2023			Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (from San Francisco)	Metropolitan Changed

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