11th day of August

Diocese Events

St. Clare, virgin (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1536	Diocese of M�xico, Federal District	Territory Lost	Diocese of Michoac�n, M�xico	Erected
1664			La Soci�t� des Missions Etrang�res	Approbation
1829	Archdiocese of Qu�bec, Canada (Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and the Magdalen Islands)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Erected
1843	Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Western Pennsylvania)	Erected
1865			Society of Mary	Approbation
1903	Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), M�xico	Elevated	Archdiocese of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
1922			Delegation to China	Established
1926	Prefecture Apostolic of Cook e Manihiki, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China (Haimen, Tsungmin, Nantung, Jukao, Taihing, and Tsingkiang)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Haimen [Haimen], China	Erected
1931	Diocese of Melo, Uruguay	Name Changed	Diocese of Florida-Melo, Uruguay	Name Changed
1945			Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Territory Added
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Solim�es (Upper Solim�es), Brazil	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Alto Solim�es, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Tef�, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Tef�, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
1950	Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines (Cotabato and Sulu)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu, Philippines	Erected
1956	Diocese of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Elevated
1956			Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain (from Burgos)	Metropolitan Changed
1956			Diocese of Jaca, Spain (from Zaragoza)	Metropolitan Changed
1956			Diocese of San Sebasti�n, Spain (from Burgos)	Metropolitan Changed
1984	Archdiocese of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Name Changed
1984	Diocese of Teruel (-Albarrac�n), Spain	Name Changed	Diocese of Teruel y Albarrac�n, Spain	Name Changed

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