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Year	From		To
1570	Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal	Territory Lost	Diocese of Elvas, Portugal	Erected
1570	Diocese of Ceuta, Spain Diocese of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco	United	Diocese of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain	United
1870			Broeders van de Onbevlekte Ontvangenis van de Heilige Maagd Maria	Approbation
1920	Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania (Courland (within Latvia))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Riga, Latvia	Territory Added
1922	Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Name Changed
1933	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (From the St. Lawrence River, the Richelieu River, and the US-Canada border)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Erected
1933	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Erected
1933	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed
1942	Prefecture Apostolic of Fengsiang [Fengxiang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fengsiang [Fengxiang], China	Elevated
1942	Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Parts in Algeria)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Gao, Mali (San and Tougan, Gourma-Rharous and Gao, of Goundam (upto 20th parallel line) and of Issaber or NiafounJcé, and Tombouctou (upto 20th parallel line), and Mopti)	Erected
1942	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Territory Added
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia	Erected
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio, Colombia	Name Changed
1949	Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Szeyang, Tsinkiangpu or Tlweiyin, Uivaian, Paoying, Kaoyu, Yangchow or Kiangtu, and Ichcng)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China	Erected
1949	Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Tunghai, Kanyu, Bhuyang, Kwanyun, Lienshui, Fowning, Yencheng, Hinghwa, Tungtai, and Taichow)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Haizhou [Haichow, Donghai, Tunghai], China	Erected
1949	Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai], China (Soochow (or Wuhsien), Changshu, Taitsang, Kun Shan, and Wujiang)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Suzhou [Soochow], China	Erected
1950	Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar (Maintirano and Morafenobe)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Territory Added
1962	Diocese of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México (Benito Juárez, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chicontepec, Ilamatlán, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Plantón Sánchez, Tantoyuca, Tempoal, and Zontecomatlán) Diocese of Papantla, Puebla, México (Tuxpan, Amatlán, Citlaltepec, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Tamalin, Tamiahua, Tancoco, Tantima, Teayo, Temapache, Tepetzintla, and Tihuatlán) Diocese of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México (Huayacocotla, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, and Zacualpan) Diocese of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México (Panuco, Pueblo Viejo, and Tampico Alto)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Erected
1962	Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México (Acula, Amatitlán, Casamaloapan, Santiago Ixmatlahuacán, and Tlacotalpan) Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México (Alvarado, Boca del Rio, Cotaxtla, Ignacio de la Llave, Jamapa, La Antigua, Manlio F. Altamirano, Medellín, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Soledad de Doblado, Tierra Blanca, Tlalixcoyan, Ursulo Galván, and Veracruz)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veracruz, México	Erected
1962	Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Name Changed
1962	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Mogi das Cruzes, Arujá, Ferraz de Vasconcellos, Guararema, Guarulhos, Itaquaquecetuba, Poá, and Suzano) Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Igaratá, Salesopólis, and Santa Isabel)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1986	Diocese of Meru, Kenya (Embu)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Embu, Kenya	Erected
1990	Eparchy of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon	Split	Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon Eparchy of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon	Split
1990			Eparchy of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon	Split
1990	Eparchy of Joubbé (Maronite), Lebanon Diocese of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon	United	Eparchy of Joubbé, Batrun e Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon	United
1997			Nunciature to Guyana, Antilles	Established
2014	Diocese of Cuautitlán, México, México (Nicolás Romero, Tepotzotlán, and Cuautitlán Izcalli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Izcalli, México, México	Erected
2016			Ordinariate of Spain, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Erected
2021	Diocese of Cheju, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Diocese of Jeju, Korea (South)	Name Changed
2021	Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Diocese of Chuncheon, Korea (South)	Name Changed

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