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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1252	Diocese of Atri, Italy Diocese of Penne, Italy	United	Diocese of Penne e Atri, Italy	United
1853	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Quilon, India	Erected
1887	Territorial Abbey of Saints Nicholas and Benedict	Elevated	Diocese of Monaco	Elevated
1892	Prefecture Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated
1909	Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland (Klonkov and Wyzega)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Płock, Poland	Territory Added
1923	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana (Quittait and Tripoli (Denu)) Vicariate Apostolic of Togo (Area subject to English rule)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana	Erected
1923	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar (Western part)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Erected
1923	Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania (Bussambiro)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania	Territory Added
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Athabaska, Alberta, Canada (East of 113 longitude)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada	Territory Added
1927	Vicariate Apostolic of Athabaska, Alberta, Canada	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada	Name Changed
1936			Nunciature to Guatemala (to Nunciature)	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Swaziland	Elevated
1939	Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil (Saint Philip)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Territory Added
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China (Tung-peh and Lung-chen)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China	Territory Added
1939	Vicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo, Madagascar (Ankavandra)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar	Territory Added
1950	Delegation to Indonesia	Elevated	Nunciature to Indonesia (as Internunciature)	Elevated
1979	Prefecture Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia	Elevated
1989	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Itapecerica da Serra, Embú, Embú-Guacú, Juquitiba, and Taboäo da Serra along with São Lucas (in Lapa) and São Pedro and São Paulo (in Centro))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1989	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Osasco, Barueri, Carapicuíba, Cotia, Itapeví, Ibiúna, Jandira, Mairinque, São Roque, and Vargem Grande Paulista along with San Antonio (in Lapa))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1989	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1989	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1999	Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru (San Ignacio de Loyola de Ichuna (in Departamento de Moquegua))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Puno, Peru	Territory Added
2000	Archdiocese of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia	Name Changed
2016	Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon (Ndian, Meme, and part of Kupe-Manenguba)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon	Erected

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