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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1676	Territorial Prelature of Pernambuco, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Olinda, Brazil	Elevated
1676	Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Elevated
1676	Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
1676			Diocese of Angola e Congo (from Lisboa to São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
1854	Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed
1883			Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile	Erected
1887	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania	Split
1925	Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium	Name Changed	Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Name Changed
1940	Diocese of Imola, Italy (S. Petronius in Castelbolognese)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Faenza, Italy	Territory Added
1940	Diocese of Faenza, Italy (Bianeanigo)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Imola, Italy	Territory Added
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador (Canton Aguarico)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador	Erected
1954	Diocese of Noto, Italy (Contrada S. Giacomo)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Territory Added
1963	Diocese of Mysore, India (Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Hassan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chikmagalur, India	Erected
1963	Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Kitui, Kenya	Elevated
1964	Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile (Chagres in Aconcagua)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Felipe, Chile	Territory Added
1967	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica (Cantón Esparta and part of Cantón Central Puntarenas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Territory Added
1970	Prefecture Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Elevated
1972	Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa	Elevated
1983	Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Tibú, Colombia	Name Changed
2000	Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia (Gambella and part of Ilubabor)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia	Erected
2021	Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Sucre (Miranda))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Petare, Venezuela	Erected

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