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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1257	Diocese of Forcona, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of L’Aquila, Italy	Name Changed
1317	Diocese of Clermont, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Flour, France	Erected
1824	Diocese of Nancy, France Diocese of Toul, France	United	Diocese of Nancy (-Toul), France	United
1902	Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Piaui, Brazil	Erected
1903	Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cienfuegos, Cuba Diocese of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Erected
1920	Diocese of San Severino (Marche), Italy Diocese of Treia, Italy	United	Diocese of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	United
1929	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Queenstown, South Africa	Erected
1929	Vicariate Apostolic of Swatow [Shantou], China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaying [Meixian], China	Erected
1956	Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Territory Lost	Diocese of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles Diocese of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles (Grenada)	Erected
1956	Diocese of Meru, Kenya Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya	Erected
1956	Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso	Erected
1956	Archdiocese of Agra, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Meerut, India	Erected
1961	Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated	Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated
1961	Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai, Ethiopia	Elevated	Eparchy of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated
1961	Apostolic Exarchate of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Elevated	Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Elevated
1971	Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
2010	Territorial Prelature of Calama, Chile	Elevated	Diocese of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile	Elevated

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