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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1885	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected
1956	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Formosa, Goias, Brazil Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Erected
1956	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Erected
1956	Territorial Prelature of Bananal, Brazil Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (Archdiocese to Diocese)	Elevated
1956	Territorial Prelature of Jataí, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Elevated
1956	Territorial Prelature of Bananal, Brazil Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil	Erected
1960	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
1960	Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil Diocese of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
1960	Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil Diocese of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
1987			Eparchy of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA	Erected
1987			Eparchy of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia	Erected
1990	Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ndalatando, Angola	Erected
1992	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Established	Delegation to Somalia	Established
1992	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Established	Delegation to Djibouti	Established
1992	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Name Changed	Delegation to Arabian Peninsula	Name Changed
1994	Diocese of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated
1994	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria	Elevated
1994	Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated
1994	Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated
1994	Diocese of Jos, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria	Elevated
1994	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated
2015			Eparchy of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
2015			Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected

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