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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1844	Archdiocese of Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of North-West (Nord-Ouest), Canada	Erected
1920	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Elevated
1924	Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Erected
1929			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Changtien, China	Erected
1954			Apostolic Administration of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Erected
1957			Military Ordinariate of Netherlands, Military	Erected
1962	Prefecture Apostolic of Kiayi, Taiwan	Elevated	Diocese of Kiayi, Taiwan	Elevated
1962	Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya, Japan	Elevated	Diocese of Nagoya, Japan	Elevated
1962	Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata, Japan	Elevated	Diocese of Niigata, Japan	Elevated
1962	Prefecture Apostolic of Taichung, Taiwan	Elevated	Diocese of Taichung, Taiwan	Elevated
1962	Archdiocese of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Diocese of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected

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