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Diocese Events

St. Rita of Cascia, religious (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1545			Diocese of Leiria, Portugal	Erected
1876	Vicariate Apostolic of Japan	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan	Erected
1876	Vicariate Apostolic of Japan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan	Name Changed
1877	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas, USA	Elevated	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised into a Diocese)	Elevated
1913	Prefecture Apostolic of Rajputana, India	Elevated	Diocese of Ajmer, India	Elevated
1919	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia	Erected
1931	Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Erected
1937	Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Elevated
1937	Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Erected
1961	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1961	Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
1972	Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Name Changed
1998	Archdiocese of Bombay, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vasai, India	Erected
2010	Diocese of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated
2010	Diocese of Hakha, Myanmar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kalay, Myanmar	Erected

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