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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1542	Diocese of Safim, Morocco	Suppressed	Diocese of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco	Territory Added
1841			Nunciature to Belgium (to Nunciature)	Elevated
1853	Diocese of Arras, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Name Changed
1853	Diocese of Quimper, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Name Changed
1883	Prefecture Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Elevated
1922	Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea	Elevated
1968	Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
1968	Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Diocese of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
1976	Archdiocese of Saigon, Viet Nam	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam	Name Changed
1989	Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Name Changed	Diocese of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar	Name Changed
1998	Diocese of Coro, Venezuela	Elevated	Archdiocese of Coro, Venezuela	Elevated
1999	Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea}	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale}	Erected
1999	Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea}	Name Changed	Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia {Russia Europea Settentrionale}	Name Changed
2019	Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India	Elevated	Eparchy of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India	Elevated

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