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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1413			Diocese of Nardò, Italy	Erected
1848	Diocese of Quito, Ecuador	Elevated	Archdiocese of Quito, Ecuador	Elevated
1933	Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil (Floriano Peixoto)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil	Territory Added
1940	Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada (Territory of the Montagnais)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Territory Added
1944	Prefecture Apostolic of Shunteh [Xingtai], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Shunteh [Xingtai], China	Elevated
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia	Name Changed
1949	Prefecture Apostolic of Ndola, Zambia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ndola, Zambia	Elevated
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo, Madagascar (Tsiroanomandidy and Fenoarivo)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Erected
1962	Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Oakland, California, USA	Erected
1962	Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties) Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Erected
1962	Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA (Calaveras, Toulumne, and Mono Counties) Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Stockton, California, USA	Erected
1962	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México (District of Tehuacan) Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, México (Talcotepec (Santa Cruz), Atexcal (San Martin), Yehuaìtepec, Xochitlan (Todos Santos), Coyotepec (San Vicente), Ixcaquixtla (San Juan Bautista), Atenayuca (Juan N. Méndez), Cañada Morelos, and Palmar de Bravo.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tehuacán, Puebla, México	Erected
1962	Diocese of Colima, México Archdiocese of Durango, México Diocese of Zacatecas, México	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Erected
1962	Diocese of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil (Cities of Palmares, Barreiros, Agua Prêta, Joaquim Nabuco, Catende, Beiern de Maria, Maraial, Lagôa dos Gatos, and Cupira) Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (Cities of Rio Formoso, Sirinhaém, Gameleira, Ribeirâo, and Cortes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil	Erected
1962	Territorial Prelature of Davao, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Tagum, Philippines	Erected
1962	Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (Solano County)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA	Territory Added
1964	Archdiocese of México, Federal District (Coyotepec, Cuautitlan, Chapa de Mota, Huehuetoca, Huixquilucan, Iturbide, Jilotepec, Jilotzingo, Naucalpan, Nicolas Romero, Soyaniquilpan, Teoloyucan, Tepotzotlan, Tlalnepantla, Tultitlan, Villa del Carbon, and Zaragoza) Diocese of Texcoco, México, México (Coacalco)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Erected
1964	Archdiocese of México, Federal District (Acambay, Aculeo, Morelos, Polotitlan, Temascalcingo, and Timilpan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toluca, México, México	Territory Added
1977	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Bacabal and São Luis de Gonzaga (formerly Ipixuna))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Added
1977	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Vitoria do Mearim)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Added
1977	Diocese of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil (Zé Doca, Chapéu de Couro, and Bom Jardim)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Added
1990	Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay	Name Changed	Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay	Name Changed
2014			Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite)	Erected
2018	Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota, USA (Saint John in Lansford)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Territory Added

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