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Diocese Events


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YearFromTo
1829Archdiocese of Québec, Canada (Cape Breton) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Canada Territory Added
1848Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar Erected
1855Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia Erected
1859Diocese of Catania, Italy ElevatedArchdiocese of Catania, Italy Elevated
1890Archdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran Erected
1940Territorial Prelature of Mozambico (Zambézia (Beira, Tete, and Quelimane)) Territory LostDiocese of Beira, Mozambique Erected
1940Territorial Prelature of Mozambico (Niassa (Mocambique and Pòrto Amelia)) Territory LostDiocese of Nampula, Mozambique Erected
1940Territorial Prelature of Mozambico (Sui do Save (Lourenço Marques and Inhambane)) ElevatedArchdiocese of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique Elevated
1940Diocese of Macau, China (Island of Timor under the control of the Portuguese Republic) Territory LostDiocese of Díli, Timor-Leste Erected
1940Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Benguela (Benguela and Huambo))
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cunène, Angola (Huila (Mossâmedes and Huila))
Territory LostDiocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola Erected
1940Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Bié (Bié and Moxico) and Lunda (in Malanje)) Territory LostDiocese of Silva Porto, Angola Erected
1940Diocese of Angola e Congo (Luanda (Cabinda, Zaire, Gongo, Luanda, and Cuanza-North), Ciianza-Sul (in Benguela), and Malanje) ElevatedArchdiocese of Luanda, Angola Elevated
1940Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Jesuit territory) Territory LostMission "Sui Iuris" of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau Erected
1940Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola Territory Added
1940Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cunène, Angola Territory Added
1940Mission "Sui Iuris" of Lunda, Angola Territory Added
1940Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola Territory Added
1987Diocese of Daru, Papua New Guinea Name ChangedDiocese of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Name Changed
2009Diocese of Pietersburg, South Africa Name ChangedDiocese of Polokwane, South Africa Name Changed

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