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YearFromTo
1550Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Diocese of Guarda, Portugal
Territory LostDiocese of Portalegre, Portugal Erected
1856Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China Erected
1856Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China Erected
1856Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China Name Changed
1928Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia
Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia Erected
1959Diocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Diocese of Kimberley, South Africa
Vicariate Apostolic of Windhoek, Namibia
Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Bechuanaland, Botswana Erected
1959Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria ElevatedDiocese of Oturkpo, Nigeria Elevated
1964Pontifical Commission for Educational and Religious Films, Roman Curia Name ChangedPontifical Commission for Social Communications, Roman Curia Name Changed
1968Diocese of Barcelona, Spain (San Lupo de Viabrea and La Batilloria) Territory LostDiocese of Gerona, Spain Territory Added
1973Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur, India (Guna) Territory LostArchiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India Territory Added
1977Diocese of Lucena, Philippines (Marinduque) Territory LostDiocese of Boac, Philippines Erected
1990Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria (Isiala Ngwa, Obioma Ngwa, Aba Urban, and Ukwa-Ndoki) Territory LostDiocese of Aba, Nigeria Erected
2008Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru ElevatedDiocese of Huarí, Peru Elevated
2012Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (Fort Chipewyan) Territory LostDiocese of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Territory Added
2014Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine SplitArchiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
Split
2020Vicariate Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria ElevatedDiocese of Kontagora, Nigeria Elevated

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