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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1860	Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya ((or 12 Nov 1862))	Erected
1934	Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1934	Prefecture Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Elevated
1934	Prefecture Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1938	Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan, USA	Erected
1944	Diocese of Campinas, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1970	Diocese of Fort William, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Name Changed
1977	Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Diocese of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
1977	Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
1977	Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Diocese of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
1977	Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India Diocese of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1977	Diocese of Ahmedabad, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
1977	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Diocese of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
1977	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Diocese of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
1977	Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Diocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
2010	Diocese of Toamasina, Madagascar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Toamasina, Madagascar	Elevated
2010			Diocese of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar (from Antananarivo)	Metropolitan Changed
2010			Diocese of Moramanga, Madagascar (from Antananarivo)	Metropolitan Changed
2010			Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar (from Antsiranana)	Metropolitan Changed

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