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Year	From		To
1550	Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal Diocese of Guarda, Portugal	Territory Lost	Diocese of Portalegre, Portugal	Erected
1856	Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Erected
1856	Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China	Erected
1856	Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China	Name Changed
1928	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Erected
1959	Diocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Diocese of Kimberley, South Africa Vicariate Apostolic of Windhoek, Namibia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bechuanaland, Botswana	Erected
1959	Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Elevated
1964	Pontifical Commission for Educational and Religious Films, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Roman Curia	Name Changed
1977	Diocese of Lucena, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Boac, Philippines	Erected
1990	Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aba, Nigeria	Erected
2008	Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru	Elevated	Diocese of Huarí, Peru	Elevated
2014	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split
2020	Vicariate Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Kontagora, Nigeria	Elevated

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