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Diocese Events

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Year	From		To
1848	Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Erected
1855	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia	Erected
1859	Diocese of Catania, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Catania, Italy	Elevated
1890			Archdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran	Erected
1940	Territorial Prelature of Mozambico	Territory Lost	Diocese of Beira, Mozambique Diocese of Nampula, Mozambique	Erected
1940	Diocese of Macau, China	Territory Lost	Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste	Erected
1940	Territorial Prelature of Mozambico	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Elevated
1940	Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cunène, Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola	Erected
1940	Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Silva Porto, Angola	Erected
1940	Diocese of Angola e Congo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola	Elevated
1940	Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Erected
1940	Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola	Territory Added
1940	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cunène, Angola	Territory Added
1940	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Lunda, Angola	Territory Added
1940	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola	Territory Added
1987	Diocese of Daru, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed	Diocese of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
2009	Diocese of Pietersburg, South Africa	Name Changed	Diocese of Polokwane, South Africa	Name Changed

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