The Year of Our Lord 1853

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Erected
4 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands	Erected
4 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands	Erected
4 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands Vicariate Apostolic of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Elevated	Diocese of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Elevated
4 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Erected
14 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands	Elevated	Diocese of Breda, Netherlands	Elevated
19 Jul	Diocese of Autun, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Name Changed
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Portland, Maine, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Monterey, California, USA	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, USA	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA	Territory Added
29 Jul	Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan, USA	Erected
29 Jul			Diocese of Monterey, California, USA (to San Francisco)	Metropolitan Changed
23 Nov	Diocese of Arras, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Name Changed
23 Nov	Diocese of Quimper, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Name Changed
26 Nov			Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Erected
19 Dec			Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Erected