The Year of Our Lord 1892

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Diocese of Dallas, Texas, USA (Counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson)	Territory Added
unknown			St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart	Founded
unknown	Diocese of Allahabad, India	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bettiah, India	Erected
unknown			Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine	Erected
11 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Norvegia (Norway)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia	Elevated
15 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated
5 Apr	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Erected
12 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Togo	Erected
27 Apr	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil	Erected
27 Apr	Diocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
27 Apr	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Erected
27 Apr	Diocese of Olinda, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paraíba, Brazil	Erected
27 Apr	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
27 Apr			Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Apr			Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (from São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Erected
30 May	Diocese of Sivas {Sebaste} (Armenian), Turkey Diocese of Tokat {Toqat} (Armenian), Turkey	Elevated	Archdiocese of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey	Elevated
14 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Seychelles	Elevated	Diocese of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Elevated
18 Jul			Broeders van O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes	Approbation
1 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, Angola	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Erected
1 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, Angola	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Upper Cimbebasia {Cimbebasia Superiore}, Angola	Name Changed
14 Aug	Diocese of Parma, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Name Changed
24 Sep			Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate	Approbation
3 Dec	Archdiocese of Genova, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiavari, Italy	Erected

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