The Year of Our Lord 1945

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
15 Jun			Prefecture Apostolic of Labateca, Colombia	Erected
13 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Diocese of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada	Erected
13 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru	Erected
1 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Name Changed
4 Aug	Diocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Elevated
24 Nov	Archdiocese of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy	Name Changed
24 Nov	Diocese of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Vallo di Lucania, Italy	Name Changed
14 Dec	Diocese of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador	Erected
22 Dec	Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Erected
22 Dec	Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Erected