The Year of Our Lord 1947

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
9 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Erected
9 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Kinghsien [Jingxian], China	Elevated	Diocese of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Elevated
9 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Erected
27 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, Chile	Territory Lost	Diocese of Punta Arenas, Chile	Erected
22 Feb	Diocese of Cervia, Italy Archdiocese of Ravenna, Italy	United	Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	United
24 Feb			Congrégation du Sacré-Coeur	Approbation
3 Mar	Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Erected
14 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
8 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nyassa, Malawi	Erected
8 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Tingchow [Changting], China	Elevated	Diocese of Changting [Tingchow], China	Elevated
10 May	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Name Changed
25 May			Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain (became a Metroplitan)	Elevated
25 May	Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain	Erected
25 May	Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Diocese of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Erected
12 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Accra, Ghana	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Accra, Ghana	Elevated
12 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated
12 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Gao, Mali	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Erected
12 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kayes, Mali	Erected
12 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Erected
12 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sikasoo, Mali	Erected
10 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan	Elevated	Diocese of Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Elevated
10 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville, Gabon	Name Changed
10 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Taming [Daming], China	Elevated	Diocese of Daming [Taming], China	Elevated
10 Aug			Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Erected
15 Nov	Diocese of Dallas, Texas, USA Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Austin, Texas, USA	Erected
15 Nov	Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA	Split	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia, USA (District of Columbia plus Montgomery, Prince George, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties in the State of Maryland)	Split
13 Dec			Territorial Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Erected