The Year of Our Lord 1948

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Pontifical Commission of Social Communications, Roman Curia	Erected
8 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
8 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated
19 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian)	Erected
19 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada (Ukrainian)	Erected
19 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian)	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (Ukrainian)	Name Changed
31 Jan	Diocese of Marseille, France	Elevated	Archdiocese of Marseille, France	Elevated
5 Feb	Diocese of Goulburn, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Elevated
11 Feb			Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine	Erected
12 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated
12 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Erected
12 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
12 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Onitsha-Owerri, Nigeria	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Onitsha, Nigeria Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria	Split
28 Feb	Archdiocese of Quito, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ambato, Ecuador	Erected
1 Mar			Archdiocese of Zadar (Zara), Croatia (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
7 Mar	Diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba, Peru	Erected
11 Mar	Diocese of Concepción y Chaco, Paraguay	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay	Erected
11 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sintang, Indonesia	Erected
9 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa	Name Changed
9 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}, South Africa Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Pretoria, South Africa	Erected
9 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Queenstown, South Africa	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Queenstown, South Africa	Elevated
13 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouidah, Benin	Name Changed
13 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Lishui [Lishui], China	Elevated	Diocese of Lishui [Lishui], China	Elevated
13 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Makassar, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Makassar, Indonesia	Elevated
13 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey, Niger	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Parakou, Benin	Erected
19 May			Territorial Abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
20 May	Archdiocese of Bombay, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Erected
10 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated
10 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Mountain Provinces, Philippines	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Elevated
10 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kampala, Uganda	Erected
12 Jun			Nunciature to India (from Delegation)	Elevated
8 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
8 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
15 Jul	Diocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Los Ríos, Ecuador	Erected
17 Jul	Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Erected
7 Aug	Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Erected
15 Aug			Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles	Approbation
11 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Timor Olandese, Indonesia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Name Changed
12 Nov	Archdiocese of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland	Split	Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland Archdiocese of Poznań, Poland	Split
9 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sukabumi, Indonesia	Erected
9 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Elevated
9 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Tali [Dali], China	Elevated	Diocese of Tali [Dali], China	Elevated
9 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa	Elevated
11 Dec	Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, USA Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Erected
11 Dec	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Fernando, Philippines	Erected

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