The Year of Our Lord 1955

Diocese Events

January to June

Date	From		To
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Diocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Diocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar	Elevated	Diocese of Kengtung, Myanmar	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay, Myanmar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar	Elevated
1 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Ogoja, Nigeria	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bassein, Myanmar	Erected
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar	Elevated	Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar	Elevated
1 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rangoon, Myanmar	Elevated
18 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Elevated
21 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
21 Feb	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria Diocese of Kaduna, Nigeria Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kabba, Nigeria	Erected
21 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia	Erected
25 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia}	Elevated	Diocese of Helsinki, Finland	Elevated
25 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Kagoshima, Japan	Elevated	Diocese of Kagoshima, Japan	Elevated
25 Feb	Archdiocese of Malacca, Singapore	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Erected
25 Feb	Archdiocese of Malacca, Singapore	Territory Lost	Diocese of Penang, Malaysia	Erected
25 Feb	Archdiocese of Malacca, Singapore	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore	Name Changed
6 Mar			Archdiocese of Panamá (becomes a Metropolitan)	Elevated
6 Mar	Archdiocese of Panamá	Territory Lost	Diocese of David, Panama	Erected
7 Mar	Diocese of Tunja, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Duitama, Colombia	Erected
5 Apr	Diocese of Uberaba, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
5 Apr			Diocese of Dumaguete, Philippines	Erected
21 Apr	Apostolic Administration of Copiapó, Chile	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Copiapó, Chile	Elevated
29 Apr	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated
8 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Aysén, Chile	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Aysén, Chile	Elevated
8 May	Archdiocese of Nagpur, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amravati, India	Erected
8 May	Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar, Kenya	Erected
13 May	Diocese of Ajmer, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Name Changed
12 Jun			Territorial Prelature of Bangued, Philippines	Erected
12 Jun	Diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Diocese of San Fernando, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Iba, Philippines	Erected