The Year of Our Lord 1960

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
16 Jan	Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brasília, Brazil	Erected
16 Jan	Diocese of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
16 Jan	Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
19 Jan			Sons of Charity	Approbation
20 Jan	Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ilorin, Nigeria	Erected
29 Feb	Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Hauterive, Québec, Canada	Name Changed
1 Mar	Diocese of Sokodé, Togo	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Dapango, Togo	Erected
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Eugenio	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Established
12 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria ai Monti	Established
16 Mar			Delegation to Scandinavia	Established
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Name Changed
26 Mar	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
26 Mar	Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil Diocese of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
26 Mar	Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil Diocese of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
13 Apr	Diocese of Multan, Pakistan	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Erected
25 Apr	Diocese of Morondava, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Morombe, Madagascar	Erected
30 Apr	Diocese of Ponce, Puerto Rico Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Erected
30 Apr			Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands, USA	Erected
30 Apr	Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Elevated	Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Elevated
30 Apr	Archdiocese of México, Federal District	Territory Lost	Diocese of Texcoco, México, México	Erected
30 Apr	Diocese of Aracajú, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Diocese of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Erected
30 Apr	Diocese of Aracajú, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Elevated
30 Apr	Archdiocese of La Serena, Chile Diocese of San Felipe, Chile	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Illapel, Chile	Erected
10 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of El Obeid, Sudan	Erected
21 May	Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
21 May	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kisii, Kenya	Erected
28 May	Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Name Changed
31 May	Diocese of Segorbe, Spain	Name Changed	Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Name Changed
5 Jun			Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia	Erected
20 Jun	Diocese of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Diocese of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
21 Jun	Diocese of Rutabo, Tanzania	Name Changed	Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania	Name Changed
21 Jun	Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania	Name Changed	Diocese of Rulenge, Tanzania	Name Changed
25 Jun	Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
25 Jun	Diocese of Melo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Minas, Uruguay	Erected
28 Jun	Diocese of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Name Changed	Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria	Name Changed
Jul	Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA (Gaston County)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Territory Added
5 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Elevated
7 Jul	Diocese of Beni nel Congo	Name Changed	Diocese of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
22 Jul			Apostolic Exarchate of France (Armenian)	Erected
22 Jul			Apostolic Exarchate of France (Ukrainian)	Erected
2 Aug	Archdiocese of Asunción, Paraguay Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Caacupé, Paraguay	Erected
15 Aug	Apostolic Administration of Burgenland, Austria	Elevated	Diocese of Eisenstadt, Austria	Elevated
30 Aug			Franciscan Friars of the Atonement	Approbation
23 Sep			Nunciature to Madagascar	Established
23 Sep	Delegation to British Eastern and Western Africa	Split	Delegation to Eastern Africa Delegation to Central-Western Africa	Split
23 Sep	Delegation to Dakar	Name Changed	Delegation to Western Africa	Name Changed
22 Oct	Diocese of Florida, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tacuarembó, Uruguay	Erected
22 Oct	Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Borongan, Philippines	Erected
24 Oct			Diocese of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Erected
10 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru	Name Changed
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Cân Tho, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Erected
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Elevated	Archdiocese of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam	Elevated	Archdiocese of Huế, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Kontum, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Cân Tho, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Diocese of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Erected
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Erected
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam	Elevated	Archdiocese of Saigon, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Thái Bình, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Vinh, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Vinh, Viet Nam	Elevated
24 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Vinh Long, Viet Nam	Elevated	Diocese of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Elevated
27 Nov	Diocese of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Diocese of San Luis Potosí, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México	Erected
27 Nov	Diocese of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
5 Dec	Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Name Changed
17 Dec	Diocese of Salto, Uruguay Diocese of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mercedes, Uruguay	Erected
17 Dec			Territorial Prelature of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Erected
17 Dec	Territorial Prelature of Cotabato, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Marbel, Philippines	Erected
20 Dec	Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda Diocese of Nyundo, Rwanda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Erected
30 Dec			Cardinal Titular Church of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana	Established
30 Dec			Cardinal Titular Church of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe	Established

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