The Year of Our Lord 1968

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
11 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Bafia, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Bafia, Cameroon	Elevated
11 Jan	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya	Erected
11 Jan	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya	Erected
20 Jan	Diocese of Maringá, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Erected
25 Jan	Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia	Elevated	Diocese of Subotica, Serbia	Elevated
29 Jan	Diocese of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada	Name Changed
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi	Established
9 Feb			Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian)	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania Territorial Abbey of Peramiho, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Njombe, Tanzania	Erected
2 Mar	Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, USA	Elevated
2 Mar	Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orlando, Florida, USA	Erected
2 Mar	Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA	Erected
2 Mar	Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Sorocaba, Brazil Diocese of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
7 Mar			Archeparchy of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq	Erected
7 Mar			Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq	Erected
11 Mar	Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lokossa, Benin	Erected
11 Mar	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Erected
11 Mar	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yagoua, Cameroon	Erected
22 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Name Changed
23 Mar	Diocese of Palo, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maasin, Philippines	Erected
23 Mar	Diocese of Sorsogon, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Masbate, Philippines	Erected
25 Mar			Military Ordinariate of El Salvador, Military	Erected
25 Mar	Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Split	Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná, Paraguay Territorial Prelature of Encarnación, Paraguay	Split
9 Apr	Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Diocese of Tamatave, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mananjary, Madagascar	Erected
9 Apr	Diocese of Ketapang, Indonesia Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sekadau, Indonesia	Erected
15 Apr	Diocese of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Name Changed	Diocese of Chipata, Zambia	Name Changed
20 Apr	Diocese of Sonsón, Colombia	Name Changed	Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Name Changed
26 Apr	Diocese of Abancay, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, Peru	Erected
30 Apr	Diocese of Zacapa, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Izabal, Guatemala	Erected
4 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir, India	Name Changed
11 May	Diocese of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Abbey of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
8 Jun	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Balasore, India	Erected
8 Jun	Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Lost	Diocese of Man, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
10 Jun	Archdiocese of Durango, Durango, México Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of El Salto, Durango, México	Erected
22 Jun	Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil	Erected
26 Jun	Archdiocese of Cuenca, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Diocese of Azogues, Ecuador	Erected
12 Jul	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lira, Uganda	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Amravati, India Archdiocese of Nagpur, India	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
29 Jul			Apostolic Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Jabalpur, India	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Indore, India	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
5 Sep	Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda	Erected
5 Sep	Diocese of Ngozi, Burundi	Territory Lost	Diocese of Muyinga, Burundi	Erected
26 Sep	Diocese of Lokoja, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Idah, Nigeria	Erected
26 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Battambang, Cambodia	Erected
26 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia	Erected
18 Oct	Vicariate Apostolic of Iceland {Islanda}	Elevated	Diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland	Elevated
18 Oct	Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Erected
22 Nov			Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
23 Nov	Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
23 Nov	Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Diocese of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
8 Dec	Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Split	Diocese of Feldkirch, Austria Diocese of Innsbruck, Austria	Split

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