The Year of Our Lord 1995

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia	Territory Added
unknown			Titular See of Alton	Established
unknown			Titular See of Grass Valley	Established
unknown			Titular See of Jamestown	Established
unknown			Titular See of Kearney	Established
unknown			Titular See of Lead	Established
unknown			Titular See of Leavenworth	Established
unknown			Titular See of Natchitoches	Established
unknown			Titular See of Nesqually	Established
unknown			Titular See of Quincy	Established
unknown			Titular See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan	Established
unknown			Titular See of Vincennes	Established
unknown			Titular See of Concordia	Established
3 Feb	Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana	Territory Lost	Diocese of Damongo, Ghana	Erected
3 Feb	Diocese of Yola, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana	Territory Lost	Diocese of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana	Territory Lost	Diocese of Obuasi, Ghana	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Oyo, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Osogbo, Nigeria	Erected
21 Mar	Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Split	Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Diocese of Reno, Nevada, USA	Split
31 Mar	Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Name Changed
31 Mar	Diocese of Košice, Slovakia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Košice, Slovakia	Elevated
31 Mar			Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia (from Trnava)	Metropolitan Changed
31 Mar			Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia (from Trnava)	Metropolitan Changed
1 Apr	Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba	Split	Diocese of Cienfuegos, Cuba Diocese of Santa Clara, Cuba	Split
1 Apr	Diocese of Daltonganj, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hazaribag, India	Erected
1 Apr	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Khunti, India	Erected
18 May	Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
18 May	Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
31 May	Territorial Prelature of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated	Diocese of Tunis, Tunisia	Elevated
10 Jun	Diocese of Abomey, Benin	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin	Erected
10 Jun	Diocese of Natitingou, Benin	Territory Lost	Diocese of Djougou, Benin	Erected
10 Jun	Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mbaïki, Central African Republic	Erected
14 Jun	Diocese of Maitland, Australia	Name Changed	Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Name Changed
15 Jun	Diocese of Barbastro, Spain	Name Changed	Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain	Name Changed
17 Jun	Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela	Elevated	Archdiocese of Calabozo, Venezuela	Elevated
28 Jun	Diocese of Texcoco, México, México Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ecatepec, México, México	Erected
10 Jul	Diocese of Guwahati, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Guwahati, India	Elevated
10 Jul	Diocese of Imphal, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Imphal, India	Elevated
10 Jul	Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria	Erected
10 Jul	Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Otukpo, Nigeria	Erected
12 Jul	Diocese of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Name Changed	Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina	Name Changed
25 Jul	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica	Erected
31 Oct			Military Ordinariate of Venezuela, Military	Erected
2 Nov	Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Erected
6 Nov			Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Erected
6 Nov			Eparchy of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)	Erected
17 Nov	Archdiocese of Chihuahua, México Territorial Prelature of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México (Name Changed and Elevated to a Diocese)	Elevated
25 Nov	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Territory Lost	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Liepāja, Latvia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jelgava, Latvia	Erected
2 Dec	Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia	Erected
6 Dec	Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kericho, Kenya	Erected
9 Dec	Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba	Erected
15 Dec	Diocese of Ilorin, Nigeria Diocese of Minna, Nigeria Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Erected
15 Dec	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kano, Nigeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kano, Nigeria	Elevated
15 Dec	Diocese of Meru, Kenya	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya	Erected
21 Dec	Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea	Erected
21 Dec	Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea	Erected
21 Dec			Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”	Approbation