28th day of April

Diocese Events

St. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr (Opt. Memorial)
St. Louis Mary de Montfort, priest (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1522	Diocese of Baracoa (All Cuba), Cuba	Name Changed	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba	Name Changed
1667			Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen, Germany (territory of Minden)	Erected
1892	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Erected
1905	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu, China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale}, China	Erected
1905	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China	Name Changed
1908	Diocese of Antioquía, Colombia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Chocó, Colombia	Erected
1911			Society of Saint Edmund	Approbation
1914	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Djibouti	Erected
1914			Prefecture Apostolic of Adamaua, Cameroon	Erected
1934	Diocese of Cebu, Philippines	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cebu, Philippines	Elevated
1934			Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
1934			Diocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
1934			Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
1934			Diocese of Jaro, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
1934			Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
1942	Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey, Niger	Erected
1952			Nunciature to Japan (to Internunciature)	Elevated
1953			Misioneros de Guadalupe	Approbation
1957	Diocese of Fréjus, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Name Changed
1958	Vicariate Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated
1958	Archdiocese of Cuzco, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Abancay, Peru	Erected
1958	Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Erected
1958	Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated
1961			Archeparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Erected
1975	Diocese of Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed	Diocese of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
1976	Delegation to Nigeria	Elevated	Nunciature to Nigeria	Elevated
1979	Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
1986	Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected

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