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Diocese Events


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YearFromTo
1244Diocese of Antibes, France Name ChangedDiocese of Grasse, France Name Changed
1525Diocese of Satriano, Italy Name ChangedDiocese of Satriano e Campagna, Italy Name Changed
1575Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Erected
1593Diocese of Urgell, Spain
Diocese of Vic, Spain
Territory LostDiocese of Solsona, Spain Erected
1850Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA ElevatedArchdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Elevated
1850Diocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains, USA (Area East of the Rocky Mountains except for AR, MO, and MN) Erected
1850Diocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA ElevatedArchdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Elevated
1850Diocese of New York, New York, USA ElevatedArchdiocese of New York, New York, USA Elevated
1850Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Territory LostDiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (State of Minnesota) Erected
1850Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA Territory LostDiocese of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA (Virginia west of the Allegheny Mountains and West of Maryland) Erected
1850Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA
Territory LostDiocese of Savannah, Georgia, USA (State of Georgia and Florida to the Appalachicola River) Erected
1850Diocese of Durango, México Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of New Mexico, USA Erected
1850Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Natchez, Mississippi, USA (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Metropolitan Changed
1850Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA (from Baltimore to Cincinnati)
Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA (from Baltimore to Cincinnati)
Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA (from Baltimore to Cincinnati)
Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, USA (from Baltimore to Cincinnati)
Metropolitan Changed
1850Diocese of Albany, New York, USA (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Buffalo, New York, USA (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA (from Baltimore to New York)
Metropolitan Changed
1850Diocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, USA (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, USA (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Metropolitan Changed
1853Diocese of Autun, France Name ChangedDiocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France Name Changed
1870Vicariate Apostolic of Central Burma {Centrale}, Myanmar Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar Name Changed
1870Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Burma {Birmania Meridio-Occid.}, Myanmar Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar Name Changed
1870Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Central Bengal, India Erected
1901Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa, Algeria Erected
1901Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali Name Changed
1910Armen-Brüder des Heiligen Franziskus Seraphikus Approbation
1910Armen-Brüder des Heiligen Franziskus Seraphikus Decretum Laudis
1928Vicariate Apostolic of Wonsan, Korea (North) (Civil province of Yenki) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China Erected
1939Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania (Territory in Hungary) Territory LostApostolic Administration of Satu Mare {Szatmár} in Slovakia, Slovakia Erected
1951Diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles Name ChangedDiocese of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles Name Changed
1951Prefecture Apostolic of Kankan, Guinea (Macenta) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of N’Zérékoré, Guinea Territory Added
1951Prefecture Apostolic of N’Zérékoré, Guinea (Siguirini and Kankan) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Kankan, Guinea Territory Added
1969Archdiocese of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Diocese of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Territory Added
1981Missionari dei Poveri Founded
1984Vicariate Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia ElevatedDiocese of Arauca, Colombia Elevated
1999Nunciature to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles Established
2001Diocese of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil (Parts of Bacabal and São Luiz Gonzaga do Maranhão now in Alto Alegre do Maranhão) Territory LostDiocese of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil Territory Added
2002Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India (Kancheepuram except Saint Thomas) Territory LostDiocese of Chingleput, India Erected

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