16th day of November

Diocese Events

St. Margaret of Scotland (Opt. Memorial)
St. Gertrude, virgin (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1676	Territorial Prelature of Pernambuco, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Olinda, Brazil	Elevated
1676	Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Elevated
1676	Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elevated
1676			Diocese of Angola e Congo (from Lisboa to São Salvador da Bahia)	Metropolitan Changed
1854	Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed
1883			Prefecture Apostolic of Magallanes, Chile	Erected
1887	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania	Split
1925	Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium	Name Changed	Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Name Changed
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador	Erected
1963	Diocese of Mysore, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chikmagalur, India	Erected
1963	Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Kitui, Kenya	Elevated
1970	Prefecture Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Elevated
1972	Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa	Elevated
1983	Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Tibú, Colombia	Name Changed
2000	Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia	Erected

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