The Year of Our Lord 1853

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Erected
unknown	Diocese of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada ((between 15 Aug 1852 and Advent 1854))	Name Changed	Diocese of Saint John in New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada	Name Changed
4 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Erected
4 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Limburg, Netherlands	Elevated	Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands	Elevated
4 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Grave, Netherlands Vicariate Apostolic of Megen, Netherlands Vicariate Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Elevated	Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Elevated
13 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mangalore, India	Erected
14 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands	Elevated	Diocese of Breda, Netherlands	Elevated
15 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Quilon, India	Erected
19 Jul	Diocese of Autun, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Name Changed
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Between 32° and 33° lattitude, from the Mississippi River to the boundaries of Texas)	Erected
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA (Long Island)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, USA (Vermont) Diocese of Portland, Maine, USA (Maine and New Hampshire)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, USA (Eastern part of KY)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Erie, Warren, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Clarion, Jefferson, Elk, McKeon, Potter, and Clearfield)	Erected
29 Jul	Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA (State of New Jersey)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Monterey, California, USA	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA (Area between the Colorado River and the Pacific Ocean, between Pueble San José and 42° lattitude)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, USA (Southern part of IL)	Erected
29 Jul	Diocese of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA	Suppressed	Diocese of Nesqually, Washington, USA Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Territory Added
29 Jul	Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan, USA (Upper peninsula of Michigan and the adjacent islands)	Erected
29 Jul			Diocese of Monterey, California, USA (to San Francisco)	Metropolitan Changed
29 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of New Mexico, USA	Elevated	Diocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Elevated
27 Sep			Congregación de San Pedro ad-Vincula	Decretum Laudis
23 Nov	Diocese of Arras, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Name Changed
23 Nov	Diocese of Quimper, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Name Changed
26 Nov			Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Erected
19 Dec			Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Erected

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