The Year of Our Lord 1887

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Utah, USA	Erected
unknown	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated
unknown			Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Founded
unknown	Diocese of Eastern Bengal, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Dacca, Bangladesh	Name Changed
unknown	Diocese of Central Bengal, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Krishnagar, India	Name Changed
unknown			Missionary Servants of the Poor	Founded
unknown			Discalced Mercedarians	Restored
7 Jan	Diocese of Alton, Illinois, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Erected
11 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania ((or 30 Dec 1886))	Erected
12 Mar			Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception	Approbation
15 Mar	Territorial Abbey of Saints Nicholas and Benedict	Elevated	Diocese of Monaco	Elevated
17 Mar			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Nuova	Established
30 Apr			Hijos de la Sagrada Familia	Decretum Laudis
5 May	Diocese of Armidale, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Grafton, Australia	Erected
5 May	Diocese of Wellington (Port Nicholson), New Zealand	Territory Lost	Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand	Erected
10 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland, Australia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown, Australia	Name Changed
10 May	Diocese of Brisbane, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia	Elevated
10 May	Diocese of Armidale, Australia Diocese of Bathurst, Australia Diocese of Goulburn, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wilcannia, Australia	Erected
10 May	Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sale, Australia	Erected
10 May	Diocese of Adelaide, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Port Augusta, Australia	Erected
10 May	Diocese of Perth, Australia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Erected
10 May	Diocese of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated
10 May	Diocese of Wellington (Port Nicholson), New Zealand	Elevated	Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand	Elevated
10 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)	Elevated
10 May			Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
10 May			Diocese of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada (from Québec)	Metropolitan Changed
10 May			Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
10 May			Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac, Ontario, Canada (from Québec)	Metropolitan Changed
20 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
7 Jun			Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
7 Jun	Diocese of Madurai, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Trichinopoly, India	Name Changed
7 Jun			Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
6 Jul	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan	Erected
6 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China	Split
11 Jul	Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nagpur, India	Erected
2 Aug	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (Republic, Cloud, Ottawa, Saline, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Russell, Osborne, Smith, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Trego, Graham, Norton, Decatur, Sheridan, Gove, Wallace, Thomas, Rawlins, Cheyenne, and Sherman)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Erected
2 Aug	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (McPherson, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Clarke, Meade, Foote, Buffalo, Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Sequoyah, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Erected
2 Aug	Diocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Wyoming)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Erected
2 Aug	Diocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Erected
16 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Denver, Colorado, USA	Erected
26 Sep			Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier	Founded
16 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania	Split

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