The Year of Our Lord 1897

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
28 Jan			St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Decretum Laudis
12 Feb			Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi (to Vicariate Apostolic)	Elevated
15 Feb	Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Plata, Argentina	Erected
15 Feb	Diocese of Paraná, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Fe, Argentina	Erected
15 Feb	Diocese of Salta, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina	Erected
21 Mar			Eparchy of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)	Erected
6 Apr	Diocese of Jamestown, North Dakota, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Name Changed
14 Apr	Diocese of Montevideo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Salto, Uruguay	Erected
14 Apr	Diocese of Montevideo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Melo, Uruguay	Erected
14 Apr	Diocese of Montevideo, Uruguay	Elevated	Archdiocese of Montevideo, Uruguay	Elevated
8 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Erected
28 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Erected
1 Jul	Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Concordia, Kansas, USA (Counties of Washington, Clay, Riley, Geary, and Dickinson)	Territory Added
16 Jul	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Petrópolis, Brazil	Name Changed
27 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of English Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Erected
28 Jul	Diocese of Mérida, Venezuela	Territory Lost	Diocese of Zulia, Venezuela	Erected
14 Aug	Archdiocese of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Rhodos {Rhodes} and Adjacent Islands, Greece	Erected
20 Aug			Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico	Decretum Laudis
4 Oct	Order of Discalced Friars Minor Order of Observant Friars Minor Order of Friars Minor Recollect Order of Reformed Friars Minor	United	Order of Friars Minor	United
18 Oct	Vicariate Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Erected
8 Dec			Oblates of St. Francis de Sales	Approbation

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