The Year of Our Lord 1908

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Diocese of Temuco, Chile (as Territory to become a Diocese in the future)	Established
unknown	Congregation for Universal Inquisition, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Congregation of the Holy Office, Roman Curia	Name Changed
unknown			Roman Rota, Roman Curia	Established
unknown	Congregation for Consultations of Bishops and Other Prelates, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Congregation of the Affairs of Religious, Roman Curia	Name Changed
unknown			St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Approbation
unknown			Congregation of Servants of Charity	Founded
unknown			Nunciature to Honduras	Established
unknown			Nunciature to Nicaragua	Established
unknown			Patriarchal Vicariate of Turkey (Syrian)	Erected
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
unknown			Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine	Erected
15 Feb			Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Approbation
25 Feb	Diocese of Petrópolis, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Name Changed
9 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon, Canada	Erected
10 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
16 Mar	Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia	Elevated
19 Mar	Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Florianópolis (Santa Caterina), Brazil	Erected
5 Apr	Diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru Diocese of Trujillo, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru	Erected
14 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi	Elevated
14 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco	Elevated
28 Apr	Diocese of Antioquía, Colombia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Chocó, Colombia	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campinas, Brazil	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Vale do Paraíba Paulista, the São Paulo side of Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar, and the North Coast)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
7 Jun	Diocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
29 Jun	Archdiocese of Auch, France	United	Archdiocese of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	United
29 Jun	Congregation of (Sacred) Rites, Roman Curia	Established	Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia	Established
19 Sep	Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada	Elevated	Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Name Changed and Elevated to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
19 Sep	Archdiocese of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Elevated	Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Archdiocese lowered to a Diocese)	Elevated
19 Sep			Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon, Canada (to Vancouver)	Metropolitan Changed
21 Sep	Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada (Northern part)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, Ontario, Canada	Erected
27 Sep	Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA (Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, Whiteside, Lee, and Kendall)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Erected
24 Nov			Nunciature to Chile (to Internunciature)	Elevated
29 Dec			Nunciature to Central America	Established

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