The Year of Our Lord 1952

Diocese Events

January to June

Date	From		To
unknown			Servants of the Holy Paraclete	Founded
3 Jan	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Area in Pakistan) Diocese of Krishnagar, India (Jessore, Kulna, Faridpur, Kustea, and Meherpur and Chuadanga (in Nadia))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jessore, Bangladesh	Erected
10 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Northern region) Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Shabunda, Mwenga, and Fizi)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
10 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated
10 Jan	Diocese of Punta Arenas, Chile (Falkland Islands or the Falklands)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Erected
10 Jan			Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
10 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Costermansville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
17 Jan	Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh (Sylhet and parts in India) Archdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh (Tripura)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Haflong, India	Erected
17 Jan	Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh (Malda and West Dinajpur)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Malda, India	Erected
17 Jan	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (Jammu)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Jullundur, India	Erected
17 Jan	Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh (Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bear)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jalpaiguri, India	Erected
17 Jan	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (Jammu) Diocese of Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Kashmir)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India	Erected
19 Jan			Diocese of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Pouso Alegre, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
26 Jan			Archdiocese of Santa Severina, Italy (No longer a metropolitan)	Territory Added
26 Jan			Diocese of Cariati, Italy (from Santa Severina)	Metropolitan Changed
2 Feb			Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù	Approbation
7 Feb	Diocese of Umtata, South Africa (St Mark’s, Tsomo, Ngqamakhwe, Butterworth, Dutywa, Centane, and Willowvale)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Queenstown, South Africa	Territory Added
14 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Name Changed
14 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia (and name change)	Elevated
14 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia (Brunei) Prefecture Apostolic of Sarawak, Malaysia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia (and name change)	Elevated
14 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda (Nyundo, Murunda, Mummba, Rwmbura, Mubuga, Nyange, Birambo, and Muhororo)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyundo, Rwanda	Erected
14 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar (Kayah and area south of 20th parallel)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar	Territory Added
16 Feb	Diocese of Baker City, Oregon, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Baker, Oregon, USA	Name Changed
16 Feb	Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (and name change)	Elevated
16 Feb	Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of Natal, Brazil	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Erected
16 Feb			Diocese of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (from Paraíba)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Diocese of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (from Paraíba)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Juruá, Acre, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
16 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará)	Metropolitan Changed
21 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan (Abyei) Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal, Sudan (Yrol)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Territory Added
13 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated
13 Mar	Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria (Ibadan and part of Oshogbo)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan, Nigeria	Erected
13 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos (and name change)	Elevated
20 Mar			Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Added
3 Apr	Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone (Northern civil province)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Erected
28 Apr	Delegation to Japan	Elevated	Nunciature to Japan (to Internunciature)	Elevated
29 Apr	Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Ontano)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort William, Ontario, Canada	Erected
3 May			Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Territory Added
3 May			Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Added
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Western part of the central territory)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Erected
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central New Guinea	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Alexishafen, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Blantyre, Malawi	Name Changed
15 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Indore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Indore, India	Elevated
15 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire (and name change)	Elevated
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi (Zomba, Liwonde, Southern Nyassa (Fort Johnston), and Ncheu)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Zomba, Malawi	Erected
10 Jun			Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos, Ecuador (Latin changed from Fluminensis)	Name Changed
19 Jun	Diocese of Cochin, India (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alleppey, India	Erected
19 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Sumatra)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia	Erected
19 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Teluk-Betung and Kroë)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang, Indonesia	Erected
19 Jun	Diocese of Sendai, Japan (Oshima and Hakodate)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan	Territory Added

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