The Year of Our Lord 2005

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli	Founded
25 Jan	Archdiocese of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania (and became a Metropolitan)	Name Changed
25 Jan	Diocese of Pult (Pulati), Albania Archdiocese of Shkodrë, Albania	United	Archdiocese of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania	United
25 Jan			Diocese of Rrëshen, Albania (from Shkodrë)	Metropolitan Changed
25 Jan			Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (from Shkodrë)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Feb			Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India (became a Major-Archdiocese)	Elevated
7 Mar	Territorial Abbey of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy	Suppressed	Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Territory Added
22 Mar	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Uzbekistan	Elevated	Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan	Elevated
9 May	Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
15 May	Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, Italy (All except Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary and convent on Partenio along with the Abbey of Loreto in Mercogliano)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Avellino, Italy	Territory Added
24 May	Diocese of Limón, Costa Rica (Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles; San Buenaventura; San Isidro Labrador; Santa Cruz; Santa Rosa de Lima, and Santa Teresita) Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartago, Costa Rica (San Cristobal del Cantón de Desamparados and Cartago except La Union)	Erected
24 Jun	Diocese of Belgaum, India (Bijapur) Diocese of Bellary, India (Gulbarga) Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India (Bidar)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gulbarga, India	Erected
5 Jul	Diocese of Poona, India (Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri along with Ajra and Gandhinglaj; and Kolhapur (except St. Francis Xavier))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sindhudurg, India	Erected
8 Jul	Diocese of Enugu, Nigeria (Awgu, Agbogugu, Inyi, Ndeabor, Nnenwe, Oji rivers (except Ukwuoba), and Owelli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Awgu, Nigeria	Erected
20 Jul	Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur, India (Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Karoli, Nagaur, Sikar, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhumu, Churu, Ganganagar, and Bikaner)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jaipur, India	Erected
20 Jul	Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Ajmer, India	Name Changed
12 Sep	Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Elevated	Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA	Elevated
19 Sep	Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Yoro)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yoro, Honduras	Erected
21 Sep	Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil (Serrinha, Araci, Barrocas, Biritinga, Capela do Alto Alegre, Conceição do Coité, Ichu, Lamarão, Nova Fátima, Pé de Serra, Retirolândia, Riachão do Jacuípe, Santaluz, São Domingos, Teofilândia, and Valente) Diocese of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil (Euclides da Cunha, Gavião, Quijingue, and Tucano)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
28 Oct	Archdiocese of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Gatineau, Québec, Canada	Name Changed
22 Nov	Diocese of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam (Ba Ria - Vung Tau)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Erected
26 Nov	Diocese of Groningen, Netherlands	Name Changed	Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Name Changed
7 Dec	Diocese of Tezpur, India (Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Upper Subasini, Lower Subasini, Kurung Kamey, West Siang, East Siang, and Upper Siang)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itanagar, India	Erected
7 Dec	Diocese of Dibrugarh, India (Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Anjaw, Lower Dibang Valley, and Upper Dibang Valley)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Miao, India	Erected
12 Dec	Archdiocese of Patna, India (Buxar, Bhojpur, Bhabua, and Rohtas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Buxar, India	Erected
14 Dec	Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria (Esan West, Esan Central, Esan North-East, Esan South-East, and Igueben)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uromi, Nigeria	Erected
14 Dec	Archdiocese of Ende, Indonesia (Eastern Part (Sikka))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maumere, Indonesia	Erected
15 Dec	Archdiocese of Taunggyi, Myanmar (Pekhon, Pin Laung, His Seng, and Maukmai)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pekhon, Myanmar	Erected
16 Dec			Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania (became a Major Archbishopric)	Elevated

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