The Year of Our Lord 2014

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
13 Jan			Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite)	Erected
13 Feb	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa-Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split
22 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela	Established
22 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giacomo in Augusta	Established
22 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Angela Merici	Established
24 Feb			Secretariat for the Economy, Roman Curia	Established
24 Feb			Council for the Economy, Roman Curia	Established
24 Feb			Office of the Auditor General, Roman Curia	Established
18 Mar	Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria Diocese of Shendam, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pankshin, Nigeria (Pankshin, Kanke, Mangu, Bokkos, and Kanam)	Erected
2 Apr	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Split
12 May	Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil (Paraná (west), Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, and Amapá)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil	Erected
12 May	Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Elevated	Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Elevated
29 May	Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania	Erected
9 Jun	Diocese of Cuautitlán, México, México (Nicolás Romero, Tepotzotlán, and Cuautitlán Izcalli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Izcalli, México, México	Erected
12 Jun			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Dorotea	Established
25 Jun	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Araguainha, Ponte Branca, Ribeirãozinho, and Torixoréu)	Suppressed	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
25 Jun	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Primavera do Leste, Poxoréu, and Jarudoré) Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Campo Verde and Chapada dos Guimarães)	Elevated	Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated
25 Jun	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Parts of Bardão do Melgaço, Cuiabá, and Santo Antônio do Leverger)	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
25 Jun	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Alto Araguaia, Alto Garças, Alto Taquari, Dom Aquino, Tesouro, and Guiratinga) Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed
11 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon	Elevated
8 Aug	Diocese of Verona, Italy (Caselle di Pressana in Pressana (VR))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vicenza, Italy	Territory Added
23 Oct	Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy (Everything except the Abbey and its properties) Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Name Changed
Nov			Titular See of Pomezania	Established
Nov			Titular See of Wigry	Established
6 Nov	Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated
6 Nov			Diocese of Kondoa, Tanzania (from Dar-es-Salaam)	Metropolitan Changed
6 Nov			Diocese of Singida, Tanzania (from Tabora)	Metropolitan Changed
14 Nov	Diocese of Sankt Pölten, Austria (Portions of Hochstraß and Schwabendörfl in Altlengbach)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Territory Added
8 Dec			Missionari dei Poveri	Approbation
22 Dec	Diocese of Kottar, India (Thirithuvapuram and Mulagumoodu)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kuzhithurai, India	Erected
29 Dec	Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA	Name Changed	Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA	Name Changed

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