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DateFromTo
unknownPrefecture Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan Erected
unknownNunciature to Turkey Established
unknownMissionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Founded
unknownDiocese of Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland
Diocese of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland
UnitedDiocese of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland United
14 FebDiocese of Antioquía, Colombia Territory LostDiocese of Medellín, Colombia Erected
3 MarArchdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Territory LostDiocese of Columbus, Ohio, USA (Territory from Ohio River to the Scioto River plus the Counties of Franklin, Delaware, and Morrow) Erected
3 MarDiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Territory LostDiocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Erected
3 MarDiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Territory LostDiocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Bradford, Lucerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Lycoming)
Erected
3 MarDiocese of Buffalo, New York, USA Territory LostDiocese of Rochester, New York, USA (Counties of Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca, Yates, and Ontario) Erected
3 MarArchdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Territory LostDiocese of Wilmington, Delaware, USA (Delaware plus Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchster, Somerset, and Worcester Counties in Maryland and Northampton and Accomac Counties in Virginia) Erected
3 MarDiocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA Erected
3 MarArchdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA (Territory of Montana West of the Rocky Mountains) Erected
3 MarArchdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Territory LostDiocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA (From Charleston River in the East to the Missouri River in the South and West and to the State of Iowa in the North) Erected
3 MarDiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Arizona, USA
Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado and Utah, USA
Erected
3 MarVicariate Apostolic of Marysville, USA Territory LostDiocese of Grass Valley, California, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) Erected
AprDiocese of Nice, France Territory LostTerritorial Abbey of Saints Nicholas and Benedict Erected
22 JulMissionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes Decretum Laudis
28 JulVicariate Apostolic of Lhassa, China Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Thibet, China Name Changed
29 JulVicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany Erected
7 AugVicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Denmark Erected
7 AugPrefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole
Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
Territory LostMission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown) Erected
7 AugVicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} Name Changed
3 DecCongregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo Founded

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