The Year of Our Lord 1868

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Diocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona, USA	Erected
unknown	Diocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado and Utah, USA	Erected
unknown			Prefecture Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan	Erected
unknown			Nunciature to Turkey	Erected
unknown			Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Founded
unknown	Diocese of Bełz (Ruthenian), Poland Diocese of Chełm (Ruthenian), Poland	United	Diocese of Chełm and Bełz (Ruthenian), Poland	United
14 Feb	Diocese of Antioquía, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Medellín, Colombia	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Buffalo, New York, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rochester, New York, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Erected
22 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Marysville, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Grass Valley, California, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Erected
Apr	Diocese of Nice, France	Territory Lost	Territorial Abbey of Saints Nicholas and Benedict	Erected
28 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Lhassa, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Thibet, China	Name Changed
29 Jul			Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany	Erected
7 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Denmark	Erected
7 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (unknown)	Erected
7 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Name Changed
3 Dec			Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Founded