The Year of Our Lord 1874

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Approbation
20 Jan	Archdiocese of México, Federal District	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México	Erected
25 Jan	Diocese of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Canada	Erected
13 Mar			Nunciature to Iran	Erected
30 Mar	Diocese of Melbourne, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ballarat, Australia	Erected
30 Mar	Diocese of Melbourne, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sandhurst, Australia	Erected
31 Mar	Diocese of Melbourne, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia	Elevated
3 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale}, South Africa	Erected
28 Aug	Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Erected
28 Aug	Archdiocese of Québec, Québec, Canada Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Diocese of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Erected
28 Aug	Diocese of Galveston, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Erected
28 Aug	Archdiocese of Candia, Greece	Elevated	Diocese of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Elevated
4 Oct	Prefecture Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Elevated