The Year of Our Lord 1909

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Founded
unknown			Oblates of Saint Joseph	Approbation
18 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Elevated
8 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Erected
22 Jun	Diocese of Bayonne, France	United	Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	United
7 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Erected
12 Jul	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kenya	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kenya, Kenya	Elevated
17 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt	Elevated
28 Dec			Consolata Missionaries	Decretum Laudis
29 Dec	Diocese of Paraíba, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Natal, Brazil	Erected
31 Dec	Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota, USA (Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Northwest Bottineau, Oliver, Renville, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Ward, and Williams counties)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Erected
31 Dec	Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, USA (Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Marshall, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Rosseau Counties.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Erected

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