The Year of Our Lord 1921

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi and Kivu, Burundi	Name Changed
unknown	Prefecture Apostolic of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia), Switzerland	Suppressed	Diocese of Chur, Switzerland	Territory Added
unknown			Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel	Founded
10 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Betafó, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Name Changed
10 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa, Algeria	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Name Changed
10 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, Namibia	Name Changed
10 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Upper Cimbebasia {Cimbebasia Superiore}, Angola	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola	Name Changed
2 Feb			Société des Missions-Étrangères	Founded
3 Feb	Diocese of Münster, Germany (Wenceslaus Havelt Estates)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Territory Added
11 Feb	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Bello Horizonte, Contagem, Santa Luzia, Sabara, Gaeté, Siete Lagoâs, Bomfim, Entre Bios, Santa Quiteria, Itauna, Para, Pequy, Pitanguy, Divinopolis, Itapecerica, Oliveira, Passatiempo, Campo Bello, Perdoès, and Boni Succeso with Hitiruna)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica (Alajuela, Puntarenas, and Guanacaste.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica (Limón and the Carthaginian Canton of Turrialba)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica (San José, Heredia, and Cartago)	Elevated	Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Elevated
22 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Putumayo, Peru Prefecture Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Elevated
22 Feb	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Bom-Despacho and Santo Antonio do Monte)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil	Territory Added
27 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru (Regions around the Marañon River)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Erected
1 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany	Suppressed	Diocese of Paderborn, Germany	Territory Added
2 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Area left of the river Loango)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Added
8 Mar	Delegation to Australia (Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands)	Territory Lost	Delegation to Japan	Territory Added
21 Mar	Archdiocese of Gaeta, Italy (Valliscursa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veroli, Italy	Territory Added
9 Apr	Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck, Austria (Austrian territory)	Erected
25 Apr			Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy (from Salzburg to Immediately Subject)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Apr	Diocese of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed
May			Nunciature to France	Restored
6 May	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Muenster, Humboldt, Annaheim, Dead Moose Lake, Fulda St. Benedikt, Leofeld, Bruno, Engelfeld, and Watson)	Territory Lost	Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Erected
13 May	Archdiocese of Popayán, Colombia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Erected
20 May			Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Founded
20 May	Diocese of La Paz, Bolivia (Coven and St. Anna)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Territory Added
31 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Part of Mayomba)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Added
1 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Fu-Chow (Fu-Kow), China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China	Name Changed
24 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Elevated	Diocese of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Elevated
24 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany	Suppressed	Diocese of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Territory Added
2 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Split
27 Jul	Archdiocese of Guatemala (Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Totonicapán, Quiché, and Solóla)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Erected
27 Jul	Archdiocese of Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, and Petén)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala	Erected
30 Jul	Diocese of Liège, Belgium	Name Changed	Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium	Name Changed
8 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangnan, China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nganhoei, China	Erected
8 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangnan, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu, China	Name Changed
27 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand, South Africa	Erected
10 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Erected
30 Sep	Archdiocese of Conza e Campagna, Italy (Contursi, Palomonte, Oliveto Citra, Buccino, S. Gregorio Magno, Salvitelle, Auletta, Laviano, Santo Menna, Castelnuovo di Coma, Valva, Colliano, and Vietri di Potenza)	Split	Diocese of Campagna, Italy (Campagna, Caggiano, Satriano Lucano, S. Angelo le Fratte, and Savoia di Lucania)	Split
30 Sep	Archdiocese of Conza e Campagna, Italy Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	United	Archdiocese of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	United
1 Dec	Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus (Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Omsk, Tomsk, and Tashkent)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia, Russian Federation	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated

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