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
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
11 Feb	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Elevated	Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Elevated
22 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Elevated
27 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Erected
1 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany	Territory Added
30 Apr	Diocese of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Name Changed
6 May	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	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
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	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Erected
27 Jul	Archdiocese of Guatemala	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala	Erected
8 Aug			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-Campagna, Italy	Split	Diocese of Campagna, Italy	Split
30 Sep	Archdiocese of Conza-Campagna, Italy Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	United	Archdiocese of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	United
1 Dec			Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia, Russian Federation	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Elevated