The Year of Our Lord 1928

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
19 Jan	Diocese of Socorro, Colombia	Name Changed	Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Name Changed
27 Jan	Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Nuoro, Italy	Name Changed
3 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated	Diocese of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated
15 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Erected
28 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Elevated
28 Mar			Archdiocese of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece	Erected
28 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
28 Mar			Prefecture Apostolic of Hinganfu [Ankang], China	Erected
2 Apr	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Erected
14 Apr	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Gurupi, Brazil	Erected
14 Apr	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Erected
1 May	Diocese of Damão, India Archdiocese of Goa, India	United	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, India	United
19 May			Diocese of Lingayen, Philippines	Erected
20 May			Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin [Harbin] (Byzantine), China	Erected
14 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated
15 Jun	Diocese of Hyderabad, India Archdiocese of Madras, India	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bellary, India	Erected
19 Jun			Prefecture Apostolic of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China	Erected
3 Jul	Archdiocese of Madras, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nellore, India	Erected
9 Jul			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Ilan, China	Erected
9 Jul			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tsitsihar [Qiqihar], China	Erected
18 Jul	Diocese of Vizagapatam, India	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cuttack, India	Erected
19 Jul			Prefecture Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China	Erected
26 Sep	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, USA	Name Changed
15 Oct			Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Erected
11 Nov			Nunciature to Latvia (Nunciature)	Elevated
30 Nov	Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
9 Dec			Nunciature to Lithuania (Nunciature)	Elevated

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