The Year of Our Lord 1930

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Approbation
unknown	Titular See of Druzipara	Name Changed	Titular See of Drizipara	Name Changed
25 Jan			Prefecture Apostolic of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Erected
27 Jan	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Erected
31 Jan	Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Erected
12 Feb	Diocese of Rockhampton, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Townsville, Australia	Erected
14 Feb			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Erected
19 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos, Ecuador	Name Changed
3 Mar			Institute of the Josephites of Belgium	Approbation
30 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa	Erected
26 May	Diocese of Quilon, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kottar, India	Erected
26 May	Diocese of Kumbakonam, India Diocese of Mysore, India Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Salem, India	Erected
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated
5 Jun			Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
5 Jun	Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed	Diocese of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed
5 Jun			Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Erected
5 Jun			Diocese of Timişoara, Romania	Erected
5 Jun			Ordinariate of Romania (Armenian)	Erected
5 Jun	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	United	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	United
30 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Rajaburi, Thailand	Erected
30 Jun			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China	Erected
4 Jul			Ordinariate of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Erected
14 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Elevated
14 Jul	Archdiocese of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vijayapuram, India	Erected
23 Jul			Vicariate Apostolic of Hengchow [Hengyang], China	Erected
23 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1 Aug	Diocese of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Name Changed
13 Aug	Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aachen, Germany	Erected
13 Aug	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Berlin, Germany	Erected
13 Aug	Diocese of Paderborn, Germany	Elevated	Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Elevated
13 Aug	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Elevated
13 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Suppressed	Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany	Territory Added
13 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Territory Added
3 Oct			Missionários da Boa Nova	Founded
17 Oct			Nunciature to Haiti	Elevated
14 Nov	Diocese of Oklahoma, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Name Changed