The Year of Our Lord 1933

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Founded
10 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles	Erected
10 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok, Sudan	Erected
10 Jan	Diocese of Hyderabad, India	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bezwada, India	Erected
20 Jan	Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Erected
3 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Yachow, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Yachow, China	Elevated
6 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Yüngnien [Weixian], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Yüngnien [Weixian], China	Elevated
6 Apr	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bonfim, Baia, Brazil	Erected
25 Apr			Vicariate Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China	Elevated
23 May			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Lwangwa, Zambia	Erected
25 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China	Elevated
9 Jun	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Erected
9 Jun	Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Split	Diocese of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Split
20 Jul			Military Ordinariate of Germany, Military	Erected
6 Sep			Nunciature to Estonia	Elevated
30 Sep	Nunciature to Central America	Split	Nunciature to Costa Rica Nunciature to Guatemala Nunciature to Honduras Nunciature to Nicaragua Nunciature to Panama Nunciature to El Salvador	Split
9 Dec	Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil Diocese of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Palmas, Brazil	Erected
11 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
13 Dec			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Erected
13 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Erected
13 Dec			Prefecture Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Erected

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