The Year of Our Lord 1953

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Kampala, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Kampala, Uganda	Elevated
unknown	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Siria e Cilicia, Syria	Territory Added
2 Jan	Diocese of Zulia, Venezuela	Name Changed	Diocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Name Changed
2 Jan	Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela	Name Changed	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Name Changed
2 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Erected
4 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}	Elevated
19 Feb			Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Erected
24 Mar	Diocese of Aliwal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of De Aar, South Africa	Erected
24 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated
24 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
24 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rubaga, Uganda	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Kigoma, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Masaka, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Masaka, Uganda	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mwanza, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Maswa, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Karema, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated	Diocese of Tororo, Uganda	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Rutabo, Tanzania	Elevated
25 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania	Elevated
28 Apr			Misioneros de Guadalupe	Approbation
29 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated	Diocese of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Elevated
7 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco, Venezuela	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela	Elevated
7 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Elevated
7 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Meru, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Meru, Kenya	Elevated
7 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon, Thailand	Erected
7 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Udonthani, Thailand	Erected
7 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar	Name Changed
4 Jun			Vicariate Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon	Erected
29 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden	Elevated	Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden	Elevated
29 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo, Norway	Elevated	Diocese of Oslo, Norway	Elevated
29 Jun	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Eldoret, Kenya	Erected
29 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Wankie, Zimbabwe	Erected
29 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
29 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Jos, Nigeria	Elevated
29 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Kaduna, Nigeria	Elevated
29 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Erected
29 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Sokoto, Nigeria	Erected
29 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kuwait	Erected
6 Jul	Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Erected
6 Aug	Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Erected
6 Aug	Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Elevated
6 Aug	Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Erected
7 Aug	Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Name Changed
19 Sep	Diocese of Bangalore, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bangalore, India	Elevated
19 Sep	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, India Diocese of Poona, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belgaum, India	Erected
19 Sep	Diocese of Hyderabad, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India	Elevated
19 Sep	Diocese of Madurai, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Madurai, India	Elevated
19 Sep	Diocese of Nagpur, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nagpur, India	Elevated
19 Sep	Diocese of Ranchi, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India	Elevated
19 Sep	Diocese of Malacca, Singapore	Elevated	Archdiocese of Malacca, Singapore	Elevated
25 Sep	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Erected
25 Sep	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Erected
25 Sep	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Erected
25 Sep			Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (becomes a Metropolitan (again))	Elevated
4 Oct			Priestly Society of Saint Jacques	Founded
20 Oct	Diocese of Dallas, Texas, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Name Changed
22 Oct	Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Huelva, Spain	Erected
28 Oct			Prefecture Apostolic of Sulu, Philippines	Erected
16 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador	Erected
21 Nov			Military Ordinariate of Great Britain, Military	Erected
31 Dec	Diocese of Calicut, India	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected