The Year of Our Lord 1956

Diocese Events

January to June

Date	From		To
unknown	Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck, Austria	Name Changed	Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Name Changed
unknown			Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles	Founded
unknown			Little Brothers of the Gospel	Founded
22 Jan	Diocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Elevated	Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Elevated
28 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Elevated
1 Feb	Diocese of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil (Galilee and part of Governador Valadares, and part of Aimorés, Conselheiro Pena, Itueta, and Resplendor) Diocese of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Itanhoni, Mutum, Pocrane, and Tumiritinga along with part of Governador Valadares, and parts of Aimorés, Conselheiro Pena, Itueta, and Resplendor) Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Açucena, Coroací, Virginópolis, and Virgoländia, and part of Governador Valadares)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
1 Feb	Diocese of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil (Londrina, Alvorada, Apucarana, Arapongas, Araruva, Astorga, Bela Vista, Cambé, Catugí, Centenario, Faxinal, Florestópolis, Ibiporâo, Jaguapitäo, Lupionópolis, Porecatú, Io de Maio, Rolândia, Sabaudia, Santo Inacio, and Sertanópolis)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Londrina, Brazil	Erected
1 Feb	Diocese of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil (Maringá, Alto Paraná, Jandaia, Mandaguacú, Mandaguarí, Marialva, Nova Esperança, and Paranavai)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maringá, Brazil	Erected
2 Feb	Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Islands of Ariranhas, Tibiricá, do Bio Verde, Carolina, Manuel Hörnern, Dr. Carlos Botelho, and Bandeirantes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Added
11 Feb			Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Diocese of Wollongong, Australia	Territory Added
11 Feb	Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia (Koorawatha)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bathurst, Australia	Territory Added
20 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles (Island of Barbados) Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles (Islands of Grenada, Ronde, Carriacou, Little Martinique, Union, Mayreau, Canouan, Mustique, Bequia, and St. Vincent)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles	Erected
20 Feb	Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles (Island of St. Lucia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Erected
20 Feb	Diocese of Meru, Kenya Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya (Kitui)	Erected
20 Feb	Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Tenkodogo and Zorgo)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso	Erected
20 Feb	Archdiocese of Agra, India (Meerut, Moradabad, Rampur, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Garhwal, Tehri, and Dehra Dun)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Meerut, India	Erected
29 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated
29 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Elevated
29 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Elevated
29 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Belize	Elevated	Diocese of Belize	Elevated
29 Feb	Diocese of Veroli, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy	Name Changed
2 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru (Calleria, Iparia, Masisea, and part of Pachitea)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Erected
2 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru (Requena and Ucayali)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Requena, Peru	Erected
2 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru	Name Changed
26 Mar	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil (Rialma and Goianésia and part of Pirenópolis) Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil (Uruassu, Niquelândia, Amaro Leite, Pilar de Goiás, Itapací, and part of Porangatu)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Erected
26 Mar	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil (Goiânia, Anicuns, Aloândia, Abadiânia, Anápolis, Bela Vista de Goiás, Burití Alegre, Caldas Novas, Campo Alegre de Goiás, Catalâo, Corumba de Goiás, Corumbaíba, Cristalina, Cristianópolis, Crominia, Cumarí, Edéia, Goiatuba, Guapo, Goiandira, Hidrolándia..)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Erected
26 Mar	Territorial Prelature of Bananal, Brazil (Aurilándia, Carmo do Rio Verde, Ceres, Córrego do Ouro, Crixás, Itapuranga, Mossâmedes, Rubiataba, and São Luís de Montes Belos) Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil (Goiás, Uruana, Itaberaí, Firminópolis, Cachoeira de Goiás, Ivolándia, Iporá, and Fazenda Nova)	Elevated	Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (Archdiocese to Diocese)	Elevated
26 Mar	Territorial Prelature of Jataí, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Elevated
26 Mar	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil (Parts of Formosa, Planaltina, and Distrito Federal) Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil (Cavalcante, Veadéiros, São Domingos, Sitio da Abadía, São João da Aliança, and Posse)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Erected
26 Mar	Territorial Prelature of Bananal, Brazil (Christalândia and part of Pium and part of Peixe) Diocese of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil (Araguacema and part of Pium) Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil	Erected
26 Mar			Diocese of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil (from Goiás)	Metropolitan Changed
26 Mar			Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil (from Goiás)	Metropolitan Changed
7 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio, Colombia (Comisaría del Vichada)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada, Colombia	Erected
13 Apr	Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands (Woudrich and parts of Sint Jan-Waalwijh and Heusden)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Breda, Netherlands	Territory Added
19 Apr			Military Ordinariate of Canada, Military (to Diocese)	Elevated
23 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Rimbombo, and parts of Kongoloënsi, Kasongo, and Kindu) Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Parts of Lubutu and Shabunda)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
23 Apr	Diocese of Keta, Ghana Diocese of Tamale, Ghana	Territory Lost	Diocese of Navrongo, Ghana (Kassena Builsa and Mamprussi)	Erected
23 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Sintang, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Sintang, Indonesia	Elevated
24 Apr			Archdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy (Treglio)	Territory Added
29 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Likuni, Malawi (Dedza) Vicariate Apostolic of Zomba, Malawi (Ncheu)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Dedza, Malawi	Erected
5 May	Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Angueretâ)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Added
19 May			Military Ordinariate of Chile, Military (from Vicariate)	Elevated
29 May	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia (Villa Rosario, San Cayetano, Santiago, Gramalote, Lourdes, Sardinata, Zulia, and Carmen de Nazaret)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cúcuta, Colombia	Erected
29 May	Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia (Girardot, Pandi, San Bernardo, Albeláez, Ospina, Cabrera, part of Sumapaz, Pasca, Fusagasugá, El Triunfo, La Mesa, Rafael Reyes, Viotá, Silvania, Cumaca with the town of Tibacuy, Anapoima, El Colegio, Tocaima, Tena, San Antonio, Cachipay, Anolaima, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Girardot, Colombia	Erected
29 May			Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia (from Cartagena)	Metropolitan Changed
29 May			Diocese of Bucaramanga, Colombia (from Bogotá)	Metropolitan Changed
29 May			Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia (from Bogotá)	Metropolitan Changed
29 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Labateca, Colombia	Suppressed	Prefecture Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Territory Added
29 May	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Elevated
13 Jun			Ordinariate of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Erected
14 Jun	Diocese of Jessore, Bangladesh	Name Changed	Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh	Name Changed
25 Jun	Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire (Gagnoa, Grand-Lahou, Cassandra, and Tabou)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected

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