The Year of Our Lord 1971

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Drisdale River, Australia	Name Changed	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kalumburu, Australia	Name Changed
unknown			Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana	Founded
12 Jan	Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Name Changed
16 Jan	Diocese of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint John’s, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles	Erected
16 Jan	Diocese of Bereina, Papua New Guinea Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kerema, Papua New Guinea	Erected
17 Feb			Territorial Prelature of Iligan, Philippines	Erected
17 Feb	Territorial Prelature of Ozamis, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Ozamis, Philippines	Elevated
20 Feb	Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
8 Mar	Diocese of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Split	Diocese of Basel, Switzerland Diocese of Lugano, Switzerland	Split
11 Mar	Diocese of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
13 Mar	Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Erected
13 Mar	Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Erected
13 Mar	Diocese of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil	Erected
16 Mar	Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Name Changed
24 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Elevated
24 Apr	Diocese of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Diocese of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Diocese of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
14 May	Diocese of Banaras, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Varanasi, India	Name Changed
27 May	Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
27 May	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
27 May	Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
5 Jun	Archdiocese of Ranchi, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Daltonganj, India	Erected
28 Jun			Prefecture Apostolic of Cheju, Korea (South)	Erected
28 Jun	Archdiocese of Pretoria, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Rustenburg, South Africa	Erected
30 Jun	Diocese of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Name Changed	Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba	Name Changed
2 Jul			Diocese of Huelva, Spain (Latin name changed from Huelvensis)	Name Changed
15 Jul			Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, Roman Curia	Erected
14 Sep	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil	Erected
14 Sep	Diocese of Bonfim, Baia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil	Erected
15 Oct	Diocese of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Lost	Diocese of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
12 Nov	Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Erected
12 Nov			Diocese of Pagadian, Philippines	Erected
29 Nov	Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Maronite)	Elevated	Eparchy of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite), Michigan, USA	Elevated
29 Nov	Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil (Ukrainian)	Elevated	Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Elevated
29 Nov			Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
29 Nov			Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
6 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Jullundur, India	Elevated	Diocese of Jullundur, India	Elevated