The Year of Our Lord 1977

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Suppressed	Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Territory Added
3 Feb	Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola	Elevated	Archdiocese of Huambo, Angola	Elevated
3 Feb	Diocese of Indore, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Khandwa, India	Erected
3 Feb	Diocese of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lubango, Angola	Elevated
3 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Same, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Same, Tanzania	Elevated
3 Feb	Diocese of Ngunza, Angola	Name Changed	Diocese of Novo Redondo, Angola	Name Changed
22 Feb	Diocese of Montefeltro, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Name Changed
26 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Diocese of Bijnor (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
26 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
26 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Diocese of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
26 Feb	Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India Diocese of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
26 Feb	Diocese of Ahmedabad, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India	Erected
26 Feb	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Diocese of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
26 Feb	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Diocese of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
26 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated	Diocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India	Elevated
1 Mar	Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Erected
1 Mar	Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Name Changed
2 Mar	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Erected
5 Mar	Diocese of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Diocese of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
11 Mar	Archeparchy of Munhall (Ruthenian), USA	Name Changed	Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Name Changed
21 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated	Diocese of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated
21 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Cheju, Korea (South)	Elevated	Diocese of Cheju, Korea (South)	Elevated
2 Apr	Diocese of Lucena, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Boac, Philippines	Erected
13 Apr	Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Erected
20 Apr	Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands, USA	Elevated	Diocese of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA (Name Changed and Prelature raised to a Diocese)	Elevated
26 Apr	Archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiquinquirá, Colombia	Erected
26 Apr	Archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Garagoa, Colombia	Erected
30 May	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baruipur, India	Erected
30 May	Diocese of Navrongo, Ghana	Name Changed	Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana	Name Changed
30 May	Diocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated
27 Jun	Eparchy of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite), Michigan, USA	Name Changed	Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Name Changed
4 Aug	Diocese of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed	Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Name Changed
4 Aug	Apostolic Administration of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Elevated	Eparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Elevated
4 Aug	Eparchy of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Name Changed	Eparchy of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon	Name Changed
4 Aug			Eparchy of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon	Erected
26 Aug	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil	Erected
1 Sep	Diocese of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Name Changed	Diocese of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Name Changed
17 Oct	Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy	Split	Diocese of Koper, Slovenia Diocese of Trieste, Italy	Split
3 Nov	Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal	Territory Lost	Diocese of Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Erected
10 Nov	Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India	Split	Diocese of Ambikapur, India Diocese of Raigarh, India	Split
10 Nov	Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Awka, Nigeria	Erected
10 Nov	Archdiocese of Maseru, Lesotho	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho	Erected
3 Dec	Diocese of Acerenza, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Acerenza, Italy	Elevated
3 Dec	Diocese of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Elevated
3 Dec	Diocese of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Name Changed	Diocese of Owando, Congo	Name Changed
8 Dec	Diocese of Oeiras, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Name Changed
17 Dec	Diocese of Amravati, India Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aurangabad, India	Erected
17 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Idah, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Idah, Nigeria	Elevated
30 Dec	Apostolic Administration of Trnava, Slovakia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia	Elevated
30 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Name Changed
30 Dec			Diocese of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (from Esztergom)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Dec			Diocese of Košice, Slovakia (from Eger)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Dec			Diocese of Nitra, Slovakia (from Esztergom)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Dec			Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia (from Esztergom)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Dec			Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia (from Esztergom)	Metropolitan Changed