The Year of Our Lord 1982

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Territorial Abbey of New Norcia, Australia	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Perth, Australia	Territory Added
11 Jan			Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean)	Erected
6 Feb	Diocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Erected
27 Feb	Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Name Changed
27 Feb	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Erected
27 Feb	Archdiocese of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Name Changed
1 Mar	Diocese of Hull, Québec, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada	Name Changed
2 Mar	Diocese of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Name Changed
18 Mar	Diocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Erected
18 Mar	Diocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Elevated
18 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Diocese of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Elevated
18 Mar	Diocese of Bamenda, Cameroon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon	Elevated
18 Mar	Diocese of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated
18 Mar	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated
18 Mar	Diocese of Bamenda, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kumbo, Cameroon	Erected
13 Apr	Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Victoria in Texas, USA	Erected
20 May			Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia	Erected
8 Jun	Diocese of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea	Erected
8 Jun	Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Lost	Diocese of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
8 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Sekadau, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Sanggau, Indonesia	Elevated
8 Jun	Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Lost	Diocese of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
18 Jun	Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Jinotega, Nicaragua	Erected
24 Jun	Apostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Elevated
25 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinoia, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
25 Jun	Diocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Diocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
25 Jun	Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
25 Jun	Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Name Changed	Diocese of Mutare, Zimbabwe	Name Changed
5 Aug	Diocese of Csanád, Hungary	Name Changed	Diocese of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary	Name Changed
17 Aug	Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA	Erected
27 Aug			Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada	Erected
3 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia	Name Changed
10 Sep	Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Erected
10 Sep	Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
10 Sep	Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Split	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania) Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Split
30 Sep	Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy	Split	Diocese of Bitonto, Italy Diocese of Ruvo, Italy	Split
2 Oct	Delegation to Scandinavia	Split	Nunciature to Denmark Nunciature to Norway Nunciature to Sweden	Split
4 Oct	Diocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated
15 Oct	Diocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Erected
15 Oct	Diocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Elevated	Archdiocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Elevated
15 Oct	Prefecture Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Elevated
16 Oct	Archdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
18 Oct	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Split	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Split
19 Oct	Archdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Name Changed
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Bangued, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Bangued, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Bayombong, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Bayombong, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Iba, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Iba, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Iligan, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Iligan, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Kidapawan, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Kidapawan, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Malaybalay, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Malaybalay, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Marbel, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of Marbel, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Diocese of Palo, Philippines	Elevated	Archdiocese of Palo, Philippines	Elevated
15 Nov	Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Elevated	Diocese of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Elevated
19 Nov	Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Dundee, South Africa	Elevated
19 Nov	Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon	Erected
28 Nov			Personal Prelature of Opus Dei	Elevated
8 Dec			Congregration of Jesus the Priest	Approbation
17 Dec	Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Auki, Solomon Islands	Erected
17 Dec			Eparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Erected