The Year of Our Lord 1989

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Labour Office of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia	Erected
unknown			Titular See of Bistue	Established
unknown			Titular See of Bossa	Established
unknown			Titular See of Buleliana	Established
unknown			Titular See of Canapium	Established
unknown			Titular See of Castellum Titulianum	Established
unknown			Titular See of Catrum	Established
unknown			Titular See of Cebarades	Established
unknown			Titular See of Enera	Established
unknown			Titular See of Macon	Established
unknown			Titular See of Mattiana	Established
unknown			Titular See of Paria in Proconsolare	Established
unknown			Titular See of Pia	Established
unknown			Titular See of Pocofeltus	Established
unknown			Titular See of Taddua	Established
unknown			Titular See of Tagase	Established
unknown			Titular See of Tamazeni	Established
unknown			Titular See of Vertara	Established
unknown			Titular See of Wiener Neustadt	Established
unknown			Titular See of Bulna	Established
unknown			Titular See of Buslacena	Established
unknown			Titular See of Cibaliana	Established
unknown			Titular See of Murcona	Established
unknown			Titular See of Musti in Numidia	Established
unknown			Titular See of Sitipa	Established
unknown			Titular See of Ausana	Established
unknown			Titular See of Ausuaga	Established
unknown			Titular See of Turuda	Established
unknown	Delegation to Chad	Elevated	Nunciature to Chad	Elevated
unknown			[Patriotic Diocese of Shanba, China]	Erected
19 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Erected
19 Jan	Diocese of Lucknow, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bareilly, India	Erected
18 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of America Latina e Messico {Latin America and Mexico} (Armenian)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina	Erected
6 Mar	Diocese of Moundou, Chad	Territory Lost	Diocese of Doba, Chad	Erected
6 Mar	Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kasese, Uganda	Erected
15 Mar	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
29 Mar	Diocese of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil Diocese of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Erected
17 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Tambacounda, Senegal	Elevated	Diocese of Tambacounda, Senegal	Elevated
10 May	Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina	Name Changed	Diocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Name Changed
17 Jun	Diocese of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Elevated
19 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú-Puerto Inírida, Colombia	Elevated
19 Jun	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Abuja, Nigeria	Elevated
4 Jul	Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uyo, Nigeria	Erected
8 Jul	Archdiocese of Ibagué, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Erected
16 Sep	Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio, Italy Diocese of Piacenza, Italy	United	Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	United
16 Sep	Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio, Italy	Split	Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Split
4 Oct	Diocese of Miracema do Norte, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil	Name Changed
20 Oct	Diocese of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Name Changed	Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Name Changed
23 Oct	Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown, Barbados, Antilles	Split	Diocese of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles Diocese of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Split
23 Oct	Diocese of Kupang, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Kupang, Indonesia	Elevated
23 Oct	Diocese of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire	Erected
23 Oct			Military Ordinariate of Korea, Military (Ordinariate)	Elevated
28 Oct	Archdiocese of Tananarive, Madagascar	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Name Changed
28 Oct	Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Antsiranana, Madagascar	Name Changed
28 Oct	Diocese of Majunga, Madagascar	Name Changed	Diocese of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Name Changed
28 Oct	Diocese of Tuléar, Madagascar	Name Changed	Diocese of Toliara, Madagascar	Name Changed
6 Nov	Diocese of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Erected
23 Nov	Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Name Changed	Diocese of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar	Name Changed
2 Dec			Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Decretum Laudis
9 Dec	Archdiocese of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Libmanan, Philippines	Erected
18 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Balasore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Balasore, India	Elevated

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