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
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			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, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
15 Mar	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
15 Mar	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
15 Mar	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, 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, Tocatins, 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
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