The Year of Our Lord 1997

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Sudan (Syrian)	Established
2 Jan	Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Manga, Burkina Faso	Erected
24 Jan	Diocese of Salem, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dharmapuri, India	Erected
27 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Košice (Slovakian), Slovakia	Erected
1 Feb	Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Erected
10 Mar	Delegation to Libya	Elevated	Nunciature to Libya	Elevated
25 Apr			Military Ordinariate of Croatia, Military	Erected
13 May	Diocese of Morón, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina	Erected
28 May	Diocese of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Erected
28 May	Archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania Diocese of Panevėžys, Lithuania Diocese of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Šiauliai, Lithuania	Erected
6 Jun			Priestly Society of Saint Jacques	Approbation
13 Jun	Diocese of Colón, Panama	Name Changed	Diocese of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama	Name Changed
14 Jun	Diocese of Darjeeling, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bagdogra, India	Erected
14 Jun	Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mongu, Zambia	Erected
28 Jun	Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Erected
5 Jul	Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Požega, Croatia	Erected
5 Jul	Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Varaždin, Croatia	Erected
8 Jul			Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana	Approbation
12 Jul	Diocese of Coro, Venezuela	Territory Lost	Diocese of Punto Fijo, Venezuela	Erected
29 Sep	Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tadjikistan	Erected
29 Sep	Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Turkmenistan	Erected
29 Sep	Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Uzbekistan	Erected
16 Oct	Diocese of Parakou, Benin	Elevated	Archdiocese of Parakou, Benin	Elevated
24 Oct	Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Abeokuta, Nigeria	Erected
24 Oct	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Asansol, India	Erected
24 Oct	Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana	Territory Lost	Diocese of Goaso, Ghana	Erected
21 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated
21 Nov	Diocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Elevated
21 Nov	Diocese of Miri, Malaysia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Chur, Switzerland	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Erected
22 Dec			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kyrgyzstan	Erected
23 Dec	Archdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
23 Dec	Diocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Erected
23 Dec	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Erected