The Year of Our Lord 2025

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
6 Jan	Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Name Changed	Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux, France	Name Changed
23 Jan	Diocese of Gurué, Mozambique (Alto Molócuè, Gilé, and Pebane) Diocese of Quelimane, Mozambique (Mocubela and Mulevala)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique	Erected
25 Jan	Diocese of Hakha, Myanmar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mindat, Myanmar	Erected
11 Feb			Pontifical Commission for Donations to the Holy See, Roman Curia	Established
7 Mar	Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Erected
22 Mar	Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay (Caazapá)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caazapá, Paraguay	Erected
12 Apr	Diocese of Calicut, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Calicut, India	Elevated
12 Apr			Diocese of Kannur, India (from Verapoly)	Metropolitan Changed
12 Apr			Diocese of Sultanpet, India (from Verapoly)	Metropolitan Changed
14 Apr	Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana	Suppressed
22 May	Diocese of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
22 May			Diocese of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil (from Ribeirão Preto)	Metropolitan Changed
22 May			Diocese of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil (from Ribeirão Preto)	Metropolitan Changed
22 May			Diocese of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil (from Ribeirão Preto)	Metropolitan Changed
22 May			Diocese of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil (from Ribeirão Preto)	Metropolitan Changed
8 Jul	Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China	Suppressed
8 Jul	Diocese of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China	Suppressed
8 Jul			Diocese of Zhangjiakou, China	Erected
10 Jul	Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (Nandi County)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya	Erected
27 Aug	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo Este, San Antonio de Guerra, and Boca Chica)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Stella Maris, Dominican Republic	Erected
28 Aug	Eparchy of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
28 Aug	Eparchy of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
28 Aug	Eparchy of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
28 Aug	Eparchy of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated	Archeparchy of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Elevated
28 Aug			Eparchy of Hosur (Syro-Malabar), India (from Ernakulam-Angamaly to Trichur)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India (from Agra)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India (from Agra)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India (from Nagpur)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (from Gandhinagar)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India (from Hyderabad)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India (from Raipur)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bhopal)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bhopal)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Aug			Eparchy of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Nizamabad, Jagityal, Peddapalli, Kamareddy, RajannaSircilla, Karimnagar, Jaishankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Warangal Urban, Warangal Rural, Mahabubabad, Kothagudem, and Khammam)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Kamataka-Haveri, Davangere, Chitradurga, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Raichur, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary, Gadag, Dharwar, Bidar, Gulbarga, Yadgir, and Vijayanagara)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Uttar Pradesh: Bijnor (in full), Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffamagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), and Baghpat and Uttarakhand: Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithor)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Maharashtra: Nagpur, Gondia, Bhandara, Amravati, Hingoli, Washim, and Yavatmal)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Faizabad, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Lucknow, Unnao, Barabanki, Gonda, Bahraich, Sitapur, Hardoi, Balrampur, Shravasti, LakhimpurKheri, Varanasi, ...)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Chhattisgarh: Raipur, Bilaspur, Mahasamund, Durg, Dhamtari, Korba, Janjgir, Kabirdham, Bemetara, Balod, Baloda Bazar, Gariyaband, Mungeli, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Koriya, Jashpur, Raigarh, Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi, ...)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Archeparchy of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Maharashtra: Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed (Bhir), Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Buldhana, and Akola, along with the entire State of Goa (South Goa and North Goa))	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Gujarat: Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, and Aravalli, along with the Union Territory of Diu Island)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Betul, Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Bhind, Datia, Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, and Shivpuri; and Uttar Pradesh: Lalitpur)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Eparchy of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur, Mandla, Shahdol, Dindori, Umaria, Katni, Anuppur, Damoh, and Narsinghpur; Uttar Pradesh: Jhansi, Jalaun, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, and Mahoba)	Territory Added
28 Aug			Archeparchy of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India (Added Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Harda, Sehore, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Khandwa (East Nimar), Burhanpur, Barwani, and Khargone (West Nimar))	Territory Added

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