12th day of December

Diocese Events

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1435	Diocese of Nepi, Italy Diocese of Sutri, Italy	United	Diocese of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	United
1754	Archdiocese of Burgos, Spain	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santander, Spain	Erected
1912	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi	Erected
1923	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China	Elevated
1923			Prefecture Apostolic of Puchi [Puqi], China	Erected
1923			Prefecture Apostolic of Hanyang [Hanyang], China	Erected
1923			Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Erected
1924	Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Erected
1939			Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Approbation
1959	Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1964	Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar, Kenya	Split	Diocese of Mombasa, Kenya	Split
1964			Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Erected
1974	Vicariate Apostolic of El Obeid, Sudan	Elevated	Diocese of El Obeid, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Vicariate Apostolic of Juba, Sudan	Elevated	Archdiocese of Juba, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Elevated	Archdiocese of Khartoum, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal, Sudan	Elevated	Diocese of Malakal, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Vicariate Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan	Elevated	Diocese of Rumbek, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Prefecture Apostolic of Mupoi, Sudan	Elevated	Diocese of Tombura, Sudan	Elevated
1974	Vicariate Apostolic of Wau, Sudan	Elevated	Diocese of Wau, Sudan	Elevated
1986	Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, USA Diocese of Dallas, Texas, USA Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tyler, Texas, USA	Erected
1988	Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas, Peru	Elevated	Diocese of Chulucanas, Peru	Elevated
2005	Archdiocese of Patna, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Buxar, India	Erected

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