The Year of Our Lord 1808

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (Chaldean)	Founded
unknown			Fathers of Mercy	Founded
8 Apr	Diocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont) Diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky, USA (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory) Diocese of New York, New York, USA (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey) Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)	Erected
8 Apr	Diocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Elevated	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi)	Elevated
26 Sep			Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated

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