The Year of Our Lord 1842

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Oceania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of New Zealand	Erected
unknown			Diocese of Marasc (Armenian), Turkey	Erected
unknown			Mission "Sui Iuris" of Mardin, Turkey	Erected
22 Jan	Diocese of Funchal, Portugal Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon	Erected
15 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Erected
5 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land, Australia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Adelaide, Australia Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart, Australia	Erected
5 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land, Australia	Elevated	Diocese of Sydney, Australia	Elevated
22 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated	Diocese of Adelaide, Australia	Elevated
22 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart, Australia	Elevated	Diocese of Hobart, Australia	Elevated
22 Apr	Diocese of Sydney, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia	Elevated
12 Jun			Prefecture Apostolic of Aborigines of Australia	Erected
23 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Oceania	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga	Erected
12 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Elevated
20 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated
28 Sep	Archdiocese of Guatemala	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (El Salvador)	Erected
30 Sep	Diocese of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of New Brunswick, Canada	Erected

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