The Year of Our Lord 1928

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Congregation of Servants of Charity	Approbation
unknown			Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity	Founded
unknown			Missionaries of the Plain	Established
19 Jan	Diocese of Socorro, Colombia	Name Changed	Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Name Changed
27 Jan	Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Nuoro, Italy	Name Changed
2 Feb			Rosarian Fathers	Founded
3 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated	Diocese of Antofagasta, Chile	Elevated
15 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Erected
5 Mar	Delegation to Egypt and Arabia	Name Changed	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae)	Name Changed
16 Mar	Diocese of Augsburg, Germany (Estate of Sondermeier)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Territory Added
23 Mar	Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy (Casetta, Motta, Moresolo, Zennare (in the lower part), and S. Dominici)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chioggia, Italy	Territory Added
27 Mar	Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan (Miyazaki and Oita)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Miyazaki, Japan	Erected
28 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Elevated
28 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Rhodos {Rhodes} and Adjacent Islands, Greece	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece	Elevated
28 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
28 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China (Tze-yang, Pingli, Ning-shen, Shig-chuan, Sun-yang, Han-yin, Chuan-ping, Pai-ho, and Hinganfu (or An-kang)) Vicariate Apostolic of Sianfu, China (Siao-yi, Chen-an, and Shan-yang)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ankang [Hinganfu], China	Erected
2 Apr	Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia Diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Erected
14 Apr	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Gurupi, Brazil	Erected
14 Apr	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Erected
1 May	Diocese of Damão, India Archdiocese of Goa, India	United	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, India	United
3 May			Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King	Founded
10 May	Diocese of Como, Italy (Torrazza)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Territory Added
19 May	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (Parts of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales) Diocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines (Parts of Pangasinan and Tarlac)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lingayen, Philippines	Erected
20 May			Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China	Erected
14 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Elevated
15 Jun	Diocese of Hyderabad, India (Raichur and Gulbarga) Archdiocese of Madras, India (Bellary)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bellary, India	Erected
19 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China (Kweiteh, Ningling, Kaocheng, Yucheng, Siayi, and Yuncheng)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China	Erected
3 Jul	Archdiocese of Madras, India (Nellore, Ananthapur, Chitoor, Cuddapah, Kurnool, and Guntur)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nellore, India	Erected
3 Jul	Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India (North Arcot)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Madras, India	Territory Added
9 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Wonsan, Korea (North) (Ilan)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Ilan, China	Erected
9 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China (Lorig-Kiang, Eouloun, and Seiheu)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tsitsihar [Qiqihar], China	Erected
18 Jul	Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India (Civil districts of Ganjam and southern Orissa)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cuttack, India	Erected
18 Jul			Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh (Gopalganj and Kohualipara) Diocese of Krishnagar, India (Kasiani and Muksudpur)	Territory Added
18 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Assam, India (Sylhet and Cachar)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Territory Added
19 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Wonsan, Korea (North) (Civil province of Yenki)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China	Erected
26 Sep	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, USA	Name Changed
26 Sep			Diocese of Baker City, Oregon, USA (Named Changed from Oregon City)	Metropolitan Changed
26 Sep			Diocese of Boise City, Idaho, USA (Named Changed from Oregon City)	Metropolitan Changed
26 Sep			Diocese of Great Falls, Montana, USA (Named Changed from Oregon City)	Metropolitan Changed
26 Sep			Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Named Changed from Oregon City)	Metropolitan Changed
26 Sep			Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA (Named Changed from Oregon City)	Metropolitan Changed
15 Oct			Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Erected
9 Nov			Nunciature to Lithuania (to Nunciature)	Elevated
11 Nov			Nunciature to Latvia (to Nunciature)	Elevated
30 Nov	Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil (Assisi, Campos Novos, Candido Motta, Conçeieao de Monte Alegre, Maraeahy, Palmital, Paraguassù, Platina, Presidente Prudente, Quota, Salto Grande, Santo Anastasio, and San Pedro do Turvo)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
8 Dec			Congregation of Rural Catechists	Founded

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