The Year of Our Lord 1930

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Approbation
unknown	Titular See of Druzipara	Name Changed	Titular See of Drizipara	Name Changed
11 Jan			Delegation to Africa for the Missions	Established
25 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Erected
27 Jan	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Erected
31 Jan	Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Erected
12 Feb	Diocese of Rockhampton, Australia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Townsville, Australia	Erected
14 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu, China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Erected
19 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos, Ecuador	Name Changed
3 Mar			Institute of the Josephites of Belgium	Approbation
30 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa	Erected
26 May	Diocese of Quilon, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kottar, India	Erected
26 May	Diocese of Kumbakonam, India Diocese of Mysore, India Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Salem, India	Erected
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea	Elevated
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Elevated
31 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Elevated
5 Jun			Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
5 Jun	Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed	Diocese of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania	Name Changed
5 Jun			Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Erected
5 Jun	Apostolic Administration of Timişoara, Romania	Elevated	Diocese of Timişoara, Romania	Elevated
5 Jun			Ordinariate of Romania (Armenian)	Erected
5 Jun	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	United	Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	United
10 Jun			Missionaries of Workers	Decretum Laudis
30 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Rajaburi, Thailand	Erected
30 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Nanning [Nanning], China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China	Erected
4 Jul			Ordinariate of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Erected
14 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Elevated
14 Jul	Archdiocese of Verapoly, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vijayapuram, India	Erected
23 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Hengchow [Hengyang], China	Erected
23 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1 Aug	Diocese of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Name Changed
13 Aug	Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aachen, Germany	Erected
13 Aug	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Territory Lost	Diocese of Berlin, Germany	Erected
13 Aug	Diocese of Paderborn, Germany	Elevated	Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Elevated
13 Aug	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Elevated	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Elevated
13 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Suppressed	Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany	Territory Added
13 Aug	Apostolic Administration of Schneidemühl, Poland	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl, Poland	Elevated
3 Oct			Missionários da Boa Nova	Founded
15 Oct			Nunciature to Dominican Republic (to Nunciature)	Elevated
17 Oct			Nunciature to Haiti (to Nunciature)	Elevated
14 Nov	Diocese of Oklahoma, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Name Changed

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