The Year of Our Lord 1932

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Founded
11 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Elevated
18 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam	Erected
21 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Chihfeng [Chifeng], China	Erected
2 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana	Erected
4 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Moukden, China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Fushun, China	Erected
5 Feb	Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco, Venezuela	Erected
22 Mar	Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Name Changed	Diocese of Alba Iulia, Romania	Name Changed
22 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
22 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
23 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang], China	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China	Erected
20 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Erected
25 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Erected
2 May			Archeparchy of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan	Erected
6 May			Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Mallorca)	Approbation
6 May			St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart	Decretum Laudis
7 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam	Erected
27 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated
27 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Kavirondo, Kenya	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated
1 Jun	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Hwangchow, China	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Hwangchow, China	Elevated
1 Jun	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Changtien, China	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Changtien, China	Elevated
1 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Szepingkai, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Szepingkai [Siping], China	Elevated
11 Jun	Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Greece (Greek)	Erected
11 Jun			Eparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
11 Jun			Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
17 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Sianfu, China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China	Erected
17 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Luanfu, China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Erected
17 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Shohchow, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Shohchow [Shuoxian], China	Elevated
17 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Tatungfu, China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tatungfu, China	Elevated
7 Jul	Archdiocese of Cartagena, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barranquilla, Colombia	Erected
15 Jul	Diocese of Cebu, Philippines Diocese of Jaro, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines	Erected
15 Jul	Diocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Mountain Provinces, Philippines	Erected
18 Jul	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated
18 Jul	Diocese of Allahabad, India Diocese of Nagpur, India	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Jubbulpore, India	Erected
18 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia	Elevated
18 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tukuyu, Tanzania	Erected
18 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Karafuto, Russian Federation	Erected
1 Aug			Archdiocese of Zadar (Zara), Croatia (no longer a Metropolitan)	Elevated
22 Aug			Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants	Founded
24 Oct			Missionários da Boa Nova	Approbation
15 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Sianfu, China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Fengsiang [Fengxiang], China	Erected
18 Nov	Diocese of Goiás, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Goiás, Brazil	Elevated
29 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kienchangfu, China	Erected

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