The Year of Our Lord 1950

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Priests of Notre Dame de Vie	Founded
14 Jan	Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Erected
2 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Erected
2 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Liberia, Liberia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Name Changed
7 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Djakarta, Indonesia	Name Changed
10 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls, Zambia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Livingstone, Zambia	Elevated
10 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinú-San Jorge, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia	Elevated
15 Mar			Nunciature to Indonesia	Established
28 Mar	Diocese of Lipa, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lucena, Philippines	Erected
18 Apr	Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Accra, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Accra, Ghana	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Asaba-Benin, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Elevated	Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Elevated
18 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Elevated	Diocese of Hongdong [Hungtung], China	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Keta, Ghana	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Kumasi, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Benue, Nigeria	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Name Changed
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Onitsha, Nigeria	Elevated	Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria	Elevated
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga, Tanzania	Erected
18 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Elevated	Diocese of Tamale, Ghana	Elevated
22 Apr			Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants	Decretum Laudis
25 Apr	Diocese of Lipa, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Infanta, Philippines	Erected
6 May	Diocese of Chihuahua, México	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Erected
6 May	Diocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador	Erected
6 May	Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Name Changed
26 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar	Elevated
27 May	Diocese of Cafelândia, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Name Changed
4 Jun	Archdiocese of México, Federal District	Territory Lost	Diocese of Toluca, México, México	Erected
24 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Elevated
24 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Merauke, Indonesia	Erected
24 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Musoma-Maswa, Tanzania	Split	Prefecture Apostolic of Musoma, Tanzania Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania	Split
24 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Elevated	Diocese of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Elevated
10 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Denpasar, Indonesia	Erected
12 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Zenshu, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Kanko o Hamheung, Korea (North)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Hamheung, Korea (North)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Kwoszu, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Kwangju, Korea (South)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (North)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Pyong-Yang, Korea (North)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Name Changed
12 Jul	Territorial Abbey of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)	Name Changed	Territorial Abbey of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)	Name Changed
14 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Elevated
14 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Lusaka, Zambia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lusaka, Zambia	Elevated
14 Jul	Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Yola, Nigeria	Erected
15 Jul	Diocese of Dacca, Bangladesh	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh	Elevated
15 Jul	Diocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Elevated	Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Elevated
16 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Shunsen, Korea (South)	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Name Changed
25 Jul	Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
5 Aug			Military Ordinariate of Spain, Military	Erected
10 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Taichung, Taiwan	Erected
11 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões, Brazil	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
11 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
11 Aug	Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu, Philippines	Erected
21 Oct	Prefecture Apostolic of Jubbulpore, India	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Jabalpur, India	Name Changed
21 Oct	Diocese of Madura, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Madurai, India	Name Changed
21 Oct	Diocese of Trichinopoly, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Tiruchirapalli, India	Name Changed
21 Oct	Diocese of Vizagapatam, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Visakhapatnam, India	Name Changed
21 Oct	Diocese of Bezwada, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Vijayawada, India	Name Changed
6 Nov			Military Ordinariate of Brazil, Military	Erected
30 Nov	Diocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines	Erected
1 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale, Uganda	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda	Name Changed
8 Dec			Military Ordinariate of Philippines, Military	Erected
21 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Erected
21 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Laos	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos	Erected
21 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Laos	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Name Changed

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