The Year of Our Lord 1958

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor	Founded
unknown			Institute Voluntas Dei	Founded
14 Jan	Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
14 Jan	Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil Territorial Prelature of Palmas, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
14 Jan	Territorial Prelature of Palmas, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Palmas, Brazil	Elevated
23 Jan			Military Ordinariate of Dominican Republic, Military	Erected
15 Feb			Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Decretum Laudis
16 Feb	Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil Diocese of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Erected
16 Feb	Diocese of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Name Changed
22 Feb	Diocese of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Harbour Grace-Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Name Changed
24 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
24 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga, Tanzania	Elevated	Diocese of Tanga, Tanzania	Elevated
24 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos	Elevated
25 Feb	Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Name Changed	Diocese of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Name Changed
18 Mar	Diocese of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Erected
19 Apr	Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
19 Apr	Diocese of Campinas, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
19 Apr	Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
19 Apr	Diocese of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
19 Apr	Diocese of Cork, Ireland Diocese of Ross, Ireland	United	Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland	United
19 Apr			Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Roman Curia	Erected
24 Apr			Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity	Decretum Laudis
26 Apr	Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil	Name Changed
28 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Elevated
28 Apr	Archdiocese of Cuzco, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Abancay, Peru	Erected
28 Apr	Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Erected
28 Apr	Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated	Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria	Elevated
7 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Elevated	Diocese of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Elevated
10 May			Apostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian)	Erected
15 May	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Huacho, Peru	Erected
15 May	Diocese of Huancayo, Peru Diocese of Huánuco, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Tarma, Peru	Erected
15 May	Diocese of Huánuco, Peru Diocese of Huaraz, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru	Erected
19 May	Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines	Elevated	Archdiocese of Zamboanga, Philippines	Elevated
24 May	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (Monagas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maturín, Venezuela	Erected
25 May	Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA	Erected
17 Jun			[Patriotic Diocese of Huizhou, China]	Erected
20 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Likuni, Malawi	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Lilongwe, Malawi	Name Changed
21 Jun	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Elevated
21 Jun	Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maracay, Venezuela	Erected
23 Jun	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Elevated
23 Jun	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arua, Uganda	Erected
23 Jun			Diocese of Cheong-ju, Korea (South)	Erected
23 Jun	Diocese of Bremersdorp, Swaziland Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa Diocese of Lydenburg, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa	Erected
23 Jun	Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Erected
23 Jun			Vicariate Apostolic of Daijeon, Korea (South)	Erected
23 Jun	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria	Erected
10 Jul	Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Elevated	Archeparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Elevated
10 Jul	Apostolic Exarchate of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Elevated	Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Elevated
11 Jul	Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
12 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Sulu, Philippines	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines	Elevated
30 Jul	Diocese of Puno, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri, Peru	Erected
17 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Gorakhpur, India	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Benares-Gorakhpur, India	Name Changed
7 Nov	Archdiocese of La Paz, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Coroico, Bolivia	Erected
13 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Erected
22 Nov	Diocese of Chihuahua, México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Chihuahua, México	Elevated
22 Nov	Archdiocese of Durango, México Diocese of Sinaloa, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México	Erected
22 Nov	Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Erected
9 Dec			St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Decretum Laudis
11 Dec	Diocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated
11 Dec	Diocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated
11 Dec	Diocese of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated
11 Dec	Diocese of Libreville, Gabon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mouila, Gabon	Erected
11 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Elevated

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