The Year of Our Lord 1961

Diocese Events

January to June

Date	From		To
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Amboina, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Atambua, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Bandung, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Sukabumi, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Bogor, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Denpasar, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Denpasar, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Endeh, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Endeh, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Djakarta, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Djakarta, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Ketapang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Ketapang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Larantuka, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Larantuka, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Rosebery, Zambia	Elevated	Diocese of Fort Rosebery, Zambia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Makassar, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Malang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Manado, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Diocese of Maseru, Lesotho	Elevated	Archdiocese of Maseru, Lesotho	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Medan, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Medan, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Padang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Palembang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Diocese of Maseru, Lesotho (Qacha's Nek, Quthing, and Mokholtong)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho	Erected
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Ruteng, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Ruteng, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Samarinda, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Semarang, Indonesia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Semarang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Sintang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Sintang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Surabaia, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang, Indonesia	Elevated	Diocese of Tandjung-Karang, Indonesia	Elevated
3 Jan			Diocese of Leribe, Lesotho (from Bloemfontein)	Metropolitan Changed
17 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nyassa, Malawi	Elevated	Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi	Elevated
28 Jan	Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Erected
28 Jan	Diocese of Colima, México (Autlan de Navarro, Cabo Corrientes (Tuito), Casimiro Castillo, Ejutla, El Grullo, La Huerta, El Limón, Purificación, Tomatlán, Cihuatlán, and Cuatitlán) Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México (Atengo, Ayutla, Cuautlá, Juchitlán, Tecolotlán, Tenamaxtlán, and Unión de Tula)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Erected
28 Jan	Diocese of Crato, Ceara, Brazil (Acopiara, Arneiroz, Aiuaba, Cariús, Catarina, Cedro, Cococí, Ico, Iguatú, Jucas, Oros, Parambú, Saboeiro, and Tauá) Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil (Milha, Mombaça, Pedra Branca, Piquet Carneiro, Senador Pompeu, and Solonópole)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Erected
7 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia	Elevated
20 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated	Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated
20 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai, Ethiopia	Elevated	Eparchy of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Elevated
20 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Elevated	Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Elevated
21 Feb	Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda (Toro and Bunyoro)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda	Erected
21 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Bhamo, Myanmar	Elevated	Diocese of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Elevated
21 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Prome, Myanmar	Elevated	Diocese of Prome, Myanmar	Elevated
27 Feb	Archdiocese of México, Federal District (Acajuba, Alfajayucan, Atitalaquia, Atotonilco Tula, Chapantongo, Chilcuautla, Francisco Madero, Huichapan, Mixquiahuala, Nopala, Tasquillo, Tecozautla, Tepeji del Rio, Tepetitlan, Tetepango, Tezontepec de Aldama, Tlaxcoapan, and Tula de Allende) Diocese of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México (Cardonal, Ixmiquilpan, Nicolas Flores, San Salvador, Santiago, Zimapan, Pacula, Jacala, and La Misión)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Erected
19 Mar			Military Ordinariate of Bolivia, Military	Erected
21 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey, Niger	Elevated	Diocese of Niamey, Niger	Elevated
21 Mar	Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan (Hsinchu, Taoyuan, and Miaoli)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Erected
21 Mar	Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar (Kayah State and the Southern Shan States)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Erected
21 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Sub-Prefecture of Tainan and Pescadores Island)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tainan, Taiwan	Erected
21 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Sub-Prefectures of Kaohsiung and Pingtung)	Elevated	Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Elevated
10 Apr	Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina (Copo, Alberdi, Matará, Moreno, General Taboada, Belgrano, and parts of Figueroa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Añatuya, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (Quilmes) Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina (Avellaneda)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Avellaneda, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Archdiocese of Paraná, Argentina (Concordia, Federación, and Colón)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Concordia, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina (Goya, Curuzú Cuatiá, Mercedes, Esquina, Lavalle, Sauce, Monte Caseros, Paso de los Libres, and San Martín)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Goya, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina	Elevated
10 Apr	Diocese of Mendoza, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Rafael, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Viedma, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Archdiocese of Salta, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orán, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Reconquista, Argentina (Department of Nueve de Julio) Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Argentina (Departments of Castellano and San Cristóbal)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rafaela, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Francisco, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Morón, Argentina (Partidos of General San Martín and 3 de Febrero) Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina (Partido of General Sarmiento)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Martín, Argentina	Erected
10 Apr	Diocese of Mendoza, Argentina	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mendoza, Argentina	Elevated
10 Apr			Diocese of Azul, Argentina (from Buenos Aires)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Apr			Diocese of Morón, Argentina (from La Plata)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Apr			Diocese of La Rioja, Argentina (from Córdoba)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Apr			Diocese of Formosa, Argentina (from Santa Fe to Corrientes)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Apr			Diocese of Posadas, Argentina (from Paraná)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Apr			Diocese of Resistencia, Argentina (from Santa Fe)	Metropolitan Changed
23 Apr	Titular See of Laodicea in Syria per i Melchiti	Suppressed
28 Apr	Eparchy of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Erected
16 May	Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria (Districts of Ahoada, Degema, Ogoni, and Brass plus the Rivers Province)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Erected
22 May	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Cities of Constantina and Nonoai) Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Cities of Frederico Westphalen, Campo Novo, Crissiumal, Humaitá, Irai, Palmeira das Missöes, Santo Augusto, Seberí, Tenente Portela, and Tres Passos)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
22 May	Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
26 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Juba, Sudan	Name Changed
26 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Wau, Sudan	Name Changed
5 Jun	Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines (Provinces of Burui and Rutana)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Laoag, Philippines	Erected
6 Jun	Archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bururi, Burundi	Erected
6 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Inch’on, Korea (South)	Erected
24 Jun	Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Erected
24 Jun	Diocese of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Regions east of the rivers Lubishi and Bombi)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
26 Jun	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (City of Manicoré) Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (City of Humaitá)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected

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