The Year of Our Lord 1975

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Nunciature to Gambia and Sierra Leone	Established
1 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Name Changed
30 Jan	Diocese of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Territory Lost	Diocese of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam	Erected
25 Feb			Nunciature to Angola	Established
17 Mar	Diocese of San Fernando, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Balanga, Philippines	Erected
17 Mar	Diocese of San Fernando, Philippines	Elevated	Archdiocese of San Fernando, Philippines	Elevated
17 Mar			Territorial Prelature of Iba, Philippines (from Manila)	Metropolitan Changed
17 Mar			Diocese of Tarlac, Philippines (from Lingayen-Dagupan)	Metropolitan Changed
19 Mar			Delegation to Antilles	Established
12 Apr	Diocese of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archdiocese of Mbandaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	United	Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	United
28 Apr	Diocese of Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed	Diocese of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Name Changed
6 May	[SSPX Society of Saint Pius X]	Suppressed
5 Jun	Diocese of Ambanja, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Comores	Erected
12 Jun	Diocese of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil Archdiocese of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil	Erected
12 Jun	Diocese of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil Diocese of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Erected
20 Jun	Diocese of Keta, Ghana	Name Changed	Diocese of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Name Changed
3 Jul	Diocese of Ventimiglia, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Name Changed
5 Jul	Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Name Changed
11 Jul	Congregation for Divine Worship, Roman Curia Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia	United	Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, Roman Curia	United
16 Jul	Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Territory Lost	Diocese of Setúbal, Portugal Diocese of Santarém, Portugal	Erected
30 Jul	Diocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Elevated
30 Jul	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Elevated
4 Aug	Diocese of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Name Changed
10 Aug	Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola Diocese of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pereira de Eça, Angola Diocese of Serpa Pinto, Angola	Erected
10 Aug	Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ngunza, Angola	Erected
10 Aug			Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Erected
6 Sep			Nunciature to Sri Lanka	Established
1 Oct	Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Erected
20 Nov	Diocese of Kengtung, Myanmar	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lashio, Myanmar	Erected
20 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia	Elevated	Diocese of Mogadiscio, Somalia	Elevated
3 Dec	Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
3 Dec	Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Name Changed	Diocese of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Name Changed
19 Dec	Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Erected
27 Dec	Nunciature to Dahomey	Name Changed	Nunciature to Benin	Name Changed

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