The Year of Our Lord 1978

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
3 Jan	Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia, Rondonia, Brazil	Erected
3 Jan	Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Diocese of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Erected
16 Jan	Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic	Erected
16 Jan	Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Erected
18 Jan	Diocese of Rottenburg, Germany	Name Changed	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Name Changed
30 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya	Elevated	Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya	Elevated
27 Feb	Diocese of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bouar, Central African Republic	Erected
27 Feb	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya	Erected
27 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Transvaal, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of Klerksdorp, South Africa	Elevated
24 Apr	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Argentina (Ukrainian)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Erected
5 May	Diocese of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cascavel, Brazil Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil	Erected
14 May	Diocese of Massa Marittima, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy	Name Changed
14 May			Titular See of Populonia	Established
5 Jun	Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Carapeguá, Paraguay	Erected
5 Jun	Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay	Erected
8 Jun	Diocese of Dumka, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Raiganj, India	Erected
16 Jun	Diocese of Surigao, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tandag, Philippines	Erected
22 Jun	Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
11 Jul	Diocese of San Martín, Argentina	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Miguel, Argentina	Erected
14 Jul	Diocese of San Diego, California, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Bernardino, California, USA	Erected
23 Jul			Nunciature to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Established
12 Sep			Nunciature to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Established
28 Oct	Eparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
7 Nov	Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
7 Nov	Diocese of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
15 Nov	Diocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Elevated	Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Elevated
15 Nov	Diocese of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed	Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
27 Nov	Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Elevated

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