The Year of Our Lord 2018

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Territorial Prelature of Batanes, Philippines (from Nueva Segovia to Tuguegarao)	Metropolitan Changed
13 Jan	Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota, USA (Saint John in Lansford)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Territory Added
23 Jan	Diocese of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Name Changed	Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA	Name Changed
Feb			Titular See of Armentia	Established
Feb			Titular See of Bisenzio	Established
Feb			Titular See of Empúries	Established
Feb			Titular See of Methamaucum	Established
Feb			Titular See of Middelburg	Established
Feb			Titular See of Milazzo	Established
Feb			Titular See of Rosella	Established
Feb			Titular See of Valpuesta	Established
5 Feb			Titular See of Limosano	Established
8 Feb			Titular See of Amantea	Established
28 Feb	Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite)	Elevated	Eparchy of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria	Elevated
Mar			Titular See of Alesa	Established
1 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Suppressed	Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Territory Added
19 Apr	Nunciature to Swaziland	Name Changed	Nunciature to eSwatini	Name Changed
25 Apr	Diocese of Chiang Mai, Thailand (Chiang Rai and Phrae)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chiang Rai, Thailand	Erected
31 May	Diocese of Barcelona, Venezuela (Southern part of Anzoátegui)	Territory Lost	Diocese of El Tigre, Venezuela	Erected
31 May	Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Beata Maria Vergine Assunta in Strumica-Skopje (Macedonian)	Elevated
23 Jun	Secretariat for Communications, Roman Curia	Name Changed	Dicastery for Communication, Roman Curia	Name Changed
28 Jun			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Immacolata all’Esquilino	Established
28 Jun			Cardinal Titular Church of San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio	Established
29 Jun	Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy (S. Bartolomeo Apostolo (in frazione di Brussa di Caorle) and Regina della Pace (in frazione Castello di Lugugnana))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Territory Added
5 Sep	Apostolic Administration of Prizren, Kosovo	Elevated	Diocese of Prizren-Prishtina, Kosovo	Elevated
22 Sep	Diocese of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China Diocese of Jinzhou [Jehol], China	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chengde, China (Chengden (Chengde, Xinglong, Pingquan , Luanping, Longhua, Fengning, Kuancheng, and Weichang along with Shuangqiao, Shuangluan, and Yingshouyingzikuang))	Erected
1 Oct	Ordinariate of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Name Changed	Ordinariate of Austria, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Name Changed
31 Oct	Titular See of Strumnitza	Suppressed
25 Nov			Regnum Christi	Approbation
3 Dec	Diocese of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Diocese of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	United	Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	United
6 Dec	Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (Križevci)	Elevated	Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)	Elevated
21 Dec	Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mbeya, Tanzania	Elevated
21 Dec			Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania (from Songea to Mbeya)	Metropolitan Changed
21 Dec			Diocese of Sumbawanga, Tanzania (from Tabora to Mbeya)	Metropolitan Changed
22 Dec	Diocese of Vinh, Viet Nam (Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam	Erected
22 Dec	Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Syro-Malabar)	Elevated	Eparchy of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)	Elevated
22 Dec	Diocese of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq Archeparchy of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	United	Archeparchy of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean), Iraq	United
28 Dec	Diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh	Name Changed	Diocese of Barishal, Bangladesh	Name Changed
28 Dec	Archdiocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Chattogram, Bangladesh	Name Changed

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