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Diocese Events


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YearFromTo
1876Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Territory LostDiocese of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Huntingdon, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Westmorland, Butler, Armstrong, and part of Allegheny) Erected
1887Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania ((or 30 Dec 1886))
Erected
1918Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Southwest Louisiana (between the Atchafalaya and Sabine Rivers)) Territory LostDiocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Erected
1926Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Media Valley) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana Erected
1930Delegation to Africa for the Missions Established
1932Prefecture Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China Elevated
1936Diocese of Pinsk, Belarus (Wodzld, Sciony, and Kiewlahi) Territory LostDiocese of Łomża, Poland Territory Added
1946Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru
Diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru
Vicariate Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marańón, Peru
Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru Erected
1946Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania (Shinyanga) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania Territory Added
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Aliwal, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Bethlehem, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa (Fauresmith, Philippolis, Smithfield, Edenburg, Trompsburg, and Zastron)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} (Bloemfontein, Thabunch, Wetsdorp, Jacobsdal, Boshof, Wepener, Redderburg, and parts of Ladybrand and Hoopstad)
Territory LostArchdiocese of Bloemfontein, South Africa Erected
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Cape Town, South Africa ElevatedArchdiocese of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa ElevatedArchdiocese of Durban, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Eshowe, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Keimoes, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} ElevatedDiocese of Kimberley, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Kokstad, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Kroonstad, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Swaziland ElevatedDiocese of Bremersdorp, eSwatini Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Mariannhill, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho ElevatedDiocese of Maseru, Lesotho Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Oudtshoorn, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Pretoria, South Africa ElevatedArchdiocese of Pretoria, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Queenstown, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Queenstown, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Umtata, South Africa Elevated
1951Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Lydenburg, South Africa Elevated
1965Prefecture Apostolic of Bhagalpur, India ElevatedDiocese of Bhagalpur, India Elevated
1966Diocese of Jamshedpur, India (Anandpur and Bandgaon) Territory LostArchdiocese of Ranchi, India Territory Added
1968Prefecture Apostolic of Bafia, Cameroon ElevatedDiocese of Bafia, Cameroon Elevated
1968Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya (Turkana) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya Erected
1968Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya
Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya
Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya
Territory LostDiocese of Nakuru, Kenya (Districts of Nakuru and Kericho) Erected
1982Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean) Erected
1996Diocese of Silchar, India (Tripura) Territory LostDiocese of Agartala, India Erected
1996Diocese of Silchar, India Name ChangedDiocese of Aizawl, India Name Changed
2001Eparchy of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia (Macedonia) Territory LostApostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian) Erected
2002Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine Territory LostArchiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Erected

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