21st day of May

Diocese Events

St. Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs (Opt. Memorial)

See Also: Bishop Events

Year	From		To
1515	Diocese of Torino, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Elevated
1840	Diocese of Santiago de Chile	Elevated	Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile	Elevated
1904			Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate	Decretum Laudis
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Erected
1938	Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia	Name Changed
1938	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Karafuto, Japan	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Karafuto, Russian Federation	Elevated
1938	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China	Elevated
1938	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Elevated
1959	Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar Archdiocese of Tananarive, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Erected
1960	Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
1960	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kisii, Kenya	Erected
1966	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Malawi	Established
1973			Nunciature to Guinea	Established
1979	Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
1990	Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated	Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya	Elevated
1990	Diocese of Mombasa, Kenya	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mombasa, Kenya	Elevated
1990	Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated	Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya	Elevated
1990	Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh	Erected
2002	Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Erected
2002	Prefecture Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Elevated

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