16th day of October

Diocese Events

St. Hedwig, religious (Opt. Memorial)
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1798			Diocese of Warszawa, Poland	Erected
1941	Prefecture Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Elevated
1941	Prefecture Apostolic of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Elevated
1941	Prefecture Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia	Elevated
1961	Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, USA (Counties of Kimble, Sutton, Crockett, Schleicher, Concho, Menard, Tom Green, Irion, Reagan, Upton, Crane, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Scurry, Fisher, and Stonewall) Diocese of Austin, Texas, USA (Counties of McCulloch, Brown, and Coleman) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Counties of Runnels, Callhan, Taylor, Jones, and Haskell) Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (Counties of Pecos and Terrei)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Erected
1961	Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil (Cities of Carutapera, Turiaçu, and Candido Mendes; part of Santa Helena)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
1969	Delegation to Canada	Elevated	Nunciature to Canada	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Diocese of Cascavel, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Guamá, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Guamá, Para, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Diocese of Maringá, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Roraima, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Roraima, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Elevated
1979	Territorial Prelature of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Elevated
1979			Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil (from Curitiba to Cascavel) Diocese of Palmas, Brazil (from Curitiba to Cascavel) Diocese of Toledo, Parana, Brazil (from Curitiba to Cascavel)	Metropolitan Changed
1979			Diocese of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil (from Londrina to Maringá) Diocese of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil (from Londrina to Maringá) Diocese of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil (from Londrina to Maringá)	Metropolitan Changed
1982	Archdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Campina Verde, Itapagipe, Iturama, and Sao Francisco de Sales) Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Ituiutaba, Cachoeira Bourada, Canapolis, Centralina, Curinhata, Ipiaçu, and Santa Vitoria)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
1997	Diocese of Parakou, Benin	Elevated	Archdiocese of Parakou, Benin	Elevated
1997			Diocese of Kandi, Benin (from Cotonou)	Metropolitan Changed
1997			Diocese of Natitingou, Benin (from Cotonou)	Metropolitan Changed
1997			Diocese of Djougou, Benin (from Cotonou)	Metropolitan Changed
2001	Diocese of Visakhapatnam, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, India	Elevated
2023	Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria	Territory Lost	Diocese of Katsina, Nigeria	Erected

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