The Year of Our Lord 1820

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India	Name Changed
unknown	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Hindustan, India	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India	Elevated
1 Feb	Archdiocese of Québec, Canada (Anticosti Island and the Labrador coast)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada	Territory Added
11 Jul	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA (North and South Carolina and Georgia) Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, USA (Entire state of Virginia)	Erected
5 Sep			Christian Brothers	Approbation
25 Nov	Diocese of Noli, Italy Diocese of Savona, Italy	United	Diocese of Savona e Noli, Italy	United
25 Nov	Diocese of Brugnato, Italy Diocese of Luni e Sarzana, Italy	United	Diocese of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	United
15 Dec	Diocese of Modena, Italy Territorial Abbey of Nonantola, Italy	United	Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	United

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