The Year of Our Lord 1868

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Date	From		To
unknown			Prefecture Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan	Erected
unknown			Nunciature to Turkey	Established
unknown			Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Founded
unknown	Diocese of Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland Diocese of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland	United	Diocese of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland	United
14 Feb	Diocese of Antioquía, Colombia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Medellín, Colombia	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, USA (Territory from Ohio River to the Scioto River plus the Counties of Franklin, Delaware, and Morrow)	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Bradford, Lucerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Lycoming)	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Buffalo, New York, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rochester, New York, USA (Counties of Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca, Yates, and Ontario)	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, USA (Delaware plus Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchster, Somerset, and Worcester Counties in Maryland and Northampton and Accomac Counties in Virginia)	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA (Territory of Montana West of the Rocky Mountains)	Erected
3 Mar	Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA (From Charleston River in the East to the Missouri River in the South and West and to the State of Iowa in the North)	Erected
3 Mar	Diocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona, USA Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado and Utah, USA	Erected
3 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Marysville, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Grass Valley, California, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Erected
Apr	Diocese of Nice, France	Territory Lost	Territorial Abbey of Saints Nicholas and Benedict	Erected
22 Jul			Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes	Decretum Laudis
28 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Lhassa, China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Thibet, China	Name Changed
29 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein, Germany	Erected
7 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Denmark	Erected
7 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown)	Erected
7 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}	Name Changed
3 Dec			Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Founded

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