The Year of Our Lord 1886

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Date	From		To
8 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China	Name Changed
25 Feb			Eparchy of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Erected
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Western Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Eastern Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Erected
28 May	Diocese of Grass Valley, California, USA Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA	Erected
4 Jun			Vicariate Apostolic of French Congo {Congo Francese}, Congo	Erected
4 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Erected
4 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa	Erected
8 Jun	Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Elevated	Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Elevated
8 Jun	Diocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Elevated
8 Jun			Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (from Québec to Montréal)	Metropolitan Changed
23 Aug	Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada	Name Changed	Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Name Changed
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India	Elevated	Diocese of Eastern Bengal, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Agra, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Agra, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Patna, India	Elevated	Diocese of Allahabad, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bombay, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Diocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Coimbatore, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad, India	Elevated	Diocese of Hyderabad, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Elevated	Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Elevated
1 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Central Bengal, India	Elevated	Diocese of Central Bengal, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Punjab, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan	Erected
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Madras, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Madras, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Mangalore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Mangalore, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore, India	Elevated	Diocese of Mysore, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Pondicherry, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Poona, India	Elevated	Diocese of Poona, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Quilon, India	Elevated	Diocese of Quilon, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast, India	Elevated	Diocese of Madurai, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Vizagapatnam, India	Elevated	Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Elevated	Archdiocese of Verapoly, India	Elevated
1 Sep	Archdiocese of Goa, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Damão, India	Erected
1 Sep			Patriarchate of East Indies, India	Erected
4 Oct	Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Erected
8 Oct			Archdiocese of Shkodrë, Albania (became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
8 Oct			Diocese of Pult (Pulati), Albania (from Bar (Antivari))	Metropolitan Changed
22 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
22 Nov	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo (Portuguese Congo), Angola	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola	Name Changed
26 Nov	Diocese of Albany, New York, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Syracuse, New York, USA	Erected

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