The Year of Our Lord 1906

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
4 Mar			Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Decretum Laudis
12 Mar			Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Approbation
1 May	Diocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Elevated
1 May	Diocese of Mariana, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Elevated
1 May			Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)	Metropolitan Changed
11 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Zanguebar {Zanguebar Centrale}, Tanzania	Erected
15 May			Prefecture Apostolic of Western Honan {Ho-Nan Occidentale}, China	Erected
26 May			Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, Roman Curia	United
4 Jul			Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Approbation
10 Aug	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Name Changed
1 Oct			Prefecture Apostolic of Marianne Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Erected
11 Nov	Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Elevated	Archdiocese of Yucatán, México	Elevated
21 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Zanguebar {Zanguebar Centrale}, Tanzania	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Name Changed
21 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya	Name Changed

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