The Year of Our Lord 1912

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Date	From		To
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8 Mar	Diocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Keyapaha, Rock, Garfield, Valley, Sherman, Buffalo, Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner, Scotts Bluffs, Sioux, Barnes, Box Butte, Morrill, Garden, Sheridan, Cherry, Grani > Hooker, Thomas, Me Pherson, Logan, Custer, Blaine, Loup, and Brown; and part of Bawson, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kearney, Nebraska, USA	Erected
20 Mar	Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (British Bouton)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Thibet, China	Territory Added
23 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Erected
29 Mar	Diocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (Adjusted Boundaries)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (Adjusted Boundaries)	Territory Added
20 Apr	Diocese of Tarbes, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Name Changed
27 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China (Tien-tsin-fou)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li {Ce-Li Marittimo}, China	Erected
30 Apr	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China (Tsinkyhiem)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kienchang, China	Territory Added
1 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Elevated
8 Jun	Archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Erected
15 Jun			Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Ukrainian)	Erected
20 Jun	Archdiocese of Cartagena, Colombia	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia	Erected
28 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Zambese, Zimbabwe (Boundaries Expanded)	Territory Added
13 Aug	Diocese of Hakodate, Japan (Akitaken, Tamagataken, and Nygataken) Archdiocese of Tōkyō, Japan (Toyamaken, Ishikawaken, and Fukuiken)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata, Japan	Erected
16 Sep			Order of Augustinian Recollects	Approbation
4 Oct	Prefecture Apostolic of San León del Amazonas, Peru	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Putumayo, Peru	Erected
30 Nov	Diocese of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Erected
30 Nov	Diocese of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)	Name Changed
30 Nov			Vicariate Apostolic of Athabaska, Alberta, Canada (from Saint-Boniface) Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada (from Saint-Boniface)	Metropolitan Changed
10 Dec	Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Camagüey)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Camagüey, Cuba	Erected
10 Dec	Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba (Matanzas)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Matanzas, Cuba	Erected
12 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Meridionale}, Tanzania (Kivu region)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Burundi	Erected

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