The Year of Our Lord 1913

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Diocese of Talca, Chile (as Territory to become a Diocese in the future)	Established
14 Jan	Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Name Changed	Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Name Changed
25 Jan	Diocese of Würzburg, Germany (Hohenfelden, Lichtenhain, and Mosen)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fulda, Germany	Territory Added
25 Jan	Diocese of Fulda, Germany (Kranichfeld, Stedten, and Kostitz)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Würzburg, Germany	Territory Added
28 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi (Northern part)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia	Erected
28 Jan	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kaffa {Kaffa Meridionale}, Ethiopia	Erected
11 Feb	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Western part: Ahuachapan, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate Provinces)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Erected
11 Feb	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Eastern part: San Miguel, La Union, Morazan, and Usulutan Provinces)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Miguel, El Salvador	Erected
11 Feb	Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Central part: Cabanas, Chalatenanco, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, and San Vicente Provinces)	Elevated	Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador	Elevated
23 Feb	Prefecture Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Libia, Libya	Elevated
21 Apr	Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Wright, Northfield, Blake, Bigelow, Wells, Bidwell, Preston, Addington, Amherst, Arundel, Montcalm, and Howard)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Erected
7 May			Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania (Boundaries Adjusted) Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Boundaries Adjusted)	Territory Added
10 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar (Southern region)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Erected
15 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar (Central part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Betafó, Madagascar	Erected
20 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Name Changed
20 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Name Changed
20 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Name Changed
22 May	Prefecture Apostolic of Rajputana, India	Elevated	Diocese of Ajmer, India	Elevated
22 May			Archdiocese of Simla, India (Became a Metropolitan)	Elevated
22 May			Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (from Agra to Simla)	Metropolitan Changed
22 May			Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan (to Simla)	Metropolitan Changed
28 May			Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Erected
30 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan (Bar-el-Gazai region)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan	Erected
30 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan	Name Changed
1 Jun	Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (Added Spitzberg)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen	Territory Added
2 Jun	Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia (Gobabis, Windhuk, Karibib, and Swakopmund)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Territory Added
1 Jul			Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb	Decretum Laudis
4 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba, Peru	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru (Added Madre de Dios)	Elevated
13 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China (Formosa Island)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan	Erected
19 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China (Lun-yen-chou, Yung-chun-chou, and Hsing-hua-fu along with Nan-jih island)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China	Territory Added
25 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea	Split	Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Eastern part) Prefecture Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Western part)	Split
26 Jul	Archdiocese of Michoacán, México (Tacambaro, Ario, Caracuaro, Huetamo, Tiquicheo, Turicato, and Tuzantla) Diocese of Zamora, Michoacán, México (Aguililla, Acahualo, Apatzingan, Aquila, Arteaga, Goáhuayana, Goalcoman, Goyre, Chinicuila, Churumuco, Huacana, Nuero-Urecho, Paracuaro, Tepalcatepec, Tomatlam, and Tumbiscatio)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Erected
25 Aug	Diocese of Diamantina, Brazil (Mucuri Valley and upper Jequitinhonha)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
28 Aug	Diocese of Perth, Australia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Perth, Australia	Elevated
8 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia (Part of the Walagga region) Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kaffa {Kaffa Meridionale}, Ethiopia	Name Changed	Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia	Name Changed
16 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia (Islands of Piccola Sonda except Flores)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia	Erected
20 Oct	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Barra do Bio Grande, Chique-Chique, Pilâo Arcado, Remanso, Casa Nova, Sento Sé, Joazeilo, Campestre, Brotas do Macahubas, Oliveira dos Brejinhos, Urubú, Bom Jesús da Lapa, Carinhanha, Sant'Anna dos Brejos, Porto de Santa Maria, Correntina, Angical, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Erected
20 Oct	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Caetité, Monte Alto, Gentío, Amparo de Umbaranas, Duas Barras, Jacaracy, Gonderiba, Caculé, Bom Jesús dos Meiras, Ituassú, Sincorá, Minas do Rio de Contas, Villa Velha de Minas de Rio de Contas, Bom Jesús de Bio de Contas, S. Joâo do Paraguassú, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
20 Oct	Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Ilhéos, Olivença, Cannarieiras, Belmonte, Santa Cruz, Porto Seguro, Villa Verde, Tramoso, Nossa Senhora de Lourdes do Angelim, Prado, Alcobaca, Garavellas, VillaViçosa, S. José de Porto Alegre, Itabuna, Barra do Bio de Contas, Marahú, Barcellos, Camamú...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
25 Oct	Archdiocese of Cambrai, France (Lille, Hazebrouck, and Dunkirk)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lille, France	Erected
12 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lindi, Tanzania	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Nicaragua	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Nicaragua (Granada, Rivas, Chontales, and San Juan del Norie)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Granada, Nicaragua	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Nicaragua (Managua, Masaya, Carazo, Matagalpa, and Qinotega)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua	Erected
2 Dec	Diocese of Nicaragua (León, Chimandega, Esteli, and Nueva Segovia)	Name Changed	Diocese of León en Nicaragua	Name Changed
17 Dec	Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend'Oreille, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Benton, Franklin, Walla-Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA	Erected
31 Dec	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viet Nam (Lang Son and Cao Bang along with Bao Lac, Quan Ba, and Long Van (in Ha Giang))	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Erected

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