29th day of April

Diocese Events

St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor (Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1836			Society of Mary	Approbation
1922	Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine (Uryez)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland	Territory Added
1926			Barmherzige Brüder von Maria-Hilf	Approbation
1942	Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia (North and West)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Erected
1952	Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Ontano)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort William, Ontario, Canada	Erected
1953	Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark	Elevated	Diocese of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Elevated
1955	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Elevated
1955			Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Quilon (except some of "taluk" Shenkotta, Pathanamthitta, Tiruvalla, and Ampalapuzha), Chirayinkit, Nedumangad, Trivandrum , Neyyatinkara, Thovala, Agasteeswaram, Kalkulam, and Vilavankode)	Territory Added
1955			Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Added
1955			Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Civil district of South Kanara, Mysore include Mandya, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Shimoga, along with the province of Coorg, the Nilgiris and part of the Coimbatore civil district)	Territory Added
1955			Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India (Ooimbatore (except Kollegal and part of Gobichettypalaam) and Palghat, Malluvanad, Chittur, Nelliampathy, and Karur)	Territory Added
1956	Vicariate Apostolic of Likuni, Malawi (Dedza) Vicariate Apostolic of Zomba, Malawi (Ncheu)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Dedza, Malawi	Erected
1963	Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco, Brazil	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Roraima, Brazil	Name Changed
1967	Archdiocese of Cuzco, Peru (Callao, Bellavista, La Punta, and Reynoso Carmen de la Legua along with the islands of San Lorenzo, El Fronton, Cavinzas, and Redonda)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Callao, Peru	Erected
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Battista Decollato	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Gesù Divin Lavoratore	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Gregorio VII	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Immacolata al Tiburtino	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Luca a Via Prenestina	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora de La Salette	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Pio X alla Balduina	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica	Established
1969			Cardinal Titular Church of San Roberto Bellarmino	Established
1969			Priestly Society of St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo	Approbation
1972	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Sudan	Established
1976	Archdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Limeira, Iracemápolis, Americana, Nova Odessa, Conchai, Artur Nogueira, Cosmópolis, Araras, Lerne, Santa Cruz da Conceicão, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, and Descalvado) Diocese of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Cordeirópolis and Analândia)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Erected
1992	Diocese of Sorocaba, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Elevated
1999			Nunciature to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Established
2010	Prefecture Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan	Elevated

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