The Year of Our Lord 1839

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Diocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Texas, USA	Erected
unknown	Diocese of Ampurias e Civita, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Name Changed
unknown			Congregación de San Pedro ad-Vincula	Founded
unknown	Eparchy of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian), Lithuania	Suppressed
18 Jan			Nunciature to Sardinia, Italy	Restored
25 Mar	Archeparchy of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus	Suppressed
12 Apr			Society of Mary	Decretum Laudis
18 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia, and Cyprus, Syria	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia Vicariate Apostolic of Egypt and Arabia, Egypt	Erected
18 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia, and Cyprus, Syria	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Name Changed
28 May			Delegation to Egypt and Arabia	Established
5 Jun			Xaverian Brothers	Founded
8 Jun	Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Eusebio	Established	Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Established
3 Sep	Diocese of Peking [Beijing], China	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Erected
20 Sep			Institute of Charity	Approbation

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