The Year of Our Lord 1876

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
11 Jan	Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Huntingdon, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Westmorland, Butler, Armstrong, and part of Allegheny)	Erected
19 Jan	Diocese of L’Aquila, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of L’Aquila, Italy	Elevated
8 Apr			Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception	Decretum Laudis
14 May	Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA	Erected
22 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Japan (Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan	Erected
22 May	Vicariate Apostolic of Japan	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan	Name Changed
12 Aug			Society of Saint Edmund	Decretum Laudis
25 Aug			Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes	Approbation

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