The Year of Our Lord 1965

Diocese Events

January to June

Date	From		To
unknown			Mission Society of the Philippines	Founded
unknown	Delegation to Central-Western Africa	Established
unknown	Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine (Israel, Jordan, Cyprus), Palestine	Name Changed	Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine	Name Changed
11 Jan	Prefecture Apostolic of Bhagalpur, India	Elevated	Diocese of Bhagalpur, India	Elevated
25 Jan	Diocese of Meru, Kenya (Eastern Part of Marsabit)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Marsabit, Kenya	Territory Added
26 Jan	Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Name Changed	Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Name Changed
26 Jan	Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland (Grand Saconnex)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Belley, France	Territory Added
26 Jan	Diocese of Belley, France (Part of Ferney-Voltaire)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Territory Added
2 Feb	Diocese of Mondovi, Italy (Saint John the Baptist in Nasino)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Albenga, Italy	Territory Added
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Gran Madre di Dio	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Camillo de Lellis	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Croce in via Flaminia	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sacro Cuore di Maria	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Leone I	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Michele Arcangelo	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santissimo Nome di Gesù	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Patrizio	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Regina Apostolorum	Established
5 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi	Established
6 Feb			Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Decretum Laudis
8 Feb	Suburbicarian See of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Territory Lost	Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Territory Added
12 Feb	Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán, México (Villa Escalante or Santa Clara and Villa Madero)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Territory Added
15 Feb			Diocese of Patna, India (from Calcutta)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Feb			Delegation to Northern Africa	Established
27 Feb			Delegation to Libya	Established
4 Mar	Diocese of Fiesole, Italy (Parts of Vicchiomaggio)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Territory Added
17 Mar	Diocese of Ibarra, Ecuador (Carchi)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tulcán, Ecuador	Erected
22 Mar	Archdiocese of Blantyre, Malawi (Chikwawa and Port Herald)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chikwawa, Malawi	Erected
22 Mar	Diocese of Gulu, Uganda (Karamoja)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Moroto, Uganda	Erected
22 Mar	Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon, Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, and Chaiyaphum)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima, Thailand	Erected
22 Mar	Diocese of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) (Won Seong, Yeong Wol, Sam Cheok, Jeong Seong, and Ul-jin)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wonju, Korea (South)	Erected
3 Apr			Delegation to Central Africa	Established
9 Apr			Secretariat for Non-Believers, Roman Curia	Established
30 Apr			Fratelli di San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo	Decretum Laudis
5 May	Diocese of Kabba, Nigeria	Name Changed	Diocese of Lokoja, Nigeria	Name Changed
15 May	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Zambia	Established
28 May	Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain (East and West Sussex and Surrey (outside of the London boroughs))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Erected
28 May	Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Elevated	Archdiocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Elevated
28 May			Diocese of Plymouth, England, Great Britain (from Birmingham to Southwark)	Metropolitan Changed
28 May			Diocese of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain (from Westminster to Southwark)	Metropolitan Changed
7 Jun	Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Hanna Parish and Delia Mission)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Territory Added
14 Jun	Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Braúnas, Itambé do Mato Dentro, Morro do Pilar, Passabém, Santo Antonio do Rio Abaixo, and Sâo Sebastiâo do Rio Preto) Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Alvinópolis, Antonio Dias, Bela Vista de Minas, Belo Oriente, Bom Jesus do Amparo, Coronel Fabriciano, Dionisio, Ferros, Itabira, Ipatinga, Jaguaraçu, Joanésia, Joao Monlevade, Marliéria, Mesquita, Nova Era, Rio Piracicaba, Santa Maria do Itabira, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Itabira, Brazil	Erected
19 Jun	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Established	Nunciature to Kenya	Established
24 Jun	Apostolic Administration of Loreto, Italy	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of Loreto, Italy	Elevated

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