The Year of Our Lord 1996

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown			Titular See of California	Established
unknown			Titular See of Gardar	Established
unknown			Titular See of Oregon City	Established
unknown	Delegation to Sierra Leone	Elevated	Nunciature to Sierra Leone	Elevated
unknown	[Patriotic Diocese of Langfang, China]	Suppressed
11 Jan	Diocese of Silchar, India (Tripura)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Agartala, India	Erected
11 Jan	Diocese of Silchar, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Aizawl, India	Name Changed
18 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia (Czech Republic)	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)	Erected
2 Feb	Diocese of Camagüey, Cuba (Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spiritus)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba	Erected
12 Feb	Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil (Manicoré)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Territory Added
12 Feb	Territorial Prelature of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil (Apui)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Territory Added
12 Feb	Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Pontal do Araguaia) Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Canarana)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
12 Feb	Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Cocalinho north of Manacuru dos Antigos river)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Added
13 Feb	Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Elevated	Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)	Elevated
13 Feb			Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala (from Guatemala)	Metropolitan Changed
13 Feb			Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala (from Guatemala)	Metropolitan Changed
13 Feb			Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala (from Guatemala)	Metropolitan Changed
13 Feb			Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala (from Guatemala)	Metropolitan Changed
23 Feb	Diocese of Arua, Uganda (Nebbi and part of Aruaëns)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda	Erected
27 Mar	Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil (Aparecida do Rio Negro, Lageado, Lizarda, Rio Sono, and Reserva Xerente) Diocese of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil (Palmas, Sao Félix do Tocantins, Mateiros, Novo Acordo, Santa Teresa do Tocantins, and Lagoa do Tocantins)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil	Erected
27 Mar			Diocese of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil (from Goiânia)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Mar			Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil (from Goiânia)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Mar			Diocese of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil (from Goiânia)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Mar			Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil (from Goiânia)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Apr	Archdiocese of Guatemala (Departamento Santa Rosa)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala	Erected
24 May	Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland (Wrocław, Coslinensi, and Viridimontanensi along with Glivicensi and Katovicensi and Gdańsk)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Erected
24 May	Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Elevated	Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland	Elevated
27 May	Diocese of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Name Changed	Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal	Name Changed
30 May	Archdiocese of Olomouc, Czechia (Bílovec, Bruntál, Frydek, Hlucín, Jeseník, Karviná, Krnov, Mistek, Novy Jicin, Opava, and Ostrava)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia	Erected
8 Jun			Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel	Erected
12 Jun	Diocese of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil (Belmonte, Itagimirim, and Itapebi) Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil (Eunápolis, Guaratinga, Itabela, Porto Seguro, and Santa Cruz Cabrália)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
14 Jun	Diocese of Trivandrum, India (Nedumangad and Neyyattinkara except for Padroad)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Neyyattinkara, India	Erected
5 Jul	Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria (Akko, Alkaleri, Balanga, Bauchi, Billirri, Darazo, Dass, Dukku, Gamawa, Gankuwa, Gombe, Itas/Gadau, Jama'are, Kaltungo, Katagum, Misau, Nafada, Nigi, Shiri, Tafawa-Balewa, Toro, Tamaltu/Deba, and Zaki)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Bauchi, Nigeria	Erected
10 Jul			Nunciature to Turkmenistan	Established
31 Jul	Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar	Name Changed	Diocese of Taungngu, Myanmar	Name Changed
8 Aug	Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Elevated	Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Elevated
5 Oct			Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine {Gerusalemme e Palestina} (Maronite)	Erected
5 Oct			Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan {Giordania} (Maronite)	Erected
8 Nov	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Nepal	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Nepal	Elevated
11 Nov	Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Kanyakumari and Shenkottai)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India	Erected
25 Nov			Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey	Erected
30 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia	Elevated	Diocese of Buenaventura, Colombia	Elevated
30 Nov	Diocese of Los Teques, Venezuela (Acevedo, Andrés Bello, Brión, Buroz, Páez, Plaza, Pedro Guai, and Zamora)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guarenas, Venezuela	Erected
30 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú-Puerto Inírida, Colombia (Guainia) Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada, Colombia (Part of Guaviare)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia	Erected
30 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú-Puerto Inírida, Colombia	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia	Split
30 Nov	Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste (Eastern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baucau, Timor-Leste	Erected
30 Nov	Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda (Luweero)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda	Erected
30 Nov	Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda (Mukono)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lugazi, Uganda	Erected
7 Dec	Archdiocese of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania Territorial Abbey of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rrëshen, Albania (Rrëshen (Mirdita), Burrel, Bulquize, and Peshkopi)	Erected
14 Dec	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru (Corpus Christi, Niño Jesús, La Anunciación, La Trinidad, Los Santos Inocentes, María Misionera, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, San Francisco, San Gabriel Arcángel, San José de Nazaret, San Martín, Santa Catalina Labouré, Cristo de Pachacamilla, Cristo Res...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lurín, Peru	Erected
14 Dec	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Carabayllo, Peru	Erected
14 Dec	Archdiocese of Lima, Peru	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chosica, Peru	Erected
15 Dec	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bomadi, Nigeria	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria	Elevated
16 Dec	Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata and Gaspar Hernández (from Espaillat))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Erected
16 Dec	Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India (Kanyakumari)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Erected
20 Dec	Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Name Changed
28 Dec			Nunciature to Tadjikistan	Established
31 Dec	Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala (Departamento de Retalhuleu) Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala (Departamento de Suchitepéquez)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala	Erected
31 Dec	Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala	Name Changed	Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Name Changed

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