The Year of Our Lord 2013

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Cardinal Titular Church of San Giovanni Battista Decollato	Suppressed
18 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)	Elevated
19 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of France (Ukrainian)	Elevated	Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)	Elevated
19 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia e Montenegro (Križevci), Serbia	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (Križevci)	Name Changed
6 Feb	Territorial Prelature of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Elevated
21 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia (Leguízamo and Solano)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia	Erected
21 Feb	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente, Colombia	Name Changed
22 Feb	Diocese of Owando, Congo (Plateaux)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gamboma, Congo	Erected
22 Feb			Nunciature to South Sudan	Established
13 Apr			Council of Cardinals, Roman Curia	Established
23 Apr			Eparchy of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA (Territory of Canada)	Territory Added
25 Apr	Archdiocese of Guatemala	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala	Name Changed
24 May	Diocese of Nkayi, Congo	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dolisie, Congo	Erected
10 Jun	Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	United	Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	United
11 Jul	Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Territory Added
9 Oct	Territorial Prelature of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated	Diocese of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Elevated
26 Nov	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente, Colombia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Name Changed
5 Dec			Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Roman Curia	Established
23 Dec			Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia	Erected
28 Dec	Diocese of Calicut, India (5 parishes) Diocese of Coimbatore, India (22 parishes)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sultanpet, India (Palakkad)	Erected

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