The Year of Our Lord 2015

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
19 Jan	Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Elevated	Archeparchy of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea	Elevated
19 Jan			Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea (from Addis Abeba)	Metropolitan Changed
19 Jan			Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea (from Addis Abeba)	Metropolitan Changed
19 Jan			Eparchy of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea (from Addis Abeba)	Metropolitan Changed
19 Jan	Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia (Metekel, North Gonder, South Gonder, East Gojjam, West Gojjam, Agew Awi, and beyond Wagh Hemra, North Wello, South Wello, Oromia, Necnon Territory 1, 4, and 5 Afar Region)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Bahir Dar - Dessie (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Erected
26 Jan	Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, Ireland	Name Changed
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Romano Martire	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Ippolito	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Tommaso Apostolo	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Policarpo	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Ireneo a Centocelle	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria Addolorata	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Galla	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Giuseppe da Copertino	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Timoteo	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Paola Romana	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Girolamo a Corviale	Established
14 Feb			Cardinal Titular Church of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata	Established
19 Mar	Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Sonora, México (Agua Prieta, Altar, Atil, Bacoachi, Caborca, Cananea, Fronteras, Imuris, Naco, Nacozari de García, Nogales, Oquitoa, Pitiquito, Santa Crux, Sáric, Trincheras, and Tubutama)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nogales, Sonora, México	Erected
20 Mar	Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary	Erected
20 Mar	Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Elevated	Eparchy of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Elevated
20 Mar	Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Elevated	Archdiocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Elevated
26 Mar			Eparchy of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India (22 States in the North and East regions of India)	Erected
26 Mar			Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India (Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana along with parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)	Erected
29 Jun			Secretariat for Communications, Roman Curia	Established
4 Aug			Eparchy of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India	Territory Added
6 Aug			Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Syro-Malabar)	Erected
8 Oct	Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi, Ecuador	Name Changed	Diocese of San Jacinto, Ecuador	Name Changed
3 Dec	Diocese of Barinas, Venezuela (San Miguel Arcángel en El Cantón) Diocese of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela (Guasdualito, El Lamparo, La Victoria, Palmarito, Guacas de Rivera, Mantecal, Bruzual, Elorza, La Trinidad de Orichuna, El Nula, Ciudad Sucre, Caugaguita, and Siriri)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Guasdualito, Venezuela	Erected
11 Dec	Archeparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected
29 Dec	Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh (Barisal and Dhaka)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh	Erected

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