12th day of May

Diocese Events

Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs (Opt. Memorial)
St. Pancras, martyr (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1559	Diocese of Cambrai, France Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Erected
1559	Diocese of Cambrai, France Diocese of Liège, Belgium	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium	Erected
1559	Diocese of Liège, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Erected
1559	Diocese of Cambrai, France	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cambrai, France	Elevated
1559	Diocese of Thérouanne, France	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint-Omer, France	Erected
1559	Diocese of Cambrai, France Diocese of Liège, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium	Erected
1559	Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Diocese of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium	Erected
1559	Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Diocese of Liège, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Roermond, Netherlands	Erected
1559	Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Elevated	Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Elevated
1559	Diocese of Münster, Germany Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Groningen, Netherlands	Erected
1559	Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands Diocese of Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Erected
1559	Diocese of Münster, Germany Diocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Deventer, Netherlands	Erected
1559	Diocese of Cambrai, France Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Middelburg, Netherlands	Erected
1559			Diocese of Arras, France (from Reims to Cambrai)	Metropolitan Changed
1600	Diocese of Ortona, Italy	Name Changed	Diocese of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy	Name Changed
1898	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales, Wales, Great Britain	Elevated	Diocese of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Elevated
1898	Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Uélé / Wellé, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1904	Vicariate Apostolic of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands, Equatorial Guinea	Split	Vicariate Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea	Split
1914	Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil (Matto Grosso)	Erected
1925	Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Southern portion)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Luapula Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1925	Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China (Yungchowfu, Paolcinfu, Kueiyangchow, and Tsinchow)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Lingling [Yungchow], China	Erected
1925	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar (Southern Shan States and Pyinmana (in Jamethin))	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar	Territory Added
1926	Vicariate Apostolic of Taiyüanfu, China (Fenyang, Siaoyi, Kihsien, Pingyao, Wenhsue, Kiaocheng, Tsinglo, Kolan, Hinghsien, Lanhsien, FangsJian, Linhsien, LisMh, Chungyang, and SMhlo)	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China	Erected
1930			Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular, Mountbellow	Decretum Laudis
1944			Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia (Boundaries adjusted) Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay (Boundaries adjusted)	Territory Added
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia (Northern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia	Erected
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea	Name Changed
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea (Eastern part)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kankan, Guinea	Erected
1949	Vicariate Apostolic of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Amboina, Indonesia	Name Changed
1964	Diocese of Simla, India	Name Changed	Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Name Changed
1968	Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain	Name Changed	Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian) (expanded to include Scotland)	Name Changed
1976			Nunciature to Cape Verde	Established
1979	Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (Territory between 55 and 58 degree latitude and 110 and 113 longitude)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Territory Added
2014	Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil (Paraná (west), Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, and Amapá)	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil	Erected
2014	Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Elevated	Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Elevated

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