14th day of September

Diocese Events

Triumph of the Cross (Feast)

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Year	From		To
1211			Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross	Founded
1904	Diocese of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Elevated
1905	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya	Territory Lost	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kenya	Erected
1929	Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy (Battutilo, Cazzago, and Ballò)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Treviso, Italy	Territory Added
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Ambanja, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bamako, Mali	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tananarive, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Elevated
1955	Prefecture Apostolic of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Brazzaville, Congo	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated	Diocese of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea	Elevated	Archdiocese of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouidah, Benin	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
1955	Prefecture Apostolic of Djibouti (Gibuti)	Elevated	Diocese of Djibouti	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Doumé, Cameroon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated	Diocese of Laghouat, Algeria	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated	Diocese of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé, Togo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lomé, Togo	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Majunga, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Morondava, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated	Diocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Porto Novo, Benin	Territory Lost	Diocese of Porto Novo, Benin	Erected
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rabat, Morocco	Elevated
1955	Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé, Togo	Elevated	Diocese of Sokodé, Togo	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Tamatave, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Tamatave, Madagascar	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Elevated
1955	Vicariate Apostolic of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Elevated	Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Elevated
1956	Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal (Herdade das Faias, Núcleo das Faias da Colònia Agricola de Pegões, Parte dos Antigos Foros da Herdade de Pegões, Parte da Herdade de Pegões)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal	Territory Added
1956	Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal (Parte da Herdade do Arieiro, Herdade do Espirra, and Posto Sequeiro da Direcção-Geral dos Serviços Agrícolas)	Territory Lost	Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Territory Added
1966	Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany (Parts of Landkreise Holzminden, Hameln-Pyrmont, Verden; Landkreis Schaumburg-Lippe; Cuxhaven; the rest of Amt Ritzebüttel; islands of Neuwerk and Scharhörn; and parts of Hameln and Nienburg)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hildesheim, Germany	Territory Added
1966	Diocese of Hildesheim, Germany (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany	Territory Added
1967	Diocese of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles (Hanover, St. James, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, Manchester, and St. Anne)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Erected
1967	Diocese of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated	Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles	Elevated
1967	Prefecture Apostolic of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated	Diocese of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Elevated
1971	Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Afonso Cunha, Anapurus, Araioses, Barreirinhas, Brejo, Buriti, Chapadinha, Coelho Neto, Duque Bacelar, Magalhaes da Almeida, Mata Roma, Santa Quiteira do Maranhao, Sâo Benedito do Rio Prêto, Sâo Bernardo do Parnaiba, Tutoia, and Urbano Santos)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
1971	Diocese of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil (Abaré, Antas, Cicero Dantas, Chorrochó, Coronel loâo Sá, Euclides da Cunha, Gloria, Jeremoabo, Macururé, Paripiranga, Paulo Afonso, Pedro Alexandre, Quijingue, Ribeira do Pombal, Rodelas, Santa Brígida, Tucano, and Uauá)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil	Erected
1985			Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo	Founded
1998	Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Fox Valley)	Territory Added
1998	Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Suppressed	Diocese of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Territory Added
2009			Chemin Neuf Institute	Approbation

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