Year 1958, July-December, Diocese Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateFromTo 10 JulApostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania ElevatedArcheparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Elevated 10 JulApostolic Exarchate of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA ElevatedEparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Elevated 11 JulDiocese of Aterrado, Brazil (Araujos and Perdigâo)
Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Divinópolis, Carmo de Caiurú, Claudio, Itapecerica, Itauna, Mateus Lerne, Nova Serrana, Para de Minas, Pitangui, São Gonçalo de Para, and Onça of Pequi) Territory LostDiocese of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Erected 12 JulPrefecture Apostolic of Sulu, Philippines ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines Elevated 21 JulArchdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Lerne, Piraçununga, and Porto Ferreira) Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Territory Added 21 JulArchdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Mogí-Guassú) Territory LostArchdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Territory Added 30 JulDiocese of Puno, Peru (Melgar, Carabaya, and Sandia) Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Ayaviri, Peru Erected 17 SepPrefecture Apostolic of Gorakhpur, India Name ChangedPrefecture Apostolic of Benares-Gorakhpur, India Name Changed 6 NovArchdiocese of Cambrai, France (Demicourt) Territory LostDiocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Territory Added 7 NovArchdiocese of La Paz, Bolivia (Bautista Saavedra, Larecaja, Caupolicán, and Nor Yungas (except portions on the right side of the Rio Beni river)) Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Coroico, Bolivia Erected 13 NovVicariate Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Erected 22 NovDiocese of Chihuahua, México ElevatedArchdiocese of Chihuahua, México Elevated 22 NovArchdiocese of Durango, México (Tamazula, San Andrés de la Sierra, Los Remedios, Topia, Canelas, Otaez, and San Dimas)
Diocese of Sinaloa, México (Elota, Cosala, San Ignacio, Concordia, Mazatlán, Rosario, and Escuinapa) Territory LostDiocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México Erected 22 NovDiocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Halimand)
Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lincoln and Weiland) Territory LostDiocese of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Erected 22 NovDiocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México (from Durango) Metropolitan Changed 22 NovDiocese of Sonora, México (from Durango) Metropolitan Changed 28 NovDiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo (Mayoumba et Tchibanga) Territory LostDiocese of Libreville, Gabon Territory Added 28 NovDiocese of Libreville, Gabon (Zanaga) Territory LostDiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo Territory Added 28 NovVicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (North of the river Linda, from eastern limits to the 26th degree longitude) Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Territory Added 5 DecVicariate Apostolic of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Territory Added 9 DecSt. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Decretum Laudis 10 DecApostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian) (New Zealand and Oceania) Territory Added 11 DecDiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar ElevatedArchdiocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar Elevated 11 DecDiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ElevatedArchdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Elevated 11 DecDiocese of Libreville, Gabon ElevatedArchdiocese of Libreville, Gabon Elevated 11 DecDiocese of Libreville, Gabon (Haut-Ogoouè, Ogoouè-Lolo, Ngouniè, and Ngouniè-Nyanga) Territory LostDiocese of Mouila, Gabon Erected 11 DecPrefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar ElevatedDiocese of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar Elevated 11 DecDiocese of Ambanja, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 11 DecDiocese of Majunga, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 11 DecDiocese of Farafangana, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 11 DecDiocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 11 DecDiocese of Morondava, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 11 DecDiocese of Tuléar, Madagascar (from Tananarive) Metropolitan Changed 19 DecArchdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Leo) Territory LostDiocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso Territory Added