Year 1982, Diocese Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateFromTo unknownPatriarchal Exarchate of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq Erected 11 JanApostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean) Erected 16 JanFranciscan Familiars of St. Joseph SuppressedThird Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Territory Added 17 JanDelegation to Great Britain ElevatedNunciature to Great Britain Elevated 25 JanDiocese of Larantuka, Indonesia (Alor and Pantor) Territory LostDiocese of Kupang, Indonesia Territory Added 6 FebDiocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Sinop, Alta Floresta, Colider, Paranatinga, Porto dos Gauchos, and Vera) Territory LostDiocese of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil Erected 27 FebDiocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada Name ChangedDiocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Name Changed 27 FebDiocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Barrado Garças, Agua Bòa, Canarana, Geral Carneiro, and Nova Xavantina) Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Erected 27 FebArchdiocese of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy Name ChangedArchdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy Name Changed 1 MarDiocese of Hull, Québec, Canada Name ChangedDiocese of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada Name Changed 2 MarDiocese of Penne e Pescara, Italy Name ChangedArchdiocese of Pescara-Penne, Italy Name Changed 2 MarDiocese of Teramo e Atri, Italy (from Immediately Subject) Metropolitan Changed 2 MarArchdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy (no longer a metropolitan) Territory Added 2 MarArchdiocese of Chieti, Italy (became a metropolitan) Territory Added 12 MarTerritorial Abbey of New Norcia, Australia SuppressedArchdiocese of Perth, Australia Territory Added 18 MarDiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (Enga) Territory LostDiocese of Wabag, Papua New Guinea Erected 18 MarDiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea ElevatedArchdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Elevated 18 MarPrefecture Apostolic of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka ElevatedDiocese of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Elevated 18 MarDiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon (Northern part) Territory LostDiocese of Kumbo, Cameroon Erected 18 MarDiocese of Douala, Cameroon ElevatedArchdiocese of Douala, Cameroon Elevated 18 MarDiocese of Garoua, Cameroon ElevatedArchdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon Elevated 18 MarDiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon ElevatedArchdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon Elevated 18 MarDiocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Yagoua, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Buéa, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea (from Port Moresby) Metropolitan Changed 18 MarDiocese of Goroka, Papua New Guinea (from Madang) Metropolitan Changed 24 MarDiocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Caraguatatuba and Ubatuba) Territory LostDiocese of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Territory Added 13 AprDiocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA (Goliad County)
Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA (Parts of Matagorda and Wharton Counties)
Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA (Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria Counties and parts of Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties) Territory LostDiocese of Victoria in Texas, USA Erected 15 AprDiocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (Porto Velho and Ariquemes) Territory Added 15 AprDiocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (Guajará-Mirim, Costa Marques, and Colorado do Oeste) Territory Added 15 AprTerritorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Ji-Paraná, Cocoal, Espigão d'Oeste, Jarú, Ouro Prêto do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Presidente Medid, and Vilhena (in Mato Grosso do Norte) and part of Vila Bela) Territory Added 20 MayPontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia Established 8 JunDiocese of Goroka, Papua New Guinea (Simbu) Territory LostDiocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea Erected 8 JunArchdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Aboisso, Grand-Bassam, and Bonoua along with Port-Bouët and Koumassi) Territory LostDiocese of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
Diocese of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire Erected 8 JunArchdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Yopougon along with Agboville, Adzopé, Tiassalé, Sikensi, Dabou, and Jacqueville) Territory Lost 8 JunPrefecture Apostolic of Sekadau, Indonesia ElevatedDiocese of Sanggau, Indonesia Elevated 18 JunDiocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua (Jinotega) Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Jinotega, Nicaragua Erected 24 JunApostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian) ElevatedEparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia Elevated 25 JunPrefecture Apostolic of Sinoia, Zimbabwe Name ChangedPrefecture Apostolic of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Name Changed 25 JunDiocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe Name ChangedDiocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe Name Changed 25 JunArchdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe Name ChangedArchdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe Name Changed 25 JunDiocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe Name ChangedDiocese of Mutare, Zimbabwe Name Changed 12 JulDiocese of Ivrea, Italy (Parts of San Martino in Carema in Pont Saint Martin) Territory LostDiocese of Aosta, Italy Territory Added 12 JulDiocese of Como, Italy (SS. Gervasio e Protasio) Territory LostArchdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy Territory Added 1 AugDelegation to Scandinavia SplitNunciature to Denmark
Nunciature to Norway
Nunciature to Sweden Split 5 AugDiocese of Csanád, Hungary Name ChangedDiocese of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary Name Changed 17 AugDiocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (Counties of Doña Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hildago, Lea, Luna, and Otero)
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (Counties of Chavez, Lincoln, and Sierra) Territory LostDiocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA Erected 27 AugEparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada Erected 3 SepVicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia Name Changed 10 SepDiocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) (American Samoa) Territory LostDiocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Erected 10 SepDiocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) ElevatedArchdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) (and name changed) Elevated 10 SepDiocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) SplitMission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania) (Tuvalu)
Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Split 15 SepArchdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy (Saint John the Evangelist in Montorfano and Lipomo) Territory LostDiocese of Como, Italy Territory Added 30 SepDiocese of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy SplitDiocese of Bitonto, Italy
Diocese of Ruvo, Italy Split 4 OctDiocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil ElevatedArchdiocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Elevated 4 OctDiocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (from Cuiabá) Metropolitan Changed 4 OctDiocese of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil (from Manaus) Metropolitan Changed 4 OctTerritorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil (from Manaus) Metropolitan Changed 4 OctTerritorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia, Rondonia, Brazil (from Manaus) Metropolitan Changed 7 OctTerritorial Prelature of Madera, Chihuahua, México (Yécora) Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México Territory Added 15 OctDiocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea Territory LostDiocese of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea Erected 15 OctDiocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ElevatedArchdiocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Elevated 15 OctPrefecture Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia Elevated 15 OctDiocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea (from Immediately Subject) Metropolitan Changed 16 OctArchdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Campina Verde, Itapagipe, Iturama, and Sao Francisco de Sales)
Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Ituiutaba, Cachoeira Bourada, Canapolis, Centralina, Curinhata, Ipiaçu, and Santa Vitoria) Territory LostDiocese of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Erected 18 OctDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania SplitDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Split 19 OctArchdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh Name ChangedArchdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh Name Changed 10 NovDiocese of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Desemboque, Sacramento) Territory LostArchdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Territory Added 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Bangued, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Bangued, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Bayombong, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Bayombong, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Iba, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Iba, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Iligan, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Iligan, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Kidapawan, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Kidapawan, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Malaybalay, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Malaybalay, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of Marbel, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of Marbel, Philippines Elevated 15 NovDiocese of Palo, Philippines ElevatedArchdiocese of Palo, Philippines Elevated 15 NovTerritorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique, Philippines ElevatedDiocese of San Jose de Antique, Philippines Elevated 15 NovDiocese of Borongan, Philippines (from Cebu) Metropolitan Changed 15 NovDiocese of Calbayog, Philippines (from Cebu) Metropolitan Changed 15 NovDiocese of Catarman, Philippines (from Cebu) Metropolitan Changed 19 NovPrefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Dundee, South Africa Elevated 19 NovArchdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon (Adamaoua and Mbam and Djerem) Territory LostDiocese of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon Erected 28 NovPersonal Prelature of Opus Dei Elevated 4 DecApostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian) Erected 8 DecCongregration of Jesus the Priest Approbation 17 DecArchdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands (Malaita District) Territory LostDiocese of Auki, Solomon Islands Erected 17 DecEparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt Territory LostEparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt Erected 25 DecCongregation of Missionaries of Faith Founded