16 November, Diocese Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

YearFromTo 1676Territorial Prelature of Pernambuco, Brazil ElevatedDiocese of Olinda, Brazil Elevated 1676Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil ElevatedArchdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Elevated 1676Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ElevatedDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Elevated 1676Diocese of Angola e Congo (from Lisboa to São Salvador da Bahia) Metropolitan Changed 1854Diocese of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania Name ChangedArchdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Name Changed 1883Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile Erected 1887Vicariate Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya SplitVicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya
Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania Split 1925Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium Name ChangedDiocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Name Changed 1940Diocese of Imola, Italy (S. Petronius in Castelbolognese) Territory LostDiocese of Faenza, Italy Territory Added 1940Diocese of Faenza, Italy (Bianeanigo) Territory LostDiocese of Imola, Italy Territory Added 1953Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador (Canton Aguarico) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador Erected 1954Diocese of Noto, Italy (Contrada S. Giacomo) Territory LostArchdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy Territory Added 1963Diocese of Mysore, India (Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Hassan) Territory LostDiocese of Chikmagalur, India Erected 1963Prefecture Apostolic of Kitui, Kenya ElevatedDiocese of Kitui, Kenya Elevated 1964Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile (Chagres in Aconcagua) Territory LostDiocese of San Felipe, Chile Territory Added 1967Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica (Cantón Esparta and part of Cantón Central Puntarenas) Territory LostDiocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica Territory Added 1970Prefecture Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Elevated 1972Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa ElevatedDiocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa Elevated 1983Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia Name ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Tibú, Colombia Name Changed 2000Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia (Gambella and part of Ilubabor) Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia Erected 2021Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Sucre (Miranda)) Territory LostDiocese of Petare, Venezuela Erected