The Year of Our Lord 1918

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
unknown	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}	Name Changed
unknown			Scarboro Foreign Mission Society	Founded
unknown			Sons of Charity	Founded
11 Jan	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Southwest Louisiana (between the Atchafalaya and Sabine Rivers))	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Erected
17 Jan	Diocese of Coimbra, Portugal (Alear�a, Aliubarrota (Prazeres), Aliubarrota (S. Vicente), Alpedris, Alvados, Alqueid�o, Amor, Arrabal, Arrimai, Azoia, Baroza, Barreira, Batalha, Garangueira, Carvide, Coimbr�o, Coimeias, Cortes, Erpite, Fatima, Freiscanda, luncal, Leiria, Maceira, ...)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Leiria, Portugal	Restored
13 Mar	Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia	Elevated
14 Mar			Prefecture Apostolic of Urab�, Colombia	Erected
18 Apr	Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu�bec, Canada (Parts of St. Matthew (Beloeil) and St. Mark)	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada	Territory Added
18 Jul	Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Formiga, Porto Real, Dores de Judaya, and Abaede and areas to the West) Diocese of Uberaba, Brazil (S. Jer�nimo and S. Francisco)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil (Aterrado, Arcos, Abaede, Dores do ludaya, Formiga, Piumehy, Pimenta, Perobas, S. lodo da Gloria, S. Roqu�, Bambuhy, S. Gothardo, Tiros, Morada nova, Porto Real , Arcado, S. Jer�nimo, and S. Francisco)	Erected
26 Jul	Archdiocese of Olinda, Brazil	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Name Changed
2 Aug	Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (Northern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Erected
2 Aug	Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (Southern part)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nazar�, Pernambuco, Brazil	Erected
2 Aug	Diocese of Floresta, Brazil Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (Pesqueira, Belho Jardim, Brejo da Mae de Deus, Cimbres, Pedra, and Buique)	Name Changed	Diocese of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Name Changed
24 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Betaf�, Madagascar	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Betaf�, Madagascar	Elevated
24 Aug	Prefecture Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}	Elevated
22 Sep	Diocese of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Split	Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Diocese of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine	Split
22 Sep	Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Riga, Latvia	Erected
24 Oct	Diocese of Lublin and Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w), Poland	Split	Diocese of Lublin, Poland Diocese of Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w), Poland	Split

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