Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in a.d. 1860

DateAscendingCountryChange
1860Iraq IraqTitular Archiepiscopal See of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was restored
1860.01.24China ChinaApostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北)
1860.02.26Tanzania TanzaniaApostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar was established (from Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion)
1860.04.21Italy ItalyArchdiocese of Barletta was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trani and became suffragan of Trani)
1860.04.21Palestine PalestineTitular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was restored (no longer united)
1860.05.08Canada CanadaDiocese of Chatham was established (from Diocese of Saint John in America and became suffragan of Halifax)
1860.06.14Canada CanadaDiocese of Bytown was renamed as Diocese of Ottawa
1860.06.14France FranceDiocese of Fréjus lost territory to Diocese of Nice
1860.06.14France FranceDiocese of Nice lost territory to Diocese of Cuneo
1860.06.14Italy ItalyDiocese of Ventimiglia lost territory to Diocese of Cuneo
1860.08.28Nigeria NigeriaApostolic Vicariate of Dahomey was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées et Sénégambie)
1860.09.27USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Marysville was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco)
1860.11.16Scotland ScotlandApostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole

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