Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in a.d. 1868

DateAscendingCountryChange
1868.02.05USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Colorado and Utah was established (from Diocese of Santa Fe)
1868.02.14Colombia ColombiaDiocese of Antioquía was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Medellín–Antioquía)
1868.02.14Colombia ColombiaDiocese of Medellín–Antioquía was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Antioquía and became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Columbus was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati and became suffragan of Cincinnati)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Green Bay was established (from Diocese of Milwaukee and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Harrisburg was established (from Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1868.03.03USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Idaho and Montana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oregon City)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of La Crosse was established (from Diocese of Milwaukee and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1868.03.03USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Montana was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska)
1868.03.03USA USAApostolic Vicariate of North Carolina was established (from Diocese of Charleston)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Rochester was established (from Diocese of Buffalo and became suffragan of New York)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Saint Joseph was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Scranton was established (from Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1868.03.03USA USADiocese of Wilmington was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore and Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1868.03.22USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Marysville was promoted as Diocese of Grass Valley (became suffragan of San Francisco)
1868.04.30Monaco MonacoAbbacy nullius of Saints-Nicholas-et-Benoît was established (from Diocese of Nice)
1868.07.28China ChinaApostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏
1868.07.29Germany Germany, Denmark DenmarkApostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions)
1868.08.06Mali MaliApostolic Prefecture of Sahara and Sudan was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa)
1868.08.07Denmark Denmark, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands, Greenland GreenlandApostolic Prefecture of Denmark was established (from Diocese of Osnabrück and Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions)
1868.08.07Norway Norway, Bouvet Island Bouvet IslandMission sui juris of Norway was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden and Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole)
1868.08.08Germany GermanyApostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions
1868.09.25USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Arizona was established (from Diocese of Santa Fe)

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