Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in a.d. 1875

DateAscendingCountryChange
1875.02.12USA USADiocese of Boston was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston (with suffragan sees Burlington, Portland in Maine and Springfield in Massachusetts)
1875.02.12USA USADiocese of Milwaukee was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee (with suffragan sees Green Bay, La Crosse and Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette)
1875.02.12USA USAApostolic Vicariate of Northern Minnesota was established (from Diocese of Saint Paul)
1875.02.12USA USADiocese of Peoria was established (from Diocese of Chicago and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1875.02.12USA USADiocese of Philadelphia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (with suffragan sees Erie, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton)
1875.02.12USA USADiocese of Santa Fe was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe
1875.03.18Poland PolandDiocese of Chełm–Bełz (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1875.04.16Colombia ColombiaDiocese of Medellín lost territory to Diocese of Antioquía
1875.07.23Greece GreeceArchdiocese of Athens was restored (without ecclesiastical province)
1875.08.06China ChinaApostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi 兩廣 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong 廣東 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Guangxi 廣西)
1875.08.06China ChinaApostolic Prefecture of Guangxi 廣西 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi 兩廣)
1875.11.18Spain SpainPriory nullius of Ciudad Real was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo and Diocese of Córdoba and without ecclesiastical province)

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