Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in a.d. 1901

DateAscendingCountryChange
1901Syria SyriaDiocese of Syria (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
1901.02.09Vanuatu VanuatuApostolic Prefecture of New Hebrides was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Calédonie)
1901.04.15Vietnam VietnamApostolic Vicariate of Coastal Tonking was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Tonking)
1901.05.25Benin BeninApostolic Prefecture of Dahomey was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey
1901.05.25Ghana GhanaApostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
1901.05.30USA USADiocese of Altoona was established (from Diocese of Harrisburg and Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Philadelphia)
1901.07.03Canada CanadaApostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie)
1901.07.03Canada CanadaApostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface)
1901.07.16Chile ChileApostolic Prefecture of Araucanía was established (from Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud)
1901.07.19Algeria AlgeriaApostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan)
1901.07.19Mali MaliApostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa)
1901.07.26Congo-Kinshasa Congo-KinshasaMission sui juris of Kasaï Supérieur was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge)

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