Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in a.d. 1902

DateAscendingCountryChange
1902.01.15USA USADiocese of Sioux City was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque and became suffragan of Dubuque)
1902.02.20Brazil BrazilDiocese of Piaui was established (from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1902.02.24Colombia ColombiaDiocese of Medellín was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín (with suffragan sees Antioquía and Manizales)
1902.04.25Mexico MexicoDiocese of Mixtecas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and without ecclesiastical province)
1902.05.08Martinique MartiniqueDiocese of Saint-Pierre was renamed as Diocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre
1902.08.04USA USADiocese of Lead was established (from Diocese of Sioux Falls and became suffragan of Saint Paul)
1902.09.15Tanzania TanzaniaApostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Zanguebar
1902.09.17Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana IslandsApostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands was established (from Diocese of Cebu)
1902.12.22Indonesia IndonesiaApostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)

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