Date | From | To | ||
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3 Jan | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aracajú, Brazil | Erected |
21 Jan | Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Catamarca, Argentina | Erected |
21 Jan | Diocese of Paraná, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina | Erected |
14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Chi-Li {Ce-Li Centrale}, China | Erected |
15 Feb | Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Approbation | ||
19 Feb | Montfort Brothers of Saint Gabriel | Approbation | ||
24 Feb | Diocese of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Split | ||
4 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada | Erected | ||
4 Mar | Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Erected |
10 Mar | Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
10 Mar | Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Elevated |
11 Mar | Diocese of Pamiers, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | Name Changed |
5 Apr | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Jaro, Philippines | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines (Provinces of Samar and Leyte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lipa, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines
Diocese of Jaro, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines | Erected |
15 Apr | Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA | Erected |
3 May | Military Ordinariate of Chile, Military | Erected | ||
4 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Drisdale River, Australia | Erected |
10 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China | Erected |
10 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China | Name Changed |
23 May | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões, Brazil
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil | Erected |
7 Jun | Archdiocese of Popayán, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cali, Colombia | Erected |
8 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA (Gaston, Catawba, Cleveland, Burke, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford Counties) | Territory Lost | Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA | Erected |
14 Jun | Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Valdivia, Chile | Erected |
17 Jun | Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate | Approbation | ||
1 Jul | Diocese of Ispahan, Iran | Elevated | Archdiocese of Ispahan, Iran | Elevated |
5 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
6 Aug | Diocese of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA | Name Changed |
12 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kienchang, China | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
13 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania | Erected |
13 Sep | Archdiocese of Agra, India
Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Simla, India | Erected |
19 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Gibraltar | Elevated | Diocese of Gibraltar | Elevated |
5 Dec | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Floresta, Brazil | Erected |
5 Dec | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Olinda, Brazil | Elevated |
10 Dec | Diocese of Diamantina, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil | Erected |
22 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa | Erected |
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