| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Mission "Sui Iuris" of I-li o Kul-Dia, China | Territory Added | ||
| 10 Feb | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil | Erected |
| 10 Feb | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil (Became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 16 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China | Erected | ||
| 17 Feb | Archdiocese of Albi, France | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France | Name Changed |
| 18 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata, Japan
Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya, Japan | Erected |
| 3 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Erected |
| 4 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela | Erected | ||
| 8 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}, China | Name Changed |
| 8 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Kansu {Kansu Orientale}, China | Name Changed |
| 12 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia | Elevated |
| 14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Ninghsia, China | Erected | ||
| 14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China | Name Changed |
| 14 Mar | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Urga, Mongolia | Erected | ||
| 14 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Tatungfu, China | Erected | ||
| 14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tchagar, China | Name Changed |
| 20 Apr | Diocese of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal Diocese of Lamego, Portugal | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vila Real, Portugal | Erected |
| 25 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda | Erected | ||
| 25 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi and Kivu, Burundi | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi, Burundi | Name Changed |
| 1 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China | Name Changed |
| 1 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu, China | Erected | ||
| 5 May | Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | Erected |
| 18 May | Diocese of Győr (Raab), Hungary
Diocese of Szombathely, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Burgenland, Austria | Erected |
| 29 May | Archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Trnava, Slovakia | Erected |
| 1 Jun | Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA | Split | Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA
Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA | Split |
| 9 Jun | Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed |
| 14 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo | Name Changed |
| 27 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected | ||
| 18 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected | ||
| 11 Aug | Nunciature to China | Erected | ||
| 12 Oct | Diocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Coro, Venezuela | Erected |
| 12 Oct | Diocese of Cumaná, Venezuela | Erected | ||
| 12 Oct | Diocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela | Erected |
| 12 Oct | Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela | Erected |
| 14 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of New Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
| 14 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
Vicariate Apostolic of New Britain, Papua New Guinea | United | Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | United |
| 14 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Central New Guinea | Name Changed |
| 23 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea | Elevated |
| 24 Nov | Diocese of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México | Erected |
| 24 Nov | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Papantla, Puebla, México | Erected |
| 27 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Cook e Mnihiki, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected | ||
| 4 Dec | Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil | Erected |
| 4 Dec | Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Erected |
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