Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Diocese of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles (from Bordeaux, France) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
unknown | Nunciature to Prussia | Established | ||
unknown | Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina (Ukrainian) | Suppressed | Eparchy of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia | Territory Added |
6 Jan | Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba | Elevated | Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba | Elevated |
10 Feb | Apostolic Administration of Banato Jugoslavo (Serbo) | Erected | ||
11 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Yenchowfu, China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China | Erected |
11 Feb | Nunciature to Bolivia (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
12 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay | Erected |
6 Mar | Military Ordinariate of Italy, Military | Erected | ||
13 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Changteh [Changde], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Shenchow, China | Erected |
27 Mar | Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Erected |
25 Apr | Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Apostolic Administration of Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy | Elevated | Diocese of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia | Elevated |
1 May | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | Erected |
1 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Rio Negro, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
1 May | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil | Erected |
12 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Luapula Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
12 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lingling [Yungchow], China | Erected |
20 May | Delegation to Indochina | Established | ||
31 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania | Name Changed |
3 Jun | Diocese of Rieti, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy | Name Changed |
3 Jun | Diocese of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
Diocese of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy | United | Suburbicarian See of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy | United |
3 Jun | Cardinal Titular Church of Sabina | United | Cardinal Titular Church of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto | United |
5 Jun | Missionary Society of St. Columban | Approbation | ||
14 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru | Elevated |
15 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Erected |
15 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kavirondo, Kenya | Erected |
24 Jul | Diocese of Campinas, Brazil
Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
18 Oct | Diocese of Concepción, Chile | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chillán, Chile
Diocese of Linares, Chile Diocese of Temuco, Chile | Erected |
18 Oct | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rancagua, Chile
Diocese of San Felipe, Chile Diocese of Talca, Chile Diocese of Valparaíso, Chile | Erected |
28 Oct | Diocese of Kielce, Poland
Diocese of Łódź, Poland Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Częstochowa, Poland | Erected |
28 Oct | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {Górny Sląsk}, Poland | Elevated | Diocese of Katowice, Poland | Elevated |
28 Oct | Diocese of Kraków, Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Elevated |
28 Oct | Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Łomża, Poland | Name Changed |
28 Oct | Diocese of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine | Split | Diocese of Lutsk, Ukraine
Diocese of Zytomir, Ukraine | Split |
28 Oct | Diocese of Minsk, Belarus | Territory Lost | Diocese of Pinsk, Belarus | Erected |
28 Oct | Diocese of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Siedlce, Poland | Name Changed |
28 Oct | Diocese of Vilnius, Lithuania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania | Elevated |
31 Oct | Nunciature to Latvia (as Internunciature) | Established | ||
16 Nov | Diocese of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium | Name Changed | Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium | Name Changed |
29 Nov | Diocese of Panamá | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Darién, Panama | Erected |
29 Nov | Diocese of Panamá | Elevated | Archdiocese of Panamá | Elevated |
7 Dec | Delegation to Antilles | Established | ||
15 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Belize | Name Changed |
21 Dec | Ordinariate of Greece (Armenian) | Erected | ||
30 Dec | Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
Diocese of Warmia (Ermland), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gdańsk, Poland | Erected |
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