Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Delegation to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq | Name Changed | Delegation to Iraq | Name Changed |
3 Jan | Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, USA | Name Changed |
5 Jan | Diocese of Savannah, Georgia, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Name Changed |
4 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu, China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Xining [Sining], China | Erected |
22 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
22 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Wuhu [Wuhu], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tunxi [Tunki], China | Erected |
9 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | Elevated |
9 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of N’Zérékoré, Guinea | Erected |
25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Neghelli, Ethiopia | Erected |
25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
25 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia | Elevated |
25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Dessié, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Gondar, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai, Ethiopia | Erected |
25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed |
13 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Zenshu, Korea (South) | Erected | ||
13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
13 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Kwoszu, Korea (South) | Erected | ||
13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Celebes, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Makassar, Indonesia | Erected |
13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Celebes, Indonesia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia | Name Changed |
13 Apr | Archdiocese of Simla, India | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla, India | Name Changed |
13 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa | Elevated |
13 Apr | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bezwada, India | Elevated | Diocese of Bezwada, India | Elevated |
13 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China | Elevated |
13 Apr | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Ilan, China | Name Changed | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China | Name Changed |
13 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
8 May | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Liepāja, Latvia | Erected |
8 May | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
18 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Changtien, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Chowtsun [Zhoucun], China | Erected |
18 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China | Elevated |
18 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Chuchow, China | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Lishui [Lishui], China | Name Changed |
18 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Togo | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé, Togo | Erected |
18 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Szepingkai [Siping], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lintong [Lintung], China | Erected |
22 May | Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Elevated |
22 May | Diocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, USA | Erected |
1 Jun | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cuttack, India | Elevated | Diocese of Cuttack, India | Elevated |
17 Jun | Diocese of Osaka, Japan | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kyoto, Japan | Erected |
17 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Suixian [Suihsien], China | Erected |
1 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia | Erected |
1 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Ichow [Linyi], China | Erected |
1 Jul | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Lwangwa, Zambia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia | Elevated |
1 Jul | Diocese of Quilon, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trivandrum, India | Erected |
1 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Xiangtan [Siangtan], China | Erected |
24 Jul | Nunciature to Ecuador | Restored | ||
31 Jul | Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
3 Aug | Company of Mary for the Education of the Deaf | Approbation | ||
4 Aug | Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux {Santi Maurizio e Mauro di Clervaux}, Luxembourg | Erected | ||
26 Sep | Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Erected | ||
26 Oct | Archdiocese of Monreale, Italy
Archdiocese of Palermo, Italy | Territory Lost | Diocese of Piana dei Greci, Italy | Erected |
9 Nov | Archdiocese of Tōkyō, Japan | Territory Lost | Diocese of Yokohama, Japan | Erected |
20 Nov | Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France | Name Changed |
28 Nov | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines (Leyte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Palo, Philippines | Erected |
2 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic | Elevated |
2 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
2 Dec | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China | Elevated |
9 Dec | Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, USA | Erected |
9 Dec | Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA | Erected |
9 Dec | Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA (Morris, Sussex, and Passaic Counties.) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | Erected |
10 Dec | Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Elevated |
10 Dec | Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA | Elevated |
18 Dec | Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella | Established | ||
18 Dec | Cardinal Titular Church of San Tommaso in Parione | Suppressed |
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