Date | From | To | ||
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12 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Wonsan, Korea (North) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Kanko o Hamheung, Korea (North) | Name Changed |
12 Jan | Diocese of Allahabad, India | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Jhansi, India | Erected |
12 Jan | Archdiocese of Agra, India
Diocese of Allahabad, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lucknow, India | Erected |
12 Jan | Territorial Abbey of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North) | Erected | ||
13 Feb | Diocese of Mysore, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bangalore, India | Erected |
13 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Fushun, China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Fushun [Fushun], China | Elevated |
13 Feb | Diocese of Nellore, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guntur, India | Erected |
13 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Neghelli, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia | Erected |
13 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Endeber, Ethiopia | Erected |
17 Feb | Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Aysén, Chile | Erected |
29 Feb | Diocese of Trujillo, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of Piura, Peru | Erected |
9 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Name Changed |
9 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire | Erected |
9 Apr | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China | Elevated |
28 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic | Name Changed |
28 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon
Vicariate Apostolic of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic | Erected |
11 Jun | Scarboro Foreign Mission Society | Approbation | ||
25 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Semarang, Indonesia | Erected |
25 Jun | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
9 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes, South Africa | Name Changed |
9 Jul | Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Akyab, Myanmar | Erected |
13 Jul | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil | Erected |
4 Sep | Territorial Prelature of Mozambico | Territory Lost | Diocese of Beira, Mozambique
Diocese of Nampula, Mozambique | Erected |
4 Sep | Diocese of Macau, China | Territory Lost | Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste | Erected |
4 Sep | Territorial Prelature of Mozambico | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | Elevated |
4 Sep | Diocese of Angola e Congo | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola
Diocese of Silva Porto, Angola | Erected |
4 Sep | Diocese of Angola e Congo | Elevated | Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola | Elevated |
4 Sep | Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau | Erected |
17 Dec | Paulist Fathers | Approbation |
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