| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Vicariate Apostolic of Kampala, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Kampala, Uganda | Elevated |
| unknown | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Siria e Cilicia, Syria | Suppressed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Zulia, Venezuela | Name Changed | Diocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela | Name Changed |
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela | Name Changed | Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela | Name Changed |
| 2 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe
Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Erected |
| 4 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge] | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} | Elevated |
| 19 Feb | Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles | Erected |
| 21 Feb | Nunciature to Syria (to Internunciature) | Elevated | ||
| 24 Mar | Diocese of Aliwal, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of De Aar, South Africa | Erected |
| 24 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon | Elevated |
| 24 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Prefecture Apostolic of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Dodoma, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda | Elevated | Archdiocese of Rubaga, Uganda | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Kigoma, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Masaka, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Masaka, Uganda | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mwanza, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Maswa, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Maswa, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Karema, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Karema, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated | Diocese of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Rutabo, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 28 Apr | Misioneros de Guadalupe | Approbation | ||
| 29 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark | Elevated | Diocese of Křbenhavn {Copenhagen}, Denmark | Elevated |
| 2 May | Nunciature to Iran (to Internunciature) | Elevated | ||
| 7 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco, Venezuela | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela | Elevated |
| 7 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Jameson, Zambia | Elevated |
| 7 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Meru, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Meru, Kenya | Elevated |
| 7 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon, Thailand
Prefecture Apostolic of Udonthani, Thailand | Erected |
| 7 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Rangoon, Myanmar | Name Changed |
| 4 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon | Erected | ||
| 29 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden | Elevated | Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden | Elevated |
| 29 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo, Norway | Elevated | Diocese of Oslo, Norway | Elevated |
| 29 Jun | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Eldoret, Kenya | Erected |
| 29 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Wankie, Zimbabwe | Erected |
| 29 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
| 29 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Jos, Nigeria | Elevated |
| 29 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Kaduna, Nigeria | Elevated |
| 29 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Jos, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Maiduguri, Nigeria | Erected |
| 29 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Sokoto, Nigeria | Erected |
| 29 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kuwait | Erected |
| 6 Jul | Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | Erected |
| 31 Jul | Delegation to Iran | Elevated | ||
| 6 Aug | Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Erected |
| 6 Aug | Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Elevated |
| 6 Aug | Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, USA (from Boston) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 7 Aug | Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India | Name Changed |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Bangalore, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bangalore, India | Elevated |
| 19 Sep | Archdiocese of Goa e Damăo, India
Diocese of Poona, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Belgaum, India | Erected |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Hyderabad, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India | Elevated |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Madurai, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Madurai, India | Elevated |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Nagpur, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nagpur, India | Elevated |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Ranchi, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Ranchi, India | Elevated |
| 19 Sep | Diocese of Malacca, Singapore | Elevated | Archdiocese of Malacca, Singapore | Elevated |
| 25 Sep | Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic
Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 25 Sep | Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (becomes a Metropolitan (again)) | Elevated | ||
| 4 Oct | Priestly Society of Saint Jacques | Founded | ||
| 20 Oct | Diocese of Dallas, Texas, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA | Name Changed |
| 22 Oct | Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | Territory Lost | Diocese of Huelva, Spain | Erected |
| 28 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu, Philippines | Split | Territorial Prelature of Cotabato, Philippines
Prefecture Apostolic of Sulu, Philippines | Split |
| 16 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador | Erected |
| 21 Nov | Military Ordinariate of Great Britain, Military | Erected | ||
| 31 Dec | Diocese of Calicut, India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
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