| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Delegation to Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus | Name Changed | Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine (Israel, Jordan, Cyprus), Palestine | Name Changed |
| 4 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed |
| 7 Jan | Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany (Taubengrub) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Regensburg, Germany | Territory Added |
| 10 Jan | Diocese of Sarsina, Italy (village of Y olter, the house of Zotto, and the following eight estates: i. e. Giardino, Rovere Nuova, Gualdo, Ca' Caciara, Ca' Cartone, Canova, Yenezia, and Greppi) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bertinoro, Italy | Territory Added |
| 10 Jan | Diocese of Bertinoro, Italy (Casella in the village of Y oltre and the following existing estates and houses in the place of Yaldinooe, namely: Bugra di sotto, Bugra di sopra, Casaccia, Petrella, Casetto, Lucerna, Canova I and II, Ca' di Becco, Gamberella I and II, Furbaiola, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sarsina, Italy | Territory Added |
| 18 Jan | Territorial Prelature of Vacaria, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
| 19 Jan | Archdiocese of Asunción, Paraguay (Villa Oliva, Alberdi, and Villa Franca (all in Neembucus))
Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay (Misiones (S. Juan Bautista, Ayolas, S. Ignacio, Santa María, S. Miguel, S. Patricio, S. Rosa, Santiago, Villa Florida) and parts of Neembucú (Pilar, Cerrito, Desmochados, General Díaz, Guazucuá, Humaita, Isla Umbú, Laureles, Paso de Patria, Pedro ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay | Erected |
| 21 Jan | Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay (Parts of Alto Paraná)
Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay (Departamento de Itapúa and part of Departamento de Altó Paraná) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay | Erected |
| 21 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South) | Elevated |
| 21 Jan | Archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal (Kaolack, Foundiougne, Gossas, Nioro-du-Rip, and Kaffrine)
Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal (Parts of Tambacounda and Kedougou) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaolack, Senegal | Erected |
| 21 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Kwangju, Korea (South) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kwangju, Korea (South) | Elevated |
| 21 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) (Kyeng-Sang-Do) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan, Korea (South) | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina (Tercero Arriba and General San Martín and parts of Unión Marcos Juárez and Rio Segundo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Villa María, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Viedma, Argentina (Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Resistencia, Argentina (Formosa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Formosa, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of Paraná, Argentina (Gualeguaychú, Gualeguay, Victoria, Uruguay, and Rosario Tala) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (Lomas de Zamora, Avellaneda, Lanús, Esteban Echeverría, and Cañuelas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina (Necochea and Lobería)
Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (Pueyrredon, Balcarce, General Alvarado, General Madariaga, General Lavalle, Maipú, Mar Chiquita, and Tordillo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (Morón, Matanza, General San Martín, Merlo, and Moreno) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Morón, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Azul, Argentina (Veinte y Cinco de Mayo)
Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina (Nueve de Julio, Bragado, General Viamonte, Carlos Tejedor, Pehuajó, Carlos Pellegrini, Rivadavia, General Villegas, General Pinto, Lincoln, Carlos Casares, and Trenque-Lauquen) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nueve de Julio, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina (Misiones) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Posadas, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Argentina (Nueve de Julio, General Obligado, San Javier, and Vera) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Reconquista, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina (San Isidro, Vicente López, San Fernando, Tigre, Pilar, and General Sarmiento)
Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina (Campana and Exaltación de la Santa Cruz) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina (Atreucó, Caleu Caleu, Curacó, Guatraché, Limay Mahuida, Linhuel Calel, Puelen, Hucal, and Utracan)
Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina (Capital, Catriló, Ohalileo, Chapaleufú, Chical Co, Conhelo, Leventué, Maraco, Quemu-Quemú, Rancul, Realicó, Toay, and Trenel) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Rosa, Argentina | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Elevated |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Elevated |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Mendoza, Argentina (Neuquén) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Viedma, Argentina | Territory Added |
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina (from Paraná) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 11 Feb | Diocese of Viedma, Argentina (from La Plata) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 15 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
| 23 Feb | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Diocese of Münster, Germany Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany | Territory Lost | Diocese of Essen, Germany (Bochum, Bottrop, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck, Lüdenscheid, and Mülhein (in Ruhr), Oberhausen, Wattenscheid; rural districts of Altena and Ennepe-Ruhrkreis (except Her decke and Wetter)) | Erected |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Ibagué, Colombia (Espinal, Alpujarra, Ataco, Carmen de Apicala, Coyaima, Cunday, Chaparral, Chicoral, Dolores, Flanders, Guamo, Icononzo, Melgar, Natagaiina, Ortega , Prado, Purificación, Rioblanco, San Antonio, San Luis, Saldaña, Suárez, and Villarica) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Espinal, Colombia | Erected |
| 18 Mar | Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia (Abejorral, Alejandría, Aquitania, Algeria, Cocorná, Concepción, El Carmen de Viboral, El Jordán, El Peñol, El Retiro, El Santuario, Granada, Guarne, Guatapé, La Ceja, la Unión, Marinilla, Mesopotamia, Nariño, Puerto Triunfo, Puerto Nare, Pantanillo, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sonsón, Colombia | Erected |
| 20 Mar | Delegation to Ethiopia | Elevated | Nunciature to Ethiopia (as Internunciature) | Elevated |
| 22 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga and Niue Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed |
| 25 Mar | Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal (Formigais) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Leiria, Portugal | Territory Added |
| 4 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam (Attopeu) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos | Territory Added |
| 5 Apr | Diocese of Nampula, Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Porto Amélia, Mozambique | Erected |
| 6 Apr | Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA (Counties of Nassau and Suffolk) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | Erected |
| 6 Apr | Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA (Fishers Island, NY) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Territory Added |
| 8 Apr | Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar (Tulear, with Manombo and Sakaraha; Betioky with Tongobory and Benenitra; Ampanihy with Ejeda and Androka) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuléar, Madagascar | Erected |
| 8 Apr | Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar (Farafangana with Ivohibe, Vondrozo, and Karianga; Ihosy with Ranohira and Lakora; Vangaindrano with Amparihy; from the southern Midongy with Befotaka; Vohipeno; and the territories of Fort Carnot and Manakara) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar | Erected |
| 9 Apr | Diocese of Cuenca, Ecuador | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cuenca, Ecuador | Elevated |
| 9 Apr | Diocese of Coria, Spain | Name Changed | Diocese of Coria-Cáceres, Spain | Name Changed |
| 9 Apr | Diocese of Loja, Ecuador (from Quito) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 10 Apr | Diocese of Chihuahua, México (Praxedis Guerrero, Guadalupe, Ojinaga. Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Casas Grandes, Ascensión, Janos, San Buenaventura, Galeana, Ignacio Zaragoza, Ahumada, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Gómez Farias, Guerrero, Ocampo Moris, Juárez, Covarne and Benavides) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Erected |
| 10 Apr | Territorial Prelature of Santarém, Para, Brazil (Óbidos, Alenquer, Faro, Juruti, and Oriximiná) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Óbidos, Para, Brazil | Erected |
| 12 Apr | Archdiocese of Lima, Peru (Huarochiri and Yauyos) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Yauyos, Peru | Erected |
| 13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México (Between the parallel circles of 22.5 and 28 north latitude with the adjacent islands) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México | Erected |
| 16 Apr | Military Ordinariate of Netherlands, Military | Erected | ||
| 28 Apr | Diocese of Fréjus, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France | Name Changed |
| 16 May | Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Eustache; Saint-Agapit (St-Eustache on the Lake); Saint-Joseph-du-Lac; Marie-Médiatrice (Pointe-Calumet); Annunciation B.V.M. (Oka); and St. Charles (Lachenaie)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada | Territory Added |
| 4 Jun | Archdiocese of Mérida, Venezuela (Trujillo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela | Erected |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Barcelona, Spain (21 Parishes (in Province of Tarragona))
Diocese of Vic, Spain (9 Parishes (in Province of Tarragona)) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Tarragona, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Cuenca, Spain (Requena-Utiel) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Gerona, Spain (Arenys de Mar) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barcelona, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France (20 Parishes) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Solsona, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Albacete, Spain (Casa de Roldan) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cuenca, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Barcelona, Spain (Sant Martí de Riells del Montseny) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gerona, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain (Callosa de Ensarriá (except the parishes of Benisa, Jijona and Villajoyosa)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orihuela, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain (Gatova and Villahermosa del Río) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Segorbe, Spain | Territory Added |
| 6 Jun | Diocese of Barcelona, Spain (San Rafael de Figaro, San Pablo de Montmany, Rieils del Fay Gallifa, San Feliú de Codines, San Lorenzo Savall, Villanova del Carni, and Santa Maria de Pobla de Claramunt)
Diocese of Gerona, Spain (Camprodón, Setcases, Vinalonga, Llanas, Molió, and Tragura) Diocese of Solsona, Spain (Palmcrola) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vic, Spain | Territory Added |
| 10 Jun | Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain | Erected | ||
| 15 Jun | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Campo Grande, Agua Clara, Aparecida do Taboado, Cassilândia, Corguinho, Jaraguari, Paranaíba, Ribas do Rio Pardo, Rio Verde do Mato Grosso, Rochedo, Sidrolândia, Terenos, Tres Lagoas, and the southern parts of Coxim and Camapüa)
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil (Northern parts of Coxim and Camapüa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil | Erected |
| 15 Jun | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Dourados, Amambai, Bataguaçu, Itaporâ, Maracajú, Ponta Porâ, and Rio Brilhante) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
| 15 Jun | Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil (Januária, Manga, São Francisco, Espinosa, Monte Azul, Mato Verde with Arinos in São Româo)
Territorial Prelature of Paracatu, Brazil (Sâo Româo, Capâo Redondo, and Formoso) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
| 15 Jun | Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil (Northern part of Corumbá) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 19 Jun | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México (Arriaga, Villaflores, Villa Corzo, Tonala, La Concordia, Angel A. Corzo, Pijijiapam, Mapestepec, Motozintla, Siltepec, Bellavista, La Grandeza, Bejucal, Amatenango, Porvenir, Mazapa, Escuintla, Aeacoyagua, Acapetagua, Huixtla, Pueblo Nuevo, Tuzantan, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | Erected |
| 19 Jun | Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México (Torreón, Viesca, Matamoros, San Pedro, and Francisco I. Madero) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Torreón, Coahuila, México | Erected |
| 20 Jun | Diocese of Cuttack, India
Diocese of Visakhapatnam, India | Territory Added | ||
| 24 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Bathurst in Gambia | Elevated | Diocese of Bathurst in Gambia | Elevated |
| 28 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
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