Date | From | To | ||
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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 |
18 Jan | Territorial Prelature of Vacaria, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
19 Jan | Archdiocese of Asunción, Paraguay
Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay | Erected |
21 Jan | Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay | 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
Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal | 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) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan, Korea (South) | Erected |
11 Feb | Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Villa María, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Viedma, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Resistencia, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Formosa, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Archdiocese of Paraná, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Diocese of Morón, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Azul, Argentina
Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nueve de Julio, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Posadas, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Reconquista, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina
Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Diocese of Mercedes, Argentina | 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 |
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 | Erected |
18 Mar | Diocese of Ibagué, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Espinal, Colombia | Erected |
18 Mar | Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sonsón, Colombia | Erected |
22 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga} e Niue, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed |
5 Apr | Diocese of Nampula, Mozambique | Territory Lost | Diocese of Porto Amélia, Mozambique | Erected |
6 Apr | Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | Erected |
6 Apr | Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Fishers Island, NY) | Territory Added |
8 Apr | Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar | Territory Lost | Diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar
Diocese of Tuléar, 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 |
10 Apr | Diocese of Chihuahua, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Erected |
10 Apr | Territorial Prelature of Santarém, Para, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Óbidos, Para, Brazil | Erected |
12 Apr | Archdiocese of Lima, Peru | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Yauyos, Peru | Erected |
13 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México | 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 |
4 Jun | Archdiocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela | Erected |
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
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil | Erected |
15 Jun | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
15 Jun | Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil
Territorial Prelature of Paracatu, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
19 Jun | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | Erected |
19 Jun | Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Torreón, Coahuila, México | Erected |
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 |
3 Jul | Eparchy of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria | Erected | ||
3 Jul | Eparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon | Erected | ||
5 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea | Erected |
5 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
5 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Musoma, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Musoma, Tanzania | Elevated |
5 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam
Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Nha Trang, Viet Nam | Erected |
8 Jul | Military Ordinariate of Argentina, Military (Vicariate) | Erected | ||
13 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México | Name Changed |
15 Jul | Diocese of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria | Erected | ||
27 Jul | Diocese of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
3 Aug | Diocese of Puno, Peru | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Juli, Peru | Erected |
7 Sep | Military Ordinariate of Belgium, Military | Erected | ||
8 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Military, USA | Erected | ||
19 Sep | Prefecture Apostolic of Akyab, Myanmar | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Prome, Myanmar | Name Changed |
9 Oct | Diocese of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA | Name Changed |
31 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Copiapó, Chile | Elevated | Diocese of Copiapó, Chile | Elevated |
14 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | Elevated |
18 Nov | Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | Erected |
21 Nov | Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
Archdiocese of Arequipa, Peru | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Caravelí, Peru | Erected |
25 Nov | Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil | Name Changed | Diocese of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Name Changed |
25 Nov | Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola
Diocese of Silva Porto, Angola | Territory Lost | Diocese of Malanje, Angola | Erected |
27 Nov | Delegation to Thailand and the Malacca Peninsula | Established | ||
16 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Urawa, Japan | Elevated | Diocese of Urawa, Japan | Elevated |
29 Dec | Diocese of Riobamba, Ecuador | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guaranda, Ecuador | Erected |
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