| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Patriarchal Exarchate of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq | Erected | ||
| 11 Jan | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean) | Erected | ||
| 16 Jan | Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph | Suppressed | Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance | Territory Added |
| 17 Jan | Delegation to Great Britain | Elevated | Nunciature to Great Britain | Elevated |
| 25 Jan | Diocese of Larantuka, Indonesia (Alor and Pantor) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kupang, Indonesia | Territory Added |
| 6 Feb | Diocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Sinop, Alta Floresta, Colider, Paranatinga, Porto dos Gauchos, and Vera) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
| 27 Feb | Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada | Name Changed |
| 27 Feb | Diocese of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Barrado Garças, Agua Bòa, Canarana, Geral Carneiro, and Nova Xavantina) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
| 27 Feb | Archdiocese of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy | Name Changed |
| 1 Mar | Diocese of Hull, Québec, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada | Name Changed |
| 2 Mar | Diocese of Penne e Pescara, Italy | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne, Italy | Name Changed |
| 2 Mar | Diocese of Teramo e Atri, Italy (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Mar | Archdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy (no longer a metropolitan) | Territory Added | ||
| 2 Mar | Archdiocese of Chieti, Italy (became a metropolitan) | Territory Added | ||
| 12 Mar | Territorial Abbey of New Norcia, Australia | Suppressed | Archdiocese of Perth, Australia | Territory Added |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (Enga) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Wabag, Papua New Guinea | Erected |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
| 18 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | Elevated | Diocese of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | Elevated |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Bamenda, Cameroon (Northern part) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kumbo, Cameroon | Erected |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Douala, Cameroon | Elevated | Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon | Elevated |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon | Elevated | Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon | Elevated |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Bamenda, Cameroon | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon | Elevated |
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Yagoua, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea (from Port Moresby) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Mar | Diocese of Goroka, Papua New Guinea (from Madang) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 24 Mar | Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Caraguatatuba and Ubatuba) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 13 Apr | Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA (Goliad County)
Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA (Parts of Matagorda and Wharton Counties) Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA (Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria Counties and parts of Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Victoria in Texas, USA | Erected |
| 15 Apr | Diocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (Porto Velho and Ariquemes) | Territory Added | ||
| 15 Apr | Diocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (Guajará-Mirim, Costa Marques, and Colorado do Oeste) | Territory Added | ||
| 15 Apr | Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Ji-Paraná, Cocoal, Espigão d'Oeste, Jarú, Ouro Prêto do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Presidente Medid, and Vilhena (in Mato Grosso do Norte) and part of Vila Bela) | Territory Added | ||
| 20 May | Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia | Established | ||
| 8 Jun | Diocese of Goroka, Papua New Guinea (Simbu) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea | Erected |
| 8 Jun | Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Aboisso, Grand-Bassam, and Bonoua along with Port-Bouët and Koumassi) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
Diocese of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire | Erected |
| 8 Jun | Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Yopougon along with Agboville, Adzopé, Tiassalé, Sikensi, Dabou, and Jacqueville) | Territory Lost | ||
| 8 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Sekadau, Indonesia | Elevated | Diocese of Sanggau, Indonesia | Elevated |
| 18 Jun | Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua (Jinotega) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Jinotega, Nicaragua | Erected |
| 24 Jun | Apostolic Exarchate of Australia (Ukrainian) | Elevated | Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia | Elevated |
| 25 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Sinoia, Zimbabwe | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | Name Changed |
| 25 Jun | Diocese of Gwelo, Zimbabwe | Name Changed | Diocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe | Name Changed |
| 25 Jun | Archdiocese of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe | Name Changed |
| 25 Jun | Diocese of Umtali, Zimbabwe | Name Changed | Diocese of Mutare, Zimbabwe | Name Changed |
| 12 Jul | Diocese of Ivrea, Italy (Parts of San Martino in Carema in Pont Saint Martin) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aosta, Italy | Territory Added |
| 12 Jul | Diocese of Como, Italy (SS. Gervasio e Protasio) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Territory Added |
| 1 Aug | Delegation to Scandinavia | Split | Nunciature to Denmark
Nunciature to Norway Nunciature to Sweden | Split |
| 5 Aug | Diocese of Csanád, Hungary | Name Changed | Diocese of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary | Name Changed |
| 17 Aug | Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (Counties of Doña Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hildago, Lea, Luna, and Otero)
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (Counties of Chavez, Lincoln, and Sierra) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA | Erected |
| 27 Aug | Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada | Erected | ||
| 3 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
| 10 Sep | Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) (American Samoa) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
| 10 Sep | Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) | Elevated | Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) (and name changed) | Elevated |
| 10 Sep | Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Split | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania) (Tuvalu)
Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Split |
| 15 Sep | Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy (Saint John the Evangelist in Montorfano and Lipomo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Como, Italy | Territory Added |
| 30 Sep | Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy | Split | Diocese of Bitonto, Italy
Diocese of Ruvo, Italy | Split |
| 4 Oct | Diocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | Elevated |
| 4 Oct | Diocese of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (from Cuiabá) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 4 Oct | Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil (from Manaus) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 4 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil (from Manaus) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 4 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia, Rondonia, Brazil (from Manaus) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 7 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Madera, Chihuahua, México (Yécora) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México | Territory Added |
| 15 Oct | Diocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | Erected |
| 15 Oct | Diocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Elevated | Archdiocese of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Elevated |
| 15 Oct | Prefecture Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Elevated |
| 15 Oct | Diocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Oct | Archdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Campina Verde, Itapagipe, Iturama, and Sao Francisco de Sales)
Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cities of Ituiutaba, Cachoeira Bourada, Canapolis, Centralina, Curinhata, Ipiaçu, and Santa Vitoria) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
| 18 Oct | Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | Split | Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | Split |
| 19 Oct | Archdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh | Name Changed |
| 10 Nov | Diocese of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Desemboque, Sacramento) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Bangued, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Bangued, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Bayombong, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Bayombong, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Iba, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Iba, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Iligan, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Iligan, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Kidapawan, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Kidapawan, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Malaybalay, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Malaybalay, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Marbel, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Marbel, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Palo, Philippines | Elevated | Archdiocese of Palo, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of San Jose de Antique, Philippines | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Borongan, Philippines (from Cebu) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines (from Cebu) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Catarman, Philippines (from Cebu) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 19 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust, South Africa | Elevated | Diocese of Dundee, South Africa | Elevated |
| 19 Nov | Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon (Adamaoua and Mbam and Djerem) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon | Erected |
| 28 Nov | Personal Prelature of Opus Dei | Elevated | ||
| 4 Dec | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian) | Erected | ||
| 8 Dec | Congregration of Jesus the Priest | Approbation | ||
| 17 Dec | Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands (Malaita District) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Auki, Solomon Islands | Erected |
| 17 Dec | Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt | Erected |
| 25 Dec | Congregation of Missionaries of Faith | Founded | ||
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