Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Sudan (Syrian) | Established | ||
unknown | Nunciature to Guyana, Antilles | Established | ||
2 Jan | Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Territory Lost | Diocese of Manga, Burkina Faso | Erected |
24 Jan | Diocese of Salem, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dharmapuri, India | Erected |
27 Jan | Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovakian), Slovakia | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Košice (Slovakian), Slovakia | Erected |
1 Feb | Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | Erected |
10 Mar | Delegation to Libya | Elevated | Nunciature to Libya | Elevated |
25 Apr | Military Ordinariate of Croatia, Military | Erected | ||
13 May | Diocese of Morón, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina | Erected |
28 May | Diocese of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México | Erected |
28 May | Archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania
Diocese of Panevėžys, Lithuania Diocese of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Šiauliai, Lithuania | Erected |
6 Jun | Priestly Society of Saint Jacques | Approbation | ||
13 Jun | Diocese of Colón, Panama | Name Changed | Diocese of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama | Name Changed |
14 Jun | Diocese of Darjeeling, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bagdogra, India | Erected |
14 Jun | Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mongu, Zambia | Erected |
28 Jun | Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic | Erected |
5 Jul | Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Požega, Croatia
Diocese of Varaždin, Croatia | Erected |
8 Jul | Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana | Approbation | ||
12 Jul | Diocese of Coro, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Punto Fijo, Venezuela | Erected |
29 Sep | Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tadjikistan
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Turkmenistan Mission "Sui Iuris" of Uzbekistan | Erected |
16 Oct | Diocese of Parakou, Benin | Elevated | Archdiocese of Parakou, Benin | Elevated |
24 Oct | Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Abeokuta, Nigeria | Erected |
24 Oct | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Asansol, India | Erected |
24 Oct | Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana | Territory Lost | Diocese of Goaso, Ghana | Erected |
21 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Elevated | Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Elevated |
21 Nov | Diocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina | Elevated |
21 Nov | Diocese of Miri, Malaysia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Brunei | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Chur, Switzerland | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Erected |
22 Dec | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kyrgyzstan | Erected | ||
23 Dec | Archdiocese of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Diocese of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
23 Dec | Diocese of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Diocese of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
23 Dec | Diocese of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Diocese of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil Diocese of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
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