Date | From | To | ||
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18 Jan | Eparchy of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
18 Jan | Diocese of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
19 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana | Elevated |
20 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia | Split |
25 Jan | Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India | Erected |
25 Jan | Eparchy of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India | Erected |
30 Jan | Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste | Territory Lost | Diocese of Maliana, Timor-Leste | Erected |
20 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Calama, Chile | Elevated | Diocese of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile | Elevated |
26 Feb | Diocese of Toamasina, Madagascar | Elevated | Archdiocese of Toamasina, Madagascar | Elevated |
26 Feb | Diocese of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar (from Antananarivo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
26 Feb | Diocese of Moramanga, Madagascar (from Antananarivo) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
26 Feb | Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar (from Antsiranana) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
13 Apr | Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
29 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan | Elevated |
1 May | Apostolic Administration of Comores | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Comores | Elevated |
1 May | Territorial Prelature of Ipil, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Ipil, Philippines | Elevated |
22 May | Diocese of Tunis, Tunisia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tunis, Tunisia | Elevated |
22 May | Diocese of Hakha, Myanmar | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kalay, Myanmar | Erected |
11 Jun | Workers of the Kingdom of Christ | Approbation | ||
16 Jun | Diocese of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
Diocese of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil | Erected |
29 Jun | Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Roman Curia | Erected | ||
14 Jul | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Syro-Malankara) | Erected | ||
21 Jul | Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi | Territory Lost | Diocese of Karonga, Malawi | Erected |
30 Sep | Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier | Approbation | ||
11 Nov | Missionary Brothers of the Countryside | Approbation | ||
20 Nov | Cardinal Titular Church of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane | Established | ||
20 Nov | Cardinal Titular Church of San Corbiniano | Established | ||
27 Nov | Diocese of Musoma, Tanzania
Archdiocese of Mwanza, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bunda, Tanzania | Erected |
15 Dec | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
18 Dec | Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica | Name Changed | Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica | Name Changed |
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