| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Diocese of Panamá (from Bogot (Columbia) to Cartagena) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| unknown | Consolata Missionaries | Founded | ||
| unknown | Franciscan Missionary Brothers | Founded | ||
| 25 Jan | Society of the Divine Word | Approbation | ||
| 9 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
| 14 Feb | Nunciature to Brazil (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
| 17 Feb | Congregation of the Priestly Fraternity | Founded | ||
| 5 Apr | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Magallanes, Chile | Erected | ||
| 15 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Coastal Tonking {Tonkino Marittimo}, Viet Nam | Erected |
| 25 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana | Elevated |
| 25 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin | Elevated |
| 30 May | Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Lycoming and Center)
Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Counties of Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA | Erected |
| 11 Jun | Diocese of Soissons (-Laon), France | Name Changed | Diocese of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France | Name Changed |
| 22 Jun | Hijos de la Sagrada Familia | Approbation | ||
| 3 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta, Canada | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Athabaska, Alberta, Canada
Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada | Split |
| 16 Jul | Diocese of Concepción, Chile | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile | Erected |
| 19 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa, Algeria | Erected |
| 19 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali | Name Changed |
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