Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America | Approbation | ||
unknown | Titular See of Druzipara | Name Changed | Titular See of Drizipara | Name Changed |
11 Jan | Delegation to Africa for the Missions | Established | ||
25 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Pingliang [Pingliang], China | Erected |
27 Jan | Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia | Erected |
31 Jan | Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada | Erected |
12 Feb | Diocese of Rockhampton, Australia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Townsville, Australia | Erected |
14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu, China | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi], China | Erected |
19 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos, Ecuador | Name Changed |
3 Mar | Institute of the Josephites of Belgium | Approbation | ||
30 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa | Erected |
26 May | Diocese of Quilon, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kottar, India | Erected |
26 May | Diocese of Kumbakonam, India
Diocese of Mysore, India Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Salem, India | Erected |
31 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
31 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia | Elevated |
31 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China | Elevated |
5 Jun | Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
5 Jun | Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania | Name Changed | Diocese of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania | Name Changed |
5 Jun | Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania | Erected | ||
5 Jun | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara, Romania | Elevated | Diocese of Timişoara, Romania | Elevated |
5 Jun | Ordinariate of Romania (Armenian) | Erected | ||
5 Jun | Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | United | Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | United |
10 Jun | Missionaries of Workers | Decretum Laudis | ||
30 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Rajaburi, Thailand | Erected |
30 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Nanning [Nanning], China | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China | Erected |
4 Jul | Ordinariate of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Erected | ||
14 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia | Elevated |
14 Jul | Archdiocese of Verapoly, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vijayapuram, India | Erected |
23 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Hengchow [Hengyang], China | Erected |
23 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
1 Aug | Diocese of Lead, South Dakota, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | Name Changed |
13 Aug | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aachen, Germany | Erected |
13 Aug | Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Berlin, Germany | Erected |
13 Aug | Diocese of Paderborn, Germany | Elevated | Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany | Elevated |
13 Aug | Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland | Elevated | Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | Elevated |
13 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} | Suppressed | Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany
Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany | Territory Added |
3 Oct | Missionários da Boa Nova | Founded | ||
15 Oct | Nunciature to Dominican Republic (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
17 Oct | Nunciature to Haiti (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
14 Nov | Diocese of Oklahoma, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | Name Changed |
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