Date | From | To | ||
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12 Jul | Diocese of Shillong, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dibrugarh, India | Erected |
12 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Kyoto, Japan | Elevated | Diocese of Kyōto, Japan | Elevated |
12 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Likuni, Malawi | Name Changed |
12 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Mindoro, Philippines | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines | Elevated |
12 Jul | Nunciature to Liberia (to Internunciature) | Elevated | ||
19 Jul | Diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles | Name Changed | Diocese of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles | Name Changed |
1 Aug | Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia | Erected |
15 Aug | Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love | Founded | ||
1 Sep | Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zipaquirá, Colombia | Erected |
10 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Los Ríos, Ecuador | Elevated | Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos, Ecuador | Elevated |
9 Oct | Nunciature to Pakistan | Established | ||
18 Oct | Prefecture Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso | Elevated |
31 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Prefecture Apostolic of Dessié, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Endeber, Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic of Gondar, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | Erected |
31 Oct | Ordinariate of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Elevated | Apostolic Exarchate of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Elevated |
14 Nov | Ordinariate of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites | Erected | ||
15 Nov | Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Wollongong, Australia | Erected |
13 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia | Erected |
13 Dec | Diocese of Nagpur, India
Diocese of Ranchi, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India | Erected |
13 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore, Tanzania | Erected |
21 Dec | Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | Decretum Laudis | ||
21 Dec | Nunciature to Austria (to Nunciature) | Elevated |
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