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Date	From		To
3 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru	Elevated
3 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Elevated
3 Jul	Diocese of Mysore, India	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ootacamund, India	Erected
3 Jul	Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan Prefecture Apostolic of Mupoi, Sudan	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan	Erected
12 Jul	Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Erected
16 Jul	Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archdiocese of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
16 Jul	Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Groningen, Netherlands	Erected
16 Jul	Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Erected
27 Jul	Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Erected
25 Aug	Diocese of Bolivar, Ecuador	Name Changed	Diocese of Riobamba, Ecuador	Name Changed
2 Sep	Diocese of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain Diocese of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Split	Diocese of Tarazona, Spain	Split
2 Sep	Diocese of Pamplona, Spain	United	Diocese of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	United
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Archdiocese of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Ambanja, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bamako, Mali	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic	Elevated	Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Elevated	Archdiocese of Tananarive, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Elevated
14 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Brazzaville, Congo	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated	Diocese of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea	Elevated	Archdiocese of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouidah, Benin	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal	Elevated	Archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
14 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Djibouti	Elevated	Diocese of Djibouti	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Douala, Cameroon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Doumé, Cameroon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated	Diocese of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Elevated	Diocese of Laghouat, Algeria	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated	Diocese of Libreville, Gabon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Lomé, Togo	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lomé, Togo	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Majunga, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Morondava, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon	Elevated	Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated	Diocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Porto Novo, Benin	Territory Lost	Diocese of Porto Novo, Benin	Erected
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco	Elevated	Archdiocese of Rabat, Morocco	Elevated
14 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé, Togo	Elevated	Diocese of Sokodé, Togo	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Tamatave, Madagascar	Elevated	Diocese of Tamatave, Madagascar	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Elevated	Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Elevated
14 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Elevated	Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Elevated
20 Sep	Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Cân Tho, Viet Nam	Erected
20 Sep	Prefecture Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Elevated
1 Oct	Archdiocese of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Split	Diocese of Ragusa, Italy Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy	Split
24 Oct			Nunciature to Luxembourg (to Nunciature)	Elevated
15 Nov	Diocese of Florida-Melo, Uruguay	Split	Diocese of Florida, Uruguay Diocese of Melo, Uruguay	Split
15 Nov	Archdiocese of Montevideo, Uruguay Diocese of Salto, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Erected
15 Nov	Archdiocese of Puerto Montt, Chile Diocese of Valdivia, Chile	Territory Lost	Diocese of Osorno, Chile	Erected

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