Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor | Founded | ||
unknown | Order of Hermits of St. Augustine | Name Changed | Order of St. Augustine | Name Changed |
unknown | Delegation to Eastern Africa | Established | Nunciature to Tanzania | Established |
unknown | Titular See of Methamaucum | Suppressed | ||
unknown | Titular See of Scala | Established | ||
11 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Bafia, Cameroon | Elevated | Diocese of Bafia, Cameroon | Elevated |
11 Jan | Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya | Erected |
11 Jan | Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya
Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya | Erected |
20 Jan | Diocese of Maringá, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil | Erected |
25 Jan | Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia | Elevated | Diocese of Subotica, Serbia | Elevated |
29 Jan | Diocese of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada | Name Changed |
5 Feb | Cardinal Titular Church of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi | Established | ||
9 Feb | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Argentina (Ukrainian) | Erected | ||
11 Feb | Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar) | Decretum Laudis | ||
16 Feb | Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania
Territorial Abbey of Peramiho, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Njombe, Tanzania | Erected |
2 Mar | Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, USA | Elevated |
2 Mar | Diocese of Miami, Florida, USA
Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orlando, Florida, USA
Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA | Erected |
2 Mar | Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Diocese of Sorocaba, Brazil Diocese of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
7 Mar | Archdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq | Territory Lost | Archeparchy of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq | Erected |
11 Mar | Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lokossa, Benin | Erected |
11 Mar | Diocese of Garoua, Cameroon | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
Prefecture Apostolic of Yagoua, Cameroon | Erected |
22 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Name Changed |
23 Mar | Diocese of Palo, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Maasin, Philippines | Erected |
23 Mar | Diocese of Sorsogon, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Masbate, Philippines | Erected |
25 Mar | Military Ordinariate of El Salvador, Military | Erected | ||
25 Mar | Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay | Split | Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
Territorial Prelature of Encarnación, Paraguay | Split |
9 Apr | Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Diocese of Tamatave, Madagascar | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mananjary, Madagascar | Erected |
9 Apr | Diocese of Ketapang, Indonesia
Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Sekadau, Indonesia | Erected |
15 Apr | Diocese of Fort Jameson, Zambia | Name Changed | Diocese of Chipata, Zambia | Name Changed |
20 Apr | Diocese of Sonsón, Colombia | Name Changed | Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia | Name Changed |
26 Apr | Diocese of Abancay, Peru | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, Peru | Erected |
30 Apr | Diocese of Zacapa, Guatemala | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Izabal, Guatemala | Erected |
4 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir, India | Name Changed |
11 May | Diocese of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Abbey of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
12 May | Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain | Name Changed | Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian) | Name Changed |
8 Jun | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Balasore, India | Erected |
8 Jun | Diocese of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire | Territory Lost | Diocese of Man, Côte d’Ivoire | Erected |
10 Jun | Archdiocese of Durango, México
Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of El Salto, Durango, México | Erected |
13 Jun | Little Brothers of Jesus | Approbation | ||
22 Jun | Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil | Erected |
26 Jun | Archdiocese of Cuenca, Ecuador | Territory Lost | Diocese of Azogues, Ecuador | Erected |
12 Jul | Diocese of Gulu, Uganda | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lira, Uganda | Erected |
29 Jul | Diocese of Amravati, India
Archdiocese of Nagpur, India | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
29 Jul | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected | ||
29 Jul | Diocese of Jabalpur, India | Territory Lost | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
29 Jul | Diocese of Indore, India | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
5 Sep | Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda | Erected |
5 Sep | Diocese of Ngozi, Burundi | Territory Lost | Diocese of Muyinga, Burundi | Erected |
25 Sep | Diocese of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan | Erected |
26 Sep | Diocese of Lokoja, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Idah, Nigeria | Erected |
26 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Battambang, Cambodia
Prefecture Apostolic of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia | Erected |
18 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Iceland {Islanda} | Elevated | Diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland | Elevated |
18 Oct | Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | Territory Lost | Diocese of Diébougou, Burkina Faso | Erected |
1 Nov | Delegation to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania | Split | Delegation to Australia and Papua New Guinea
Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands | Split |
22 Nov | Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
23 Nov | Diocese of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Erected |
23 Nov | Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Diocese of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Erected |
8 Dec | Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria | Split | Diocese of Feldkirch, Austria
Diocese of Innsbruck, Austria | Split |
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