Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Archdiocese of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey | Suppressed | ||
unknown | Delegation to Western Africa | Established | Nunciature to Dahomey
Nunciature to Côte d’Ivoire | Established |
unknown | Titular See of Dumium | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Amida degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Garin degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Kharput degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Marasc degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Mardin degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Mardin dei Siri | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Mardin dei Caldei | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Melitene degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Sebaste degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Ancyra degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Artvin degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Caesarea in Cappadocia degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Mush degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Prusa degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Tokat degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Trapezus degli Armeni | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Adana degli Armeni | Established | ||
23 Mar | Diocese of Meerut, India | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
23 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Raipur, India | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
25 Mar | Diocese of Colima, México
Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | Erected |
25 Mar | Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania
Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Singida, Tanzania | Erected |
25 Mar | Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Melkite Greek) | Erected | ||
20 Apr | Diocese of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
Diocese of Les Gonaïves, Haïti | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hinche, Haïti | Erected |
20 Apr | Diocese of Les Cayes, Haïti | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jérémie, Haïti | Erected |
29 Apr | Delegation to Eastern Africa | Established | Nunciature to Sudan | Established |
16 May | Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela | Erected |
22 May | Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Name Changed |
10 Jun | Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law, Roman Curia | Name Changed | Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law, Roman Curia | Name Changed |
14 Jun | Archdiocese of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
20 Jun | Diocese of Lipa, Philippines | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lipa, Philippines | Elevated |
20 Jun | Territorial Prelature of Infanta, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
20 Jun | Diocese of Lucena, Philippines (from Manila) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
28 Jun | Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Görlitz, Germany
Diocese of Opole, Poland | Erected |
28 Jun | Diocese of Berlin, Germany | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gorzów, Poland
Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | Erected |
24 Jul | Diocese of Garzón-Neiva, Colombia | Split | Diocese of Garzón, Colombia
Diocese of Neiva, Colombia | Split |
30 Jul | Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Erected |
15 Aug | Archdiocese of L’Aquila, Italy (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
15 Aug | Archdiocese of Perugia, Italy (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
15 Aug | Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana, Italy (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
22 Aug | Diocese of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
22 Aug | Diocese of Fort-Archambault, Chad | Name Changed | Diocese of Sarh, Chad | Name Changed |
8 Oct | Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, México | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Huautla, Oaxaca, México | Erected |
16 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa | Elevated | Diocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa | Elevated |
11 Dec | Diocese of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Name Changed | Diocese of Ekiti, Nigeria | Name Changed |
13 Dec | Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (Split and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)
Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | Erected |
13 Dec | Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (from New Orleans to Oklahoma City) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
18 Dec | Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka | Territory Lost | Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka | Erected |
18 Dec | Diocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Elevated |
18 Dec | Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore | Split | Diocese of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia
Archdiocese of Singapore | Split |
18 Dec | Territorial Abbey of Ndanda, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Mtwara, Tanzania | Elevated |
18 Dec | Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan | Elevated | Diocese of Naha, Japan | Elevated |
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