| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA | Suppressed | Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | Territory Added |
| 3 Feb | Diocese of Nova Lisboa, Angola | Elevated | Archdiocese of Huambo, Angola | Elevated |
| 3 Feb | Diocese of Indore, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Khandwa, India | Erected |
| 3 Feb | Diocese of Sá da Bandeira, Angola | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lubango, Angola | Elevated |
| 3 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Same, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Same, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 3 Feb | Diocese of Ngunza, Angola | Name Changed | Diocese of Novo Redondo, Angola | Name Changed |
| 22 Feb | Diocese of Montefeltro, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy | Name Changed |
| 26 Feb | Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Diocese of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 26 Feb | Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 26 Feb | Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Diocese of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 26 Feb | Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
Diocese of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 26 Feb | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 26 Feb | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Diocese of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 26 Feb | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Diocese of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 26 Feb | Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Diocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 1 Mar | Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | Erected |
| 1 Mar | Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Name Changed |
| 2 Mar | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA | Erected |
| 5 Mar | Diocese of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Diocese of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
| 7 Mar | Delegation to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands | Split | Delegation to Solomon Islands
Nunciature to Papua New Guinea (and Elevated) | Split |
| 11 Mar | Archeparchy of Munhall (Ruthenian), USA | Name Changed | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA | Name Changed |
| 21 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Elevated | Diocese of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Elevated |
| 21 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Cheju, Korea (South) | Elevated | Diocese of Cheju, Korea (South) | Elevated |
| 2 Apr | Diocese of Lucena, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Boac, Philippines | Erected |
| 13 Apr | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México | Erected |
| 20 Apr | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands, USA | Elevated | Diocese of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA (Name Changed and Prelature raised to a Diocese) | Elevated |
| 26 Apr | Archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
Diocese of Garagoa, Colombia | Erected |
| 30 May | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Baruipur, India | Erected |
| 30 May | Diocese of Navrongo, Ghana | Name Changed | Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana | Name Changed |
| 30 May | Diocese of Tamale, Ghana | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana | Elevated |
| 27 Jun | Eparchy of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite), Michigan, USA | Name Changed | Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA | Name Changed |
| 4 Aug | Diocese of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
| 4 Aug | Apostolic Administration of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria | Elevated | Eparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria | Elevated |
| 4 Aug | Eparchy of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon | Name Changed | Eparchy of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon | Name Changed |
| 4 Aug | Eparchy of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon | Erected | ||
| 26 Aug | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil | Erected |
| 1 Sep | Diocese of Lyallpur, Pakistan | Name Changed | Diocese of Faisalabad, Pakistan | Name Changed |
| 17 Oct | Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy | Split | Diocese of Koper, Slovenia
Diocese of Trieste, Italy | Split |
| 17 Oct | Archdiocese of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy ((areas in Slovenia))
Diocese of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia ((areas in Slovenia)) Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy ((areas in Slovenia)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Koper, Slovenia | Territory Added |
| 3 Nov | Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal | Territory Lost | Diocese of Viana do Castelo, Portugal | Erected |
| 10 Nov | Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India | Split | Diocese of Ambikapur, India
Diocese of Raigarh, India | Split |
| 10 Nov | Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Awka, Nigeria | Erected |
| 10 Nov | Archdiocese of Maseru, Lesotho | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho | Erected |
| 3 Dec | Diocese of Acerenza, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Acerenza, Italy | Elevated |
| 3 Dec | Diocese of Matera e Irsina, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Matera e Irsina, Italy | Elevated |
| 3 Dec | Diocese of Fort-Rousset, Congo | Name Changed | Diocese of Owando, Congo | Name Changed |
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Oeiras, Brazil | Name Changed | Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil | Name Changed |
| 17 Dec | Diocese of Amravati, India
Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aurangabad, India | Erected |
| 17 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Idah, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Idah, Nigeria | Elevated |
| 30 Dec | Apostolic Administration of Trnava, Slovakia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia | Elevated |
| 30 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
| 30 Dec | Diocese of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (from Esztergom) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 30 Dec | Diocese of Košice, Slovakia (from Eger) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 30 Dec | Diocese of Nitra, Slovakia (from Esztergom) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 30 Dec | Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia (from Esztergom) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 30 Dec | Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia (from Esztergom) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
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