Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kalumburu, Australia | Suppressed | Diocese of Broome, Australia | Territory Added |
unknown | Nunciature to Barbados, Antilles | Established | ||
unknown | Nunciature to Bahamas, Antilles | Established | ||
unknown | Nunciature to Jamaica, Antilles | Established | ||
unknown | Delegation to Pacific Ocean | Established | Nunciature to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | Established |
25 Jan | Diocese of Cruz del Eje, Argentina | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes, Argentina | Erected |
29 Jan | Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA | Erected |
2 Feb | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
4 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Ciudad Real, Spain | Elevated | Diocese of Ciudad Real, Spain | Elevated |
14 Feb | Diocese of Great Falls, Montana, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA | Name Changed |
27 Feb | Opus Spiritus Sancti | Founded | ||
3 Mar | Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | Erected |
6 Mar | Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand | Erected |
6 Mar | Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand | Territory Lost | Diocese of Palmerston North, New Zealand | Erected |
6 Mar | Diocese of Patna, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Muzaffarpur, India | Erected |
6 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | Erected |
14 Mar | Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Erected |
27 Mar | Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina
Diocese of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chascomús, Argentina | Erected |
28 Mar | Diocese of Kohima-Imphal, India | Split | Diocese of Imphal, India
Diocese of Kohima, India | Split |
28 Mar | Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania | Elevated | Diocese of Zanzibar, Tanzania | Elevated |
23 Apr | Eparchy of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt | Erected | ||
30 May | Diocese of Leeds, England, Great Britain
Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hallam, England, Great Britain | Erected |
7 Jun | Diocese of Bujumbura, Burundi | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bubanza, Burundi | Erected |
28 Jun | Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Vicariate Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay | Territory Lost | Diocese of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay | Erected |
29 Jul | Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, USA | Elevated |
11 Oct | Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Diocese of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Erected |
11 Oct | Archdiocese of Paraíba, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil | Erected |
11 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Tagum, Philippines | Elevated | Diocese of Tagum, Philippines | Elevated |
13 Oct | Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada | Erected | ||
13 Oct | Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Melkite Greek) | Erected | ||
20 Oct | Archdiocese of Brindisi, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Brindisi, Italy (no longer a metropolitan) | Elevated |
20 Oct | Diocese of Lecce, Italy | Elevated | Archdiocese of Lecce, Italy | Elevated |
20 Oct | Archdiocese of Otranto, Italy (became a Suffragan) | Elevated | ||
24 Oct | Prefecture Apostolic of Sibolga, Indonesia | Elevated | Diocese of Sibolga, Indonesia | Elevated |
30 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil | Elevated |
30 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil | Elevated |
30 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Rio Negro, Brazil | Elevated |
30 Oct | Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | Elevated |
22 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier | Name Changed |
29 Nov | Diocese of Owerri, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orlu, Nigeria | Erected |
29 Nov | Diocese of Tororo, Uganda | Territory Lost | Diocese of Soroti, Uganda | Erected |
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