| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Nunciature to Qatar | Established | ||
| unknown | Nunciature to Timor-Leste | Established | ||
| unknown | Nunciature to Yugoslavia | Split | Nunciature to Serbia and Montenegro | Split |
| 9 Jan | Diocese of Samarinda, Indonesia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia | Erected |
| 11 Jan | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Territory Lost | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Erected |
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated |
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated |
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana | Elevated | Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana | Elevated |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Goaso, Ghana (from Cape Coast) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana (from Cape Coast) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Obuasi, Ghana (from Cape Coast) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana (from Cape Coast) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 18 Jan | Apostolic Administration of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Personal) | Erected | ||
| 6 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Batanes, Philippines | Name Changed |
| 11 Feb | Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia {Russia Europea Settentrionale} | Elevated | Archdiocese of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation | Elevated |
| 11 Feb | Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale}
Diocese of Tiraspol, Moldova | Elevated | Diocese of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation | Elevated |
| 11 Feb | Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia {Siberia Orientale}, Russian Federation | Elevated | Diocese of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation | Elevated |
| 11 Feb | Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia {Siberia Occidentale}, Russian Federation | Elevated | Diocese of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | Elevated |
| 25 Mar | Diocese of Indore, India
Diocese of Udaipur, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jhabua, India | Erected |
| 27 Mar | Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia, Ukraine | Elevated | Diocese of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine | Elevated |
| Apr | Titular See of Aleria | Established | ||
| Apr | Titular See of Mariana in Corsica | Established | ||
| Apr | Titular See of Nebbio | Established | ||
| Apr | Titular See of Sagone | Established | ||
| 10 Apr | Prefecture Apostolic of Karafuto, Russian Federation | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation | Name Changed |
| 20 Apr | Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Melkite Greek) | Erected | ||
| 4 May | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine | Erected |
| 4 May | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | Territory Lost | Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine | Erected |
| 13 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines | Erected |
| 13 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines | Name Changed |
| 16 May | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Afghanistan | Erected | ||
| 21 May | Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA | Erected |
| 21 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Elevated |
| 8 Jun | Rosarian Fathers | Approbation | ||
| 8 Jul | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Urga, Mongolia | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Elevated |
| 16 Jul | Territorial Abbey of Subiaco, Italy | Territory Lost | Diocese of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
Suburbicarian See of Palestrina, Italy Diocese of Tivoli, Italy | Territory Added |
| 19 Jul | Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chingleput, India | Erected |
| 19 Sep | Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Saint Mary of Guadalupe | Approbation | ||
| 18 Oct | Canons Regular of the Mother of God | Approbation | ||
| 31 Oct | Diocese of Port-Louis, Mauritius | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius | Erected |
| 11 Nov | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, India | Erected |
| 11 Nov | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 11 Nov | Diocese of Baroda, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 11 Nov | Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 13 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Elevated | Diocese of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
| 4 Dec | Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria | Erected |
| 5 Dec | Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nyahururu, Kenya | Erected |
| 6 Dec | Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | Name Changed |
| 7 Dec | Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Novaliches, Philippines
Diocese of Parañaque, Philippines | Erected |
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Marseille, France (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Clermont, France | Elevated | Archdiocese of Clermont, France | Elevated |
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Dijon, France | Elevated | Archdiocese of Dijon, France | Elevated |
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | Elevated | Archdiocese of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | Elevated |
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Poitiers, France | Elevated | Archdiocese of Poitiers, France | Elevated |
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Ajaccio, France (from Aix) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France (from Aix) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France (from Aix) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Gap, France (from Aix) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Nice, France (from Aix) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Moulins, France (from Sens) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Saint-Flour, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France (from Lyon) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Nevers, France (from Sens) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Territorial Prelature of Mission de France o Pontigny, France (from Sens) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Carcassonne, France (from Toulouse) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Mende, France (from Albi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France (from Avignon) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Perpignan-Elne, France (from Albi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Angoulême, France (from Bordeaux) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France (from Bordeaux) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Limoges, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Tulle, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Aire et Dax, France (from Auch) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France (from Auch) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Annecy, France (from Chambery) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France (from Avignon) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Viviers, France (from Avignon) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Langres, France (from Lyon) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Troyes, France (from Sens) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Angers, France (from Tours) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Laval, France (from Tours) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Le Mans, France (from Tours) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Luçon, France (from Bordeaux) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Nantes, France (from Tours) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Cahors, France (from Albi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Rodez (-Vabres), France (from Albi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France (from Auch) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Archdiocese of Bourges, France (no longer a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Blois, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Chartres, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 8 Dec | Diocese of Orléans, France (from Bourges) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 11 Dec | Territorial Abbey of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Suppressed | Diocese of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 11 Dec | Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Name Changed | Diocese of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Name Changed |
| 19 Dec | Diocese of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 19 Dec | Eparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India | Erected |
| 27 Dec | Diocese of Guanare, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela | Erected |
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