Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Nunciature to Yugoslavia | Split | Nunciature to Serbia and Montenegro | Split |
9 Jan | Diocese of Samarinda, Indonesia (Bulungan and Berau) | 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 | Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Personal) | Erected |
6 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines (Babuyan Islands) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines | Territory Added |
6 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Batanes, Philippines | Name Changed |
6 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Batanes, Philippines (from Tuguegarao to Nueva Segovia) | Metropolitan 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 (Jhabua, Ratlam, Mandsaur, and Neemuch along with Sardarpur Tahshil (in Dhar) and Thandla Tahshil (in Jhabua))
Diocese of Udaipur, India (Thandla, Dungripada, Jhapandara, and Badi Dhamni) | 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 |
19 Apr | Diocese of Münster, Germany (St. Paul in the part of Hengelage in Quakenbrück) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany | Territory Added |
20 Apr | Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Melkite Greek) | Erected | ||
4 May | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia)
Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine (Kharkiv, Luhansk, Pollava, and Sumy) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine | Erected |
4 May | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Kherson, Kyrovohrad, Mykalov, Odessa and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine | Erected |
13 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines (Northern part) | 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 | ||
20 May | Nunciature to Timor-Leste | Established | ||
21 May | Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California , Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii) | 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 |
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