Date | From | To | ||
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8 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China | Name Changed |
25 Feb | Eparchy of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | Erected | ||
15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Western Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Eastern Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
28 May | Diocese of Grass Valley, California, USA
Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sacramento, California, USA | Erected |
4 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of French Congo {Congo Francese}, Congo | Erected | ||
4 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa | Erected |
4 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa | Erected |
8 Jun | Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Elevated | Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Elevated |
8 Jun | Diocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Elevated | Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Elevated |
8 Jun | Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (from Québec to Montréal) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
23 Aug | Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada | Name Changed |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India | Elevated | Diocese of Eastern Bengal, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Agra, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Agra, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Patna, India | Elevated | Diocese of Allahabad, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bombay, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Diocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Elevated | Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore, India | Elevated | Diocese of Coimbatore, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad, India | Elevated | Diocese of Hyderabad, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Elevated | Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Kandy, Sri Lanka | Elevated | Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka | Elevated |
1 Sep | Prefecture Apostolic of Central Bengal, India | Elevated | Diocese of Central Bengal, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Punjab, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan | Erected |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Madras, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Madras, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Mangalore, India | Elevated | Diocese of Mangalore, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore, India | Elevated | Diocese of Mysore, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Pondicherry, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Pondicherry, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Poona, India | Elevated | Diocese of Poona, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Quilon, India | Elevated | Diocese of Quilon, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast, India | Elevated | Diocese of Madurai, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Vizagapatnam, India | Elevated | Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Verapoly, India | Elevated |
1 Sep | Archdiocese of Goa, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Damão, India | Erected |
1 Sep | Patriarchate of East Indies, India | Erected | ||
4 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador | Erected |
8 Oct | Archdiocese of Shkodrë, Albania (became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
8 Oct | Diocese of Pult (Pulati), Albania (from Bar (Antivari)) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
22 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
22 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo (Portuguese Congo), Angola | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola | Name Changed |
26 Nov | Diocese of Albany, New York, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Syracuse, New York, USA | Erected |
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