Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Diocese of Talca, Chile (as Territory to become a Diocese in the future) | Established | ||
14 Jan | Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | Name Changed |
25 Jan | Diocese of Würzburg, Germany (Hohenfelden, Lichtenhain, and Mosen) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Fulda, Germany | Territory Added |
25 Jan | Diocese of Fulda, Germany (Kranichfeld, Stedten, and Kostitz) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Würzburg, Germany | Territory Added |
28 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi (Northern part) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia | Erected |
28 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kaffa {Kaffa Meridionale}, Ethiopia | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Western part: Ahuachapan, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate Provinces) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Ana, El Salvador | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Eastern part: San Miguel, La Union, Morazan, and Usulutan Provinces) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Miguel, El Salvador | Erected |
11 Feb | Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador (Central part: Cabanas, Chalatenanco, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, and San Vicente Provinces) | Elevated | Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador | Elevated |
23 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Libia, Libya | Elevated |
21 Apr | Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Wright, Northfield, Blake, Bigelow, Wells, Bidwell, Preston, Addington, Amherst, Arundel, Montcalm, and Howard) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada | Erected |
7 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania (Boundaries Adjusted)
Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Boundaries Adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
10 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar (Southern region) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | Erected |
15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar (Central part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Betafó, Madagascar | Erected |
20 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar | Name Changed |
20 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Name Changed |
20 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar | Name Changed |
22 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Rajputana, India | Elevated | Diocese of Ajmer, India | Elevated |
22 May | Archdiocese of Simla, India (Became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
22 May | Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (from Agra to Simla) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
22 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan (to Simla) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
28 May | Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania | Erected | ||
30 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan (Bar-el-Gazai region) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan | Erected |
30 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan | Name Changed |
1 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (Added Spitzberg) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen | Territory Added |
2 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia (Gobabis, Windhuk, Karibib, and Swakopmund) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia | Territory Added |
1 Jul | Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb | Decretum Laudis | ||
4 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba, Peru | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru (Added Madre de Dios) | Elevated |
13 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China (Formosa Island) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan | Erected |
19 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China (Lun-yen-chou, Yung-chun-chou, and Hsing-hua-fu along with Nan-jih island) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, China | Territory Added |
25 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Split | Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Eastern part)
Prefecture Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea (Western part) | Split |
26 Jul | Archdiocese of Michoacán, México (Tacambaro, Ario, Caracuaro, Huetamo, Tiquicheo, Turicato, and Tuzantla)
Diocese of Zamora, Michoacán, México (Aguililla, Acahualo, Apatzingan, Aquila, Arteaga, Goáhuayana, Goalcoman, Goyre, Chinicuila, Churumuco, Huacana, Nuero-Urecho, Paracuaro, Tepalcatepec, Tomatlam, and Tumbiscatio) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México | Erected |
25 Aug | Diocese of Diamantina, Brazil (Mucuri Valley and upper Jequitinhonha) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil | Erected |
28 Aug | Diocese of Perth, Australia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Perth, Australia | Elevated |
8 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia (Part of the Walagga region)
Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kaffa {Kaffa Meridionale}, Ethiopia | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaffa, Ethiopia | Name Changed |
16 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia (Islands of Piccola Sonda except Flores) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia | Erected |
20 Oct | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Barra do Bio Grande, Chique-Chique, Pilâo Arcado, Remanso, Casa Nova, Sento Sé, Joazeilo, Campestre, Brotas do Macahubas, Oliveira dos Brejinhos, Urubú, Bom Jesús da Lapa, Carinhanha, Sant'Anna dos Brejos, Porto de Santa Maria, Correntina, Angical, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
20 Oct | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Caetité, Monte Alto, Gentío, Amparo de Umbaranas, Duas Barras, Jacaracy, Gonderiba, Caculé, Bom Jesús dos Meiras, Ituassú, Sincorá, Minas do Rio de Contas, Villa Velha de Minas de Rio de Contas, Bom Jesús de Bio de Contas, S. Joâo do Paraguassú, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
20 Oct | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Ilhéos, Olivença, Cannarieiras, Belmonte, Santa Cruz, Porto Seguro, Villa Verde, Tramoso, Nossa Senhora de Lourdes do Angelim, Prado, Alcobaca, Garavellas, VillaViçosa, S. José de Porto Alegre, Itabuna, Barra do Bio de Contas, Marahú, Barcellos, Camamú...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
25 Oct | Archdiocese of Cambrai, France (Lille, Hazebrouck, and Dunkirk) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lille, France | Erected |
12 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Southern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lindi, Tanzania | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Nicaragua | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Nicaragua (Granada, Rivas, Chontales, and San Juan del Norie) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Granada, Nicaragua | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Nicaragua (Managua, Masaya, Carazo, Matagalpa, and Qinotega) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Nicaragua (León, Chimandega, Esteli, and Nueva Segovia) | Name Changed | Diocese of León en Nicaragua | Name Changed |
17 Dec | Diocese of Seattle, Washington, USA (Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend'Oreille, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Benton, Franklin, Walla-Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA | Erected |
31 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viet Nam (Lang Son and Cao Bang along with Bao Lac, Quan Ba, and Long Van (in Ha Giang)) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam | Erected |
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