| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan | Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil (Area bounded by the rivers Juruena, Cabaxi, Guaporé, and Galera)
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (Vila Rondônia, Cacoal (formerly called New Caledonia), Iarú, Ouro Preto, Pimenta Bueno, and Vilhena) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia, Rondonia, Brazil | Erected |
| 3 Jan | Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil (Camapuâ, Coxim, Pedro Gomes, Rio Negro, and Rio Verde) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
| 3 Jan | Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil (Agua Clara, Aparecida do Tabuado, Brasilândia, Cassilândia, Inocencia, Paranaíba, and Très Lagôas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
| 9 Jan | Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (from Lisboa) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Valverde, Monte Christi, Dajabón, and Santiago Rodríguez) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 16 Jan | Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic (Duarte, Maria T. Sánchez, and Samaná) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 16 Jan | Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Salcedo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic | Territory Added |
| 18 Jan | Diocese of Rottenburg, Germany | Name Changed | Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany | Name Changed |
| 30 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Lodwar, Kenya | Elevated | Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya | Elevated |
| 27 Feb | Diocese of Berbérati, Central African Republic (Northern Part) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bouar, Central African Republic | Erected |
| 27 Feb | Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya (Western Province and Tindinyo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya | Erected |
| 27 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Western Transvaal, South Africa | Elevated | Diocese of Klerksdorp, South Africa | Elevated |
| 14 Mar | Diocese of Daru, Papua New Guinea (Western Province) | Territory Added | ||
| 4 Apr | Diocese of Ségou, Mali (Cercle de Tenenkou in Malia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mopti, Mali | Territory Added |
| 24 Apr | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Argentina (Ukrainian) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | Erected |
| 30 Apr | Diocese of Ballarat, Australia (Inglewood) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sandhurst, Australia | Territory Added |
| 5 May | Diocese of Toledo, Parana, Brazil (Foz do Iguaçu, Céu Azul, Matelândia, Medianeira, São Miguel, and Santa Helena) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil | Erected |
| 5 May | Diocese of Toledo, Parana, Brazil (Cascavel, Capitào Leónidas Marques, Catanduvas, Corbélia, and Guaraniaçu) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cascavel, Brazil | Erected |
| 14 May | Diocese of Massa Marittima, Italy | Name Changed | Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy | Name Changed |
| 14 May | Titular See of Populonia | Established | ||
| 23 May | Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy (Frazione Riozzo from Natività di San Giovanni Battista in Melegnano in Cerro al Lambro) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lodi, Italy | Territory Added |
| 2 Jun | Sacerdoti del Sacro Cuore di Gesù | Approbation | ||
| 5 Jun | Archdiocese of Asunción, Paraguay (Departamento Paraguarí) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Carapeguá, Paraguay | Erected |
| 5 Jun | Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay (San Pedro) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay | Erected |
| 8 Jun | Diocese of Dumka, India (West Dinajpur and Maldo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Raiganj, India | Erected |
| 8 Jun | Diocese of Dumka, India (from Calcutta) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Jun | Diocese of Surigao, Philippines (Surigao del Sur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tandag, Philippines | Erected |
| 22 Jun | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India (Cranganore;, a large part of Makundapur; and small portions of Parur and Alwaye) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 11 Jul | Diocese of San Martín, Argentina (Partido of General Sarmiento) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Miguel, Argentina | Erected |
| 14 Jul | Diocese of San Diego, California, USA (San Bernardino and Riverside) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Bernardino, California, USA | Erected |
| 15 Jul | Sacerdoti Missionari della Regalità di Cristo | Approbation | ||
| 23 Jul | Nunciature to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Established | ||
| 12 Sep | Nunciature to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | Established | ||
| 28 Oct | Eparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India (Malapuram, Kozhikode, Cannanore, Nilgiris, Mysore, Coorg, Mandya, Hassan, South Cañara, Chikmagalur, and Shimoga) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India | Erected |
| 7 Nov | Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil (Itabuna, lbicaraí, Floresta Azul, Santa Cruz da Vitoria, Firmino Alves, Itororó, Itapé, Buerarema, Itaju do Colonia, Una, Camacâ, Pau Brasil, Mascóte, Canavieras, Potiraguá, Itapebí, Itagimirim, and Belmonte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
| 7 Nov | Diocese of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil (Jequié, Brejöes, Nova Itarana, Santa Ines, Irajuba, Cravolândia, Jaguaquara, Itiruçu, Itaquara, Maracas, Marcionílio Souza, Planaltino , Lafaiete, Continuo, Jitaúna, Itagí, and Aiquara)
Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil (Manoel Vitorino, Boa Nova, Itagira, and Dario Meira) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
| 7 Nov | Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil (Cairú, Nilo Paçanha, Taperoá, and Valença)
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (Dom Mecedo Costa, Muntz Ferreira, Nazaré, and Sao Felipe) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands | Elevated | Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands | Elevated |
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed | Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Name Changed |
| 15 Nov | Diocese of Gizo, Solomon Islands (from Rabaul) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 21 Nov | Diocese of Arezzo, Italy (S. Ansano a Dofana and S. Maria a Montaperti) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Siena, Italy | Territory Added |
| 22 Nov | Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Columbia and Jones) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Savannah, Georgia, USA | Territory Added |
| 22 Nov | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Stephensville, and parts of Saint Martin and Iberia) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA | Territory Added |
| 27 Nov | Diocese of Campo Grande, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
| 27 Nov | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (from Cuiabá) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 27 Nov | Diocese of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (from Cuiabá) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 27 Nov | Diocese of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (from Cuiabá) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 27 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (from Cuiabá) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
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