Date | From | To | ||
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3 Jan | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aracajú, Brazil | Erected |
21 Jan | Diocese of Tucumán, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Catamarca, Argentina | Erected |
21 Jan | Diocese of Paraná, Argentina | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corrientes, Argentina | Erected |
6 Feb | Franziskanerbrüder vom Heiligen Kreuz | Decretum Laudis | ||
14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Chi-Li {Ce-Li Centrale}, China | Erected |
15 Feb | Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Approbation | ||
19 Feb | Montfort Brothers of Saint Gabriel | Approbation | ||
24 Feb | Diocese of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Split | ||
4 Mar | Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
Diocese of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Erected |
10 Mar | Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
10 Mar | Diocese of Cuiabá, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Elevated |
11 Mar | Diocese of Pamiers, France | Name Changed | Diocese of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | Name Changed |
5 Apr | Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines (Provinces of Samar and Leyte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calbayog, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Lipa, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines | Erected |
10 Apr | Diocese of Cebu, Philippines
Diocese of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zamboanga, Philippines | Erected |
15 Apr | Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA | Erected |
3 May | Military Ordinariate of Chile, Military | Erected | ||
4 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Drisdale River, Australia | Erected |
10 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China | Erected |
10 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China | Name Changed |
23 May | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões, Brazil
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé, Brazil | Erected |
7 Jun | Archdiocese of Popayán, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cali, Colombia | Erected |
8 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, USA (Gaston, Catawba, Cleveland, Burke, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford Counties) | Territory Lost | Territorial Abbey of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA | Erected |
14 Jun | Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Valdivia, Chile | Erected |
17 Jun | Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate | Approbation | ||
30 Jun | Missionary Society of St. Paul | Founded | ||
1 Jul | Diocese of Ispahan, Iran | Elevated | Archdiocese of Ispahan, Iran | Elevated |
19 Jul | Armen-Brüder des Heiligen Franziskus Seraphikus | Approbation | ||
19 Jul | Armen-Brüder des Heiligen Franziskus Seraphikus | Decretum Laudis | ||
5 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
6 Aug | Diocese of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA | Name Changed |
12 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kienchang, China | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Pelotas, Povo Novo, Pio Grande, S. José do Norte, S. Izabel, Tahim, Arroto Grande, Jaguar do, Santa Victoria, Serrito, Cangussú, Piratiny, Cacimbinhas, Boquete, Santo Antonio da Bòa Vista, S. Lourenço, S. Joâo Baptista da Reserva, Conceição do Boqueirdo..) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (S. Maria, S. Francisco de Paola, Vaccaria, the colony of Sananduva, Soledade, Passo Fundo, Nonohay, S. Antonio da Palmeira, S. Miguel, S. Angelo, S. Pedro do Ninçao, Cruz Alta, Silveira Martins, Valle Veneto, S. Martinho, Julio de Castilhos (Villa Rica)..) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Uruguaiana, S. Joâo Baptista do Quarahy, Itaqy, S. Borgia, Alegrete, Povinho (S. Thiago do Boqueirâo), S. Francisco de Assis, S. Anna do Livramento, S. Gabriel, S. Luiz de Gonzaga, Passo do Rosario, Dom Pedrito, and the colonies of Ijuhy, Guarany, and ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Erected |
15 Aug | Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Elevated |
13 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania | Erected |
13 Sep | Archdiocese of Agra, India
Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Simla, India | Erected |
15 Nov | Diocese of Alexandria (in America), Ontario, Canada | Name Changed | Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada | Name Changed |
19 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Gibraltar | Elevated | Diocese of Gibraltar | Elevated |
5 Dec | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Floresta, Brazil | Erected |
5 Dec | Diocese of Olinda, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Olinda, Brazil | Elevated |
10 Dec | Diocese of Diamantina, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil | Erected |
22 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa | Erected |
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