Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Mission "Sui Iuris" of I-li o Kul-Dia, China | Suppressed | ||
unknown | Nunciature to El Salvador | Established | ||
10 Feb | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú, Brazil | Erected |
10 Feb | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil (Became a Metropolitan) | Elevated | ||
16 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
Vicariate Apostolic of Kuamsi, China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China | Erected |
17 Feb | Archdiocese of Albi, France | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France | Name Changed |
18 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata, Japan
Archdiocese of Tōkyō, Japan | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya, Japan | Erected |
3 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania | Erected |
4 Mar | Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela | Erected |
8 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}, China | Name Changed |
8 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Kansu {Kansu Orientale}, China | Name Changed |
12 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia | Elevated |
14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Ninghsia, China | Erected |
14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China | Name Changed |
14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Outer Mongolia, Mongolia | Erected |
14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tatungfu, China | Erected |
14 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Tchagar, China | Name Changed |
20 Apr | Diocese of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal Diocese of Lamego, Portugal | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vila Real, Portugal | Erected |
25 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi and Kivu, Burundi | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda | Erected |
25 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi and Kivu, Burundi | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi, Burundi | Name Changed |
1 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China | Name Changed |
5 May | Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada (Gaspé Peninsula from Cap-Chat in the north to Restigouche in the south) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | Erected |
9 May | Broeders van de H. Aloysius Gonzaga | Decretum Laudis | ||
18 May | Diocese of Győr (Raab), Hungary
Diocese of Szombathely, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Burgenland, Austria | Erected |
29 May | Archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia | Erected |
1 Jun | Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA | Split | Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA
Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA | Split |
7 Jun | Diocese of Košice, Slovakia
Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | Territory Lost | Territorial Abbey of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia | Erected |
9 Jun | Archdiocese of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Name Changed |
14 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo | Name Changed |
27 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Albert, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
18 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
11 Aug | Delegation to China | Established | ||
12 Oct | Diocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Coro, Venezuela | Erected |
12 Oct | Diocese of Guayana, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cumaná, Venezuela | Erected |
12 Oct | Diocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela | Erected |
12 Oct | Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela | Erected |
14 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of New Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
14 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
14 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Central New Guinea | Name Changed |
23 Nov | Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea | Elevated |
24 Nov | Diocese of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México | Erected |
24 Nov | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Papantla, Puebla, México | Erected |
27 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Cook e Mnihiki, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
4 Dec | Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Diocese of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Erected |
7 Dec | Delegation to Africa | Established | ||
17 Dec | Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {Górny Sląsk}, Poland | Erected |
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