| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Nunciature to Panama | Established | ||
| unknown | Apostolic Administration of Szombathely and Gurk in Yugoslavia | Erected | ||
| 30 Jan | Franziskanerbrüder vom Heiligen Kreuz | Approbation | ||
| 30 Jan | Delegation to East Indies (Added Goa) | Territory Added | ||
| 2 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia, Russian Federation (Primorskaia Oliasti and Amurshia Oblasti along with Russian part of Sakalin island) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vladivostok, Russian Federation | Erected |
| 10 Feb | Diocese of Csanád, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Srpski Banat, Serbia | Erected |
| 10 Feb | Archdiocese of Kalocsa, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia | Erected |
| 17 Feb | Diocese of Csanád, Hungary | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Timişoara, Romania | Erected |
| 22 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries clarified)
Prefecture Apostolic of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries clarified) | Territory Added | ||
| 15 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana (Quittait and Tripoli (Denu))
Vicariate Apostolic of Togo (Area subject to English rule) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana | Erected |
| 15 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar (Western part) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar | Erected |
| 15 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania (Bussambiro) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania | Territory Added |
| 19 Apr | Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa (Swaziland) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland | Erected |
| 1 May | Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Schneidemühl, Poland | Erected |
| 4 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne and Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | United | Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) | United |
| 4 May | Diocese of Osaka, Japan (Yamaghuchi, Shimane, Hiroshima, Oìcayama, and Tottori) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Hiroshima, Japan | Erected |
| 11 Jun | Diocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mérida, Venezuela | Elevated |
| 11 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Adamaua, Cameroon
Vicariate Apostolic of Cameroun (North-western part) | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon | Name Changed |
| 11 Jun | Diocese of Zulia, Venezuela (from Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 11 Jun | Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (from Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 12 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa (BarMy-JEast, Wodehouse, SterJcstroom, Molteno Steynsburg, Middelburg Hanover, and Richmond) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Gariep, South Africa | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Prefecture Apostolic of Adamaua, Cameroon (Area under English control)
Vicariate Apostolic of Cameroun (Area under English control) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon (Victoria, Kumba, Manfe, and Bamenda) | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Diocese of Coimbatore, India (Shoranur and Mannarghat (in Wollawanad))
Diocese of Mangalore, India (North-Malabar) Diocese of Mysore, India (Winad) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Calicut, India | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan (Region in the East) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale, Uganda | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Diocese of Trichinopoly, India (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tuticorin, India | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa (Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga)) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, South Africa (Lydenburg, Barbeton, Carolina, Middelburg, Béthal, Ermelo, Piet Retief, WaMerstroom, and Standerton) | Erected |
| 12 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Denmark (Iceland) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Iceland {Islanda} | Erected |
| 20 Jun | Diocese of Münster, Germany (Oldenburg along with Kniphausen and Varel) | Territory Added | ||
| 2 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco (Area under French control) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco | Erected |
| 20 Jul | Diocese of Curitiba, Brazil (Adjusted to match civil boundaries) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Botucatu, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 20 Jul | Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (7 parishes) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 20 Jul | Diocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (B.M.V. (das Brotas de Entre Bios); St. Blasius the Martyr (of Suassuhy); and St. Gundisalvi (of Ibituruna)) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 27 Jul | Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Founded | ||
| 4 Aug | Diocese of Bobbio, Italy
Territorial Abbey of San Colombano, Italy | United | Diocese of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy | United |
| 7 Sep | Consolata Missionaries | Approbation | ||
| 25 Oct | Diocese of Riga, Latvia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia (Without Suffragans) | Elevated |
| 26 Oct | Diocese of Alton, Illinois, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, USA | Name Changed |
| 13 Nov | Archdiocese of Udine, Italy (Carbona and Methuna) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy | Territory Added |
| 26 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} (Kroonstad, Vredefort, Heilbron, Lindley, Senekal, Bethlehem, Ficksburg, Harrismith, Vrede, and half of the civil districts of Hoopstad, Winburg, and Ladybrand) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa | Erected |
| 30 Nov | Diocese of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil (Petrolina, Boa Vista, Cabrobó, Leopoldina, Serrinha, Ouricuri, São Gonçalo, Exu, and Granito) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | Erected |
| 11 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, South Africa (Mtunzini, Eshowe, NJcanshala, and Ugutu)
Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand, South Africa | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe, South Africa | Elevated |
| 12 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China (Hanyang, Mienyang, Tsienkiang, Tienmen, Kingshan, and Anlu, as well as part of Hanchwan) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Hanyang [Hanyang], China | Erected |
| 12 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China (Wuchang, Sienning, Tungsiian, Woeheng, Tayeh, and Hingkwo) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China | Erected |
| 12 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China (Puchi, Kiayü, Tsungyang, and Tungcheng) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Puchi [Puqi], China | Erected |
| 12 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China | Name Changed |
| 20 Dec | Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph | Founded | ||
| 21 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 21 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 21 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 21 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 27 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China (Funing) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Funing [Xiapu], China | Erected |
| 27 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China (Tingchow) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tingchow [Changting], China | Erected |
| 27 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China | Name Changed |
| 27 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Sumatra, Indonesia (Benglcoelen, Lampongsche, Palembang, and Djambi with adjacent smaller islands) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Benkoelen, Indonesia | Erected |
| 27 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Sumatra, Indonesia (Banka, Billion, and archipelago of Riouw) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia | Erected |
| 27 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Sumatra, Indonesia | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia | Name Changed |
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