| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Servants of the Holy Paraclete | Founded | ||
| 3 Jan | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India (Area in Pakistan)
Diocese of Krishnagar, India (Jessore, Kulna, Faridpur, Kustea, and Meherpur and Chuadanga (in Nadia)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jessore, Bangladesh | Erected |
| 10 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Northern region)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Shabunda, Mwenga, and Fizi) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
| 10 Jan | Prefecture Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 10 Jan | Diocese of Punta Arenas, Chile (Falkland Islands or the Falklands) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Falkland Islands o Malvinas | Erected |
| 10 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) Vicariate Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
| 10 Jan | Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Costermansville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Name Changed |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh (Sylhet and parts in India)
Archdiocese of Dacca, Bangladesh (Tripura) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Haflong, India | Erected |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh (Malda and West Dinajpur) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Malda, India | Erected |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (Jammu) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Jullundur, India | Erected |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh (Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bear) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jalpaiguri, India | Erected |
| 17 Jan | Diocese of Lahore, Pakistan (Jammu)
Diocese of Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Kashmir) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu, India | Erected |
| 19 Jan | Diocese of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Pouso Alegre, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
| 26 Jan | Archdiocese of Santa Severina, Italy (No longer a metropolitan) | Territory Added | ||
| 26 Jan | Diocese of Cariati, Italy (from Santa Severina) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Feb | Istituto dei Sacerdoti del Cuore di Gesù | Approbation | ||
| 7 Feb | Diocese of Umtata, South Africa (St Mark’s, Tsomo, Ngqamakhwe, Butterworth, Dutywa, Centane, and Willowvale) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Queenstown, South Africa | Territory Added |
| 14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Kabgayi, Rwanda | Name Changed |
| 14 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia (and name change) | Elevated |
| 14 Feb | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia (Brunei)
Prefecture Apostolic of Sarawak, Malaysia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia (and name change) | Elevated |
| 14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda (Nyundo, Murunda, Mummba, Rwmbura, Mubuga, Nyange, Birambo, and Muhororo) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Nyundo, Rwanda | Erected |
| 14 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Kengtung, Myanmar (Kayah and area south of 20th parallel) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Toungoo, Myanmar | Territory Added |
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Baker City, Oregon, USA | Name Changed | Diocese of Baker, Oregon, USA | Name Changed |
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Amazonas, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (and name change) | Elevated |
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Natal, Brazil | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | Erected |
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (from Paraíba) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Diocese of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (from Paraíba) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Juruá, Acre, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Feb | Territorial Prelature of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil (from Belém do Pará) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 21 Feb | Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan (Abyei)
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal, Sudan (Yrol) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan | Territory Added |
| 13 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic | Elevated |
| 13 Mar | Archdiocese of Lagos, Nigeria (Ibadan and part of Oshogbo) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan, Nigeria | Erected |
| 13 Mar | Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos (and name change) | Elevated |
| 20 Mar | Vicariate Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Added | ||
| 3 Apr | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone (Northern civil province) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Makeni, Sierra Leone | Erected |
| 28 Apr | Delegation to Japan | Elevated | Nunciature to Japan (to Internunciature) | Elevated |
| 29 Apr | Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Ontano) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Fort William, Ontario, Canada | Erected |
| 3 May | Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia
Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia | Territory Added | ||
| 3 May | Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil
Diocese of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Territory Added | ||
| 15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Western part of the central territory) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Erected |
| 15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Central New Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Wewak, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
| 15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Alexishafen, Papua New Guinea | Name Changed |
| 15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Blantyre, Malawi | Name Changed |
| 15 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Indore, India | Elevated | Diocese of Indore, India | Elevated |
| 15 May | Prefecture Apostolic of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire (and name change) | Elevated |
| 15 May | Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi (Zomba, Liwonde, Southern Nyassa (Fort Johnston), and Ncheu) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Zomba, Malawi | Erected |
| 10 Jun | Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos, Ecuador (Latin changed from Fluminensis) | Name Changed | ||
| 19 Jun | Diocese of Cochin, India (Southern part) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Alleppey, India | Erected |
| 19 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Sumatra) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia | Erected |
| 19 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Palembang, Indonesia (Teluk-Betung and Kroë) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang, Indonesia | Erected |
| 19 Jun | Diocese of Sendai, Japan (Oshima and Hakodate) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan | Territory Added |
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