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Date	From		To
14 Jul			Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Erected
22 Jul	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of Uberaba, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
10 Sep	Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Erected
11 Sep	Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Astrida, Rwanda	Erected
11 Sep	Archdiocese of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
27 Sep			Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	Approbation
16 Oct	Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, USA Diocese of Austin, Texas, USA Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Erected
16 Oct	Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
7 Nov	Diocese of Bremersdorp, Swaziland	Name Changed	Diocese of Manzini, Swaziland	Name Changed
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil	Erected
25 Nov	Diocese of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Canelones, Uruguay	Erected
25 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil Diocese of Goiás, Brazil Diocese of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Erected
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Imus, Philippines	Erected
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines	Territory Lost	Diocese of Malolos, Philippines	Erected
4 Dec	Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco, Peru	Erected
8 Dec	Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Erected
8 Dec	Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Name Changed
11 Dec	Diocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Aiquile, Bolivia	Erected
20 Dec			Military Ordinariate of Paraguay, Military	Erected
22 Dec	Diocese of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Elevated
22 Dec	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated	Archdiocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated
22 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Miyazaki, Japan	Elevated	Diocese of Oita, Japan	Elevated
22 Dec	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort-Archambault, Chad	Erected
28 Dec	Delegation to Western Africa	Territory Lost	Nunciature to Sénégal	Erected

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