Date | From | To | ||
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2 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Diocese of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
2 Jul | Archdiocese of Calcutta, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jamshedpur, India | Erected |
2 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Diocese of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
2 Jul | Diocese of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
2 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic of Yola, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Yola, Nigeria | Elevated |
21 Jul | Diocese of Granada, Nicaragua | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa, Nicaragua | Erected |
21 Jul | Archdiocese of Panamá | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chitré, Panama | Erected |
21 Jul | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
21 Jul | Archdiocese of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil | Erected |
21 Jul | Diocese of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caravelas, Brazil | Erected |
22 Jul | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
22 Jul | Diocese of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil | Erected | ||
3 Aug | Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | Territory Lost | Diocese of Inhambane, Mozambique | Erected |
8 Aug | Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska, USA | Elevated | Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | Elevated |
8 Aug | Prefecture Apostolic of Sikkim, India | Elevated | Diocese of Darjeeling, India | Elevated |
8 Aug | Prefecture Apostolic of Malda, India | Elevated | Diocese of Dumka, India | Elevated |
24 Aug | Prefecture Apostolic of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated | Diocese of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Elevated |
17 Oct | Diocese of David, Panama | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro, Panama | Erected |
26 Oct | Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ocaña, Colombia | Erected |
27 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Barrancabermeja, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of Barrancabermeja, Colombia | Elevated |
30 Oct | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil | Erected |
12 Nov | Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Enugu, Nigeria | Erected |
12 Nov | Diocese of Eshowe, South Africa
Diocese of Manzini, Swaziland | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa | Erected |
26 Nov | Territorial Prelature of Chimbote, Peru | Erected | ||
15 Dec | Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
Territorial Abbey of Cluny, France | United | Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France | United |
17 Dec | Diocese of León en Nicaragua | Territory Lost | Diocese of Esteli, Nicaragua | Erected |
27 Dec | Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg, South Africa | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Louis Trichardt, South Africa | Erected |
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