Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia | Suppressed | ||
unknown | Titular See of Alton | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Grass Valley | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Jamestown | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Kearney | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Lead | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Leavenworth | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Natchitoches | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Nesqually | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Quincy | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Vincennes | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Concordia | Established | ||
unknown | Delegation to Pacific Ocean | Established | Nunciature to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania) | Established |
3 Feb | Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana | Territory Lost | Diocese of Damongo, Ghana | Erected |
3 Feb | Diocese of Yola, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria | Erected |
3 Mar | Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana
Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana | Territory Lost | Diocese of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana | Erected |
3 Mar | Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana | Territory Lost | Diocese of Obuasi, Ghana | Erected |
3 Mar | Diocese of Oyo, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Osogbo, Nigeria | Erected |
21 Mar | Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Split | Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Diocese of Reno, Nevada, USA | Split |
31 Mar | Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia | Name Changed |
31 Mar | Diocese of Košice, Slovakia | Elevated | Archdiocese of Košice, Slovakia | Elevated |
31 Mar | Diocese of Rožňava, Slovakia (from Trnava) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
31 Mar | Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia (from Trnava) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
1 Apr | Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba | Split | Diocese of Cienfuegos, Cuba
Diocese of Santa Clara, Cuba | Split |
1 Apr | Diocese of Daltonganj, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hazaribag, India | Erected |
1 Apr | Archdiocese of Ranchi, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Khunti, India | Erected |
18 May | Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archeparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
18 May | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
31 May | Territorial Prelature of Tunis, Tunisia | Elevated | Diocese of Tunis, Tunisia | Elevated |
10 Jun | Diocese of Abomey, Benin | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin | Erected |
10 Jun | Diocese of Natitingou, Benin | Territory Lost | Diocese of Djougou, Benin | Erected |
10 Jun | Archdiocese of Bangui, Central African Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mbaïki, Central African Republic | Erected |
14 Jun | Diocese of Maitland, Australia | Name Changed | Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia | Name Changed |
15 Jun | Diocese of Barbastro, Spain | Name Changed | Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain | Name Changed |
17 Jun | Diocese of Calabozo, Venezuela | Elevated | Archdiocese of Calabozo, Venezuela | Elevated |
28 Jun | Diocese of Texcoco, México, México
Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla, México, México | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ecatepec, México, México | Erected |
10 Jul | Diocese of Guwahati, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Guwahati, India | Elevated |
10 Jul | Diocese of Imphal, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Imphal, India | Elevated |
10 Jul | Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria
Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria | Erected |
10 Jul | Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Diocese of Otukpo, Nigeria | Erected |
12 Jul | Diocese of Río Cuarto, Argentina | Name Changed | Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina | Name Changed |
25 Jul | Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica
Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | Erected |
31 Oct | Military Ordinariate of Venezuela, Military | Erected | ||
2 Nov | Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka | Erected |
6 Nov | Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA | Erected | ||
6 Nov | Eparchy of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite) | Erected | ||
17 Nov | Archdiocese of Chihuahua, México
Territorial Prelature of Madera, Chihuahua, México | Elevated | Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México (Name Changed and Elevated to a Diocese) | Elevated |
25 Nov | Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Territory Lost | Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Erected |
2 Dec | Diocese of Liepāja, Latvia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Jelgava, Latvia | Erected |
2 Dec | Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia | Erected |
6 Dec | Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kericho, Kenya | Erected |
9 Dec | Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba | Erected |
15 Dec | Diocese of Ilorin, Nigeria
Diocese of Minna, Nigeria Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Erected |
15 Dec | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kano, Nigeria | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Kano, Nigeria | Elevated |
15 Dec | Diocese of Meru, Kenya | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya | Erected |
21 Dec | Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea | Erected |
21 Dec | Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” | Approbation |
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