Date | From | To | ||
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unknown | Titular See of California | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Gardar | Established | ||
unknown | Titular See of Oregon City | Established | ||
unknown | Delegation to Mozambique | Elevated | Nunciature to Mozambique | Elevated |
unknown | Delegation to Sierra Leone | Elevated | Nunciature to Sierra Leone | Elevated |
unknown | [Patriotic Diocese of Langfang, China] | Suppressed | ||
11 Jan | Diocese of Silchar, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Agartala, India | Erected |
11 Jan | Diocese of Silchar, India | Name Changed | Diocese of Aizawl, India | Name Changed |
18 Jan | Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovakian), Slovakia | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | Erected |
2 Feb | Diocese of Camagüey, Cuba | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba | Erected |
13 Feb | Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese) | Erected |
13 Feb | Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala (from Guatemala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
13 Feb | Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala (from Guatemala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
13 Feb | Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala (from Guatemala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
23 Feb | Diocese of Arua, Uganda | Territory Lost | Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda | Erected |
27 Mar | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
Diocese of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil | Erected |
27 Apr | Archdiocese of Guatemala | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala | Erected |
24 May | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland | Territory Lost | Diocese of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland | Erected |
24 May | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland | Elevated | Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland | Elevated |
27 May | Diocese of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal | Name Changed | Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal | Name Changed |
30 May | Archdiocese of Olomouc, Czech Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic | Erected |
8 Jun | Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel | Erected | ||
12 Jun | Diocese of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil | Erected |
14 Jun | Diocese of Trivandrum, India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Neyyattinkara, India | Erected |
5 Jul | Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bauchi, Nigeria | Erected |
31 Jul | Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar | Name Changed | Diocese of Taungngu, Myanmar | Name Changed |
8 Aug | Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador | Elevated | Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador | Elevated |
5 Oct | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine {Gerusalemme e Palestina} (Maronite), Palestine | Erected | ||
5 Oct | Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan {Giordania} (Maronite) | Erected | ||
8 Nov | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Nepal | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Nepal | Elevated |
11 Nov | Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
30 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of Buenaventura, Colombia | Elevated |
30 Nov | Diocese of Los Teques, Venezuela | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guarenas, Venezuela | Erected |
30 Nov | Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú-Puerto Inírida, Colombia | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia
Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia | Split |
30 Nov | Diocese of Díli, Timor-Leste | Territory Lost | Diocese of Baucau, Timor-Leste | Erected |
30 Nov | Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda
Diocese of Lugazi, Uganda | Erected |
7 Dec | Archdiocese of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania
Territorial Abbey of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rrëshen, Albania | Erected |
14 Dec | Archdiocese of Lima, Peru | Territory Lost | Diocese of Carabayllo, Peru
Diocese of Chosica, Peru Diocese of Lurín, Peru | Erected |
15 Dec | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bomadi, Nigeria | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria | Elevated |
16 Dec | Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Territory Lost | Diocese of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Erected |
16 Dec | Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India | Erected |
20 Dec | Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | Name Changed | Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | Name Changed |
28 Dec | Nunciature to Tadjikistan | Established | ||
31 Dec | Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala | Territory Lost | Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala | Erected |
31 Dec | Diocese of Sololá, Guatemala | Name Changed | Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Name Changed |
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