| Date | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Delegation to Singapore | Elevated | Nunciature to Singapore | Elevated |
| unknown | Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Roman Curia | Name Changed | Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Roman Curia | Name Changed |
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated | Archdiocese of Gulu, Uganda | Elevated |
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Mbarara, Uganda | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda | Elevated |
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated | Archdiocese of Tororo, Uganda | Elevated |
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Arua, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Lira, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Hoima, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Kabale, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Kasese, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Jinja, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Kotido, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Moroto, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2 Jan | Diocese of Soroti, Uganda (from Kampala) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 25 Jan | Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA (Madison county) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tyler, Texas, USA | Territory Added |
| 9 Feb | Diocese of Jhansi, India (Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Shivpuri, Datia, and Sheopur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Gwalior, India | Erected |
| 9 Feb | Diocese of Buéa, Cameroon (Manyu, Lebiale, and Kupe-Manenguba) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon | Erected |
| 9 Feb | Diocese of Gweru, Zimbabwe (Bikita, Chiredzi, Chivi, Gutu, Masvingo, Mwenezi, and Ndanga along with part of Gwanda and Beitbridge) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | Erected |
| 11 Feb | Brothers of the Sacred Heart | Approbation | ||
| 3 Mar | Diocese of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Caraguatatuba, Iíhabela, São Sebastiâo, and Ubatuba) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
| 15 Mar | Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru (San Ignacio de Loyola de Ichuna (in Departamento de Moquegua)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Puno, Peru | Territory Added |
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Arusha, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Arusha, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Patna, India | Elevated | Archdiocese of Patna, India | Elevated |
| 16 Mar | Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana (Yendi, Oushiegu-Karaga, Bimbilla, Saboba-Chereponi, and Zabzugu-Tatale) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Yendi, Ghana | Erected |
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Muzaffarpur, India (from Ranchi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Bettiah, India (from Ranchi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Bhagalpur, India (from Ranchi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 16 Mar | Diocese of Purnea, India (from Ranchi) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 19 Mar | Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo | Approbation | ||
| 19 Apr | Indian Missionary Society | Approbation | ||
| 24 Apr | Archeparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Dhakshina, Kannada, and Coorg) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 29 Apr | Nunciature to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Established | ||
| 5 May | Heralds of Good News | Approbation | ||
| 18 May | Apostolic Administration of Siberia, Russian Federation (Buriat, Hakassia, Jakuzia-Saha, Tuva; Amur, Cita (with Buriato di Aginsloje), Irkutsk (with Buriato di Ust-Orda), Kamchatka, Magadan, Sakhalin; along with Khabarovsk, Krasnojarsk (with "Evemnki" and "Tajmur-DolganaNenec"), Primorje; "Ebrei"; and "Cyukci") | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia {Siberia Orientale}, Russian Federation | Erected |
| 18 May | Apostolic Administration of Siberia, Russian Federation | Name Changed | Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia {Siberia Occidentale}, Russian Federation | Name Changed |
| 3 Jun | Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (Ambositra, Fandriana, and Ambotofinandrahana) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ambositra, Madagascar | Erected |
| 5 Jun | Eparchy of Joubbé, Batrun e Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon | Split | Eparchy of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon | Split |
| 5 Jun | Eparchy of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
Eparchy of Joubbé, Batrun e Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon | United | Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon | United |
| 22 Jun | Diocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles | Elevated | Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles | Elevated |
| 22 Jun | Vicariate Apostolic of Kano, Nigeria | Elevated | Diocese of Kano, Nigeria | Elevated |
| 22 Jun | Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles (from Kingston in Jamaica) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 22 Jun | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Turks and Caicos, Antilles (from Kingston in Jamaica) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 23 Jun | Eparchy of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | Territory Lost | Diocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 7 Jul | Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan | Elevated | Diocese of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | Elevated |
| 7 Jul | Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Almaty, Kazakhstan
Apostolic Administration of Astana, Kazakhstan Apostolic Administration of Atyrau, Kazakhstan | Erected |
| 19 Jul | Nunciature to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles | Established | ||
| 25 Sep | Delegation to Comoros | Established | ||
| 13 Oct | Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus (Vitebsk) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Vitebsk, Belarus | Erected |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia | Erected |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia (Sácama, Támara, Pore, Nunchía, Yopal, Pajarito, Recetor, Aguazul, Chámeza, Monterrey, Sabanalarga, and Villanueva)
Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia (Part of Morcóte) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Yopal, Colombia | Erected |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Ariari, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of Granada en Colombia | Elevated |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | Elevated |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Elevated |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia (Iscuandé) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia | Territory Added |
| 29 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia | Elevated | Diocese of Tumaco, Colombia | Elevated |
| 10 Nov | Diocese of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Territory Lost | Diocese of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Arroio do Sal, Balneario Pinhal, Capão da Canoa, Capivari do Sul, Caraá, Cidreira, Dom Pedro de Alcantara, Imbé, Itati, Mampituba, Maquiné, Morrinhos do Sul, Osório, Palmares do Sul, Santo Antonio da Patrulha, Terra de Areia, Torres, Tramandai, Tres ...) | Erected |
| 20 Nov | Archdiocese of Paraíba, Brazil (Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceiçâo (in Areia), Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem (in Alagoa Grande), and Nossa Senhora do Patrocinio (in Remigio)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 23 Nov | Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea} (Adyghey, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Daghestan, Ingush, Kabarda Balkar, Kalmykia, Larachaevo Teherges, Mordovia, North Ossetia, Chetchnya, Tatarstan along with Belgorod, Orenburg, Pensa, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Voronezh and...) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale} | Erected |
| 23 Nov | Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea} | Name Changed | Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia {Russia Europea Settentrionale} | Name Changed |
| 8 Dec | Servi della Divina Misericordia | Approbation | ||
| 22 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada, Colombia (South-western part)
Diocese of Villavicencio, Colombia (Puerto Gaitán) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | Erected |
| 22 Dec | Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada, Colombia (All except South-western part) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | Erected |
| 22 Dec | Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal (Kolda, Sedhiou, and Valingara) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kolda, Senegal | Erected |
| 22 Dec | Archdiocese of Parakou, Benin (N'Dali, Bembereke, Kalale, Nikki, Perere, and Sinende) | Territory Lost | Diocese of N’Dali, Benin | Erected |
| 22 Dec | Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (Juabeso-Bia, Sefwi Wiawso, Bibiani-Ahwiawso-Bekwai, and Aowin Suaman) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Wiawso, Ghana | Erected |
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