Date | From | To | ||
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12 Jul | Diocese ofShillong,India (Lakimpur, Naga Hills, Sibsagar, and Manipur) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofDibrugarh,India | Erected |
12 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic ofKyoto,Japan Diocese ofOsaka,Japan (Tosa, Talieno, Naka, Amada, Rumano, Kasa, and Ilcaruga) | Elevated | Diocese ofKyōto,Japan | Elevated |
12 Jul | Vicariate Apostolic ofNyassa,Malawi | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic ofLikuni,Malawi | Name Changed |
12 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic ofMindoro,Philippines | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic ofCalapan,Philippines (and name change) | Elevated |
12 Jul | Nunciature toLiberia (to Internunciature) | Elevated | ||
19 Jul | Diocese ofGuadeloupe et Basse-Terre,Antilles | Name Changed | Diocese ofBasse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe,Antilles | Name Changed |
19 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic ofKankan,Guinea (Macenta) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofN’Zérékoré,Guinea | Territory Added |
19 Jul | Prefecture Apostolic ofN’Zérékoré,Guinea (Siguirini and Kankan) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofKankan,Guinea | Territory Added |
1 Aug | Diocese ofNueva Pamplona,Colombia (Northern part of the territory to the east) Diocese ofSanta Marta,Colombia (Norte Santander) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature ofBertrania en el Catatumbo,Colombia | Erected |
15 Aug | Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love | Founded | ||
1 Sep | Archdiocese ofBogotá,Colombia (Cogua, Nemocòn, San Cayetano, Suesca, Villapinzón, Chaguani, Guachetù, Cunubà, Caparrapi, Utica, La Paz de Calamoimaf Puerto Salgar, Manta, Tibirita, Supatà, Paime, Villagòmez, Fùquene, Simijaca, El Peñón, Yacopì, San Antonio de Aguilera, El Carmen de...) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofZipaquirá,Colombia | Erected |
10 Sep | Vicariate Apostolic ofLos Ríos,Ecuador | Elevated | Territorial Prelature ofLos Ríos,Ecuador | Elevated |
9 Oct | Delegation toPakistan | Elevated | Nunciature toPakistan (to Internunciature) | Elevated |
18 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic ofBobo-Dioulasso,Burkina Faso (Dédougou, Boromo, and Houndé along with Founzan) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofNouna,Burkina Faso | Territory Added |
18 Oct | Prefecture Apostolic ofNouna,Burkina Faso | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic ofNouna,Burkina Faso | Elevated |
31 Oct | Vicariate Apostolic ofAddis Abeba,Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic ofDessié,Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic ofEndeber,Ethiopia Prefecture Apostolic ofGondar,Ethiopia | Territory Lost | Apostolic Exarchate ofAddis Abeba (Ethiopian),Ethiopia | Erected |
31 Oct | Ordinariate ofEritrea (Ethiopian),Eritrea | Elevated | Apostolic Exarchate ofAsmara (Ethiopian),Eritrea | Elevated |
8 Nov | Archdiocese ofAgra,India (Bareilly) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofLucknow,India | Territory Added |
14 Nov | Ordinariate ofBrazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites | Erected | ||
15 Nov | Archdiocese ofCanberra (and Goulburn),Australia Archdiocese ofSydney,Australia | Territory Lost | Diocese ofWollongong,Australia | Erected |
13 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic ofChiquitos,Bolivia (Ñuflo de Chávez) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofÑuflo de Chávez,Bolivia | Erected |
13 Dec | Diocese ofNagpur,India (Rest of Raigarh) Diocese ofRanchi,India (Surguia and most of Raigarh) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofRaigarh-Ambikapur,India | Erected |
13 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic ofBukoba,Tanzania (Kisïba, Missenyi, and part of Kiymia) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofKagera Inferiore,Tanzania | Erected |
13 Dec | Vicariate Apostolic ofLibreville,Gabon (Souanké) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofFort-Rousset,Congo | Territory Added |
21 Dec | Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | Decretum Laudis | ||
21 Dec | Nunciature toAustria (to Nunciature) | Elevated |
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