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Date	From		To
14 Jul	Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Erected
22 Jul	Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of Alajuela, Costa Rica (Province of Guanacaste; City of Puntarenas excluding that south of the river Iesus Maria; the City of Montes de Oro; and the region north of the rivers Arenai and San Carlos)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Erected
22 Jul	Diocese of Uberaba, Brazil (Cities of Uberlândia, Araguar?, Canápolis, Capin?polis, Cascalho Rico, Centralina, Estrêla do Sul, Indian?polis, Ituiutaba, Monte Alegre de Minas, Santa Vitoria, and Tupaciguara)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Erected
10 Sep	Diocese of Concepci?n (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay (Parishes of Ypejhu, Igatimi, and Curuguaty) Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay (Parishes of N. S. dei Rosario and Santa Maria Auxiliadora in Coronel Oviedo plus Yhu and Caaguazu)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Erected
11 Sep	Archdiocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Territory Lost	Diocese of Astrida, Rwanda	Erected
11 Sep	Archdiocese of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
11 Sep	Diocese of Guaranda, Ecuador (from Cuenca)	Metropolitan Changed
11 Sep	Territorial Prelature of El Oro, Ecuador (from Quito)	Metropolitan Changed
27 Sep	Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	Approbation
16 Oct	Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, USA (Counties of Kimble, Sutton, Crockett, Schleicher, Concho, Menard, Tom Green, Irion, Reagan, Upton, Crane, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Scurry, Fisher, and Stonewall) Diocese of Austin, Texas, USA (Counties of McCulloch, Brown, and Coleman) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Counties of Runnels, Callhan, Taylor, Jones, and Haskell) Diocese of El Paso, Texas, USA (Counties of Pecos and Terrei)	Territory Lost	Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Erected
16 Oct	Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil (Cities of Carutapera, Turiaçu, and Candido Mendes; part of Santa Helena)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, Brazil	Erected
7 Nov	Diocese of Bremersdorp, eSwatini	Name Changed	Diocese of Manzini, eSwatini	Name Changed
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Belém do Par?, Brazil (Cities of Abaet? do Tocantins, Acara, Barcarena, Bujar?, Moj?, and Tom?-Açu)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Abaet? do Tocantins, Para, Brazil	Erected
25 Nov	Diocese of San Jos? de Mayo, Uruguay	Territory Lost	Diocese of Canelones, Uruguay	Erected
25 Nov	Territorial Prelature of Chapada, Brazil	Name Changed	Territorial Prelature of Rondon?polis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Name Changed
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil (Cities of Anicuns, Nazário, and Turvânia) Diocese of Goiás, Brazil (Cities of Sâo Luis de Montes Belos, Amerin?polis, Aurilândia, Cachoeira de Goias, Diorama, Firmin?polis, Ipor?, Israelândia, Ivolândia, Jaupac?, and Maipor?) Diocese of Jata?, Goias, Brazil (Cities of Aragarças, Baliza, Born Jardim de Goiás, Piranhas, and parts of Caiap?nia)	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of São Lu?s de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Erected
25 Nov	Diocese of Lipa, Philippines (Tagaytay City) Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (Province of Cavite)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Imus, Philippines	Erected
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (Province of Bulacan)	Territory Lost	Diocese of Malolos, Philippines	Erected
4 Dec	Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco, Peru	Erected
8 Dec	Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium	Territory Lost	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Erected
8 Dec	Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Name Changed
11 Dec	Diocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Aiquile, Bolivia	Erected
20 Dec	Military Ordinariate of Paraguay, Military	Erected
22 Dec	Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Elevated
22 Dec	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated	Archdiocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Elevated
22 Dec	Prefecture Apostolic of Miyazaki, Japan	Elevated	Diocese of Oita, Japan	Elevated
22 Dec	Diocese of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fort-Archambault, Chad	Erected
22 Dec	Diocese of Moundou, Chad (from Bangui to Fort-Lamy)	Metropolitan Changed
28 Dec	Delegation to Western Africa	Established	Nunciature to Sénégal	Established

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