Changanacherrensis et aliarum elevating the
Diocese of Changanacherry in India to Archdiocese
(January 10, 1959)
[Latin]
Cuschensis (Sicuanensi) erecting the Territorial
Prelature of Sicuani, a suffragan see of the Catholic Church of the
Archdiocese of Cuzco in Peru (January 10, 1959) [Latin]
Caiazeirasensis-Campinensis Grandis (Patosensis)
erecting the Diocese of Patos, a suffragan see of the Catholic Church of the
Archdiocese of Paraíba in Brazil (January 17,
1959)
[Latin]
Berberatensis (Bossangoaënsis)
erecting the Apostolic Prefecture of Bossangoa from the territorial Diocese
of Berbérati (February 9, 1959)
[Latin]
Niameyensis (Fadangurmaënsis) erecting the
Apostolic Prefecture of Fada N'Gourma from the territorial Archdiocese of Niamey (February 12, 1959)
[Latin]
Iquiquensis (Aricensis) erecting the Prelature Nullius
of Arica from the territory lost of the Diocese of
Iquique in Chile (February 17, 1959)
[Latin]
Munduensis elevating the Apostolic Prefecture of
Moundou in the Republic of Chad to a Diocese (February 19, 1959)
[Latin]
Mindoniensis (Ferrolensis) changing the name of
the Diocese of Mondoñedo to Mondoñedo-Ferrol, see of the Catholic
Church in Spain, suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Santiago de
Compostela (March 9, 1959) [Latin]
Portalegrensis in Brasilia (S. Crucis in Brasilia)
(June 20, 1959)
[Latin]
