| Year | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1532 | Order of Observant Friars Minor | Founded | Order of Reformed Friars Minor | Founded |
| 1896 | Vicariate Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale}, Madagascar
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar | Erected |
| 1920 | Diocese of San Luis Potosí, México (District of Pinos) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zacatecas, México | Territory Added |
| 1920 | Diocese of Zacatecas, México (Salinas) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Luis Potosí, México | Territory Added |
| 1960 | Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil (Federal District) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Erected |
| 1960 | Diocese of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Presidente Prudente, Alfredo Marcondes, Alvares Machado, Anhumas, Caiabú, Caiuá, Indiana, Marabá Paulista, Mirante do Paranapanema, Piquerobi, Pirapozinho, Presidente Bernardes, Presidente Epitácio, Presidente Venceslau, Regente Feijó, Sandovalina, ...) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
| 1960 | Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sâo Joâo da Boa Vista, Aguaí, Aguas da Prata, Caconde, Casa Branca, Divinolândia, Mococa, Mogi-Guaçu, Itobi, Pinhal, Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, Santo Antonio do Jardim, Sao José do Rio Pardo, Sao Sebastião da Grama, Tambaú, Tapiratiba, Vargem Grande do Sui) | Territory Lost | Diocese of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
| 1964 | Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio, Colombia (Western Part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Ariari, Colombia | Erected |
| 1964 | Prefecture Apostolic of Bossangoa, Central African Republic | Elevated | Diocese of Bossangoa, Central African Republic | Elevated |
| 1964 | Prefecture Apostolic of Pala, Chad | Elevated | Diocese of Pala, Chad | Elevated |
| 1964 | Archdiocese of Nagpur, India (Civil Districts: Raipur, Bilaspur, and Drug) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Raipur, India | Erected |
| 1964 | Diocese of Dibrugarh, India (Subansiri, Siang, and part of Lakhimpur)
Diocese of Shillong, India (Darrang, Nowgong, and parts of Goalpara and Kamrup) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tezpur, India | Erected |
| 1971 | Diocese of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles (Leeward Islands: Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, Redonda, and Sombrero) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint John’s, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Erected |
| 1971 | Diocese of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kerema, Papua New Guinea (Gulf) | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Valverde, Monte Christi, Dajabón, and Santiago Rodríguez) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic (Duarte, Maria T. Sánchez, and Samaná) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Salcedo) | Territory Lost | Diocese of La Vega, Dominican Republic | Territory Added |
| 1982 | Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph | Suppressed | Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance | Territory Added |
| 1991 | Ordinariate of Poland, for Greek and Armenian Catholics | Name Changed | Ordinariate of Poland, Faithful of Eastern Rites | Name Changed |
| 1991 | Diocese of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland | Name Changed | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland | Name Changed |
| 1991 | Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland | Suppressed | Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland | Territory Added |
| 1995 | Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba (Ciénaga de Zapata) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Matanzas, Cuba | Territory Added |
| 2002 | Diocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated |
| 2002 | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Elevated |
| 2002 | Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
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