| Year | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1532 | Order of Observant Friars Minor | Founded | Order of Reformed Friars Minor | Founded |
| 1896 | Vicariate Apostolic ofMadagascar,Madagascar | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic ofNorthern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale},Madagascar Vicariate Apostolic ofSouthern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale},Madagascar | Erected |
| 1920 | Diocese ofSan Luis Potosí,México (District of Pinos) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofZacatecas,México | Territory Added |
| 1920 | Diocese ofZacatecas,México (Salinas) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofSan Luis Potosí,México | Territory Added |
| 1960 | Archdiocese ofGoiânia, Goias,Brazil (Federal District) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese ofBrasília, Distrito Federal,Brazil | Erected |
| 1960 | Diocese ofAssis, 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 ofPresidente Prudente, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Erected |
| 1960 | Archdiocese ofRibeirão 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 ofSão João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Erected |
| 1964 | Vicariate Apostolic ofVillavicencio,Colombia (Western Part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofAriari,Colombia | Erected |
| 1964 | Prefecture Apostolic ofBossangoa,Central African Republic | Elevated | Diocese ofBossangoa,Central African Republic | Elevated |
| 1964 | Prefecture Apostolic ofPala,Chad | Elevated | Diocese ofPala,Chad | Elevated |
| 1964 | Archdiocese ofNagpur,India (Civil Districts: Raipur, Bilaspur, and Drug) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic ofRaipur,India | Erected |
| 1964 | Diocese ofDibrugarh,India (Subansiri, Siang, and part of Lakhimpur) Diocese ofShillong,India (Darrang, Nowgong, and parts of Goalpara and Kamrup) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofTezpur,India | Erected |
| 1971 | Diocese ofRoseau, Dominica,Antilles (Leeward Islands: Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, Redonda, and Sombrero) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofSaint John’s, Virgin Islands (British),Antilles | Erected |
| 1971 | Diocese ofBereina,Papua New Guinea Diocese ofMendi,Papua New Guinea | Territory Lost | Diocese ofKerema,Papua New Guinea (Gulf) | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese ofSantiago de los Caballeros,Dominican Republic (Valverde, Monte Christi, Dajabón, and Santiago Rodríguez) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofMao-Monte Cristi,Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese ofLa Vega,Dominican Republic (Duarte, Maria T. Sánchez, and Samaná) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofSan Francisco de Macorís,Dominican Republic | Erected |
| 1978 | Diocese ofSantiago de los Caballeros,Dominican Republic (Salcedo) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofLa Vega,Dominican Republic | Territory Added |
| 1982 | Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph | Suppressed | Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance | Territory Added |
| 1991 | Ordinariate ofPoland, for Greek and Armenian Catholics | Name Changed | Ordinariate ofPoland, Faithful of Eastern Rites | Name Changed |
| 1991 | Eparchy ofPrzemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian),Poland | Name Changed | Eparchy ofPrzemyśl (Ukrainian),Poland | Name Changed |
| 1991 | Apostolic Exarchate ofLemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian),Poland | Suppressed | Eparchy ofPrzemyśl (Ukrainian),Poland | Territory Added |
| 1995 | Diocese ofCienfuegos-Santa Clara,Cuba (Ciénaga de Zapata) | Territory Lost | Diocese ofMatanzas,Cuba | Territory Added |
| 2002 | Diocese ofFeira de Santana, Bahia,Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese ofFeira de Santana, Bahia,Brazil | Elevated |
| 2002 | Diocese ofBarra (do Rio Grande), Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofBarreiras, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofBonfim, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofIrecê, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofJuazeiro, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofPaulo Afonso, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofRuy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofVitória da Conquista, Bahia,Brazil | Elevated | Archdiocese ofVitória da Conquista, Bahia,Brazil | Elevated |
| 2002 | Diocese ofBom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofCaetité, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofJequié, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese ofLivramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia,Brazil (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
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