| Year | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826 | Diocese of Durango, México
Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA | Erected |
| 1826 | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Mississippi, USA | Erected |
| 1826 | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA | Name Changed | Diocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Name Changed |
| 1892 | Broeders van O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes | Approbation | ||
| 1911 | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil (Southeast corner of Para state and Northeast of Matto Grosso state) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil | Erected |
| 1918 | Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Formiga, Porto Real, Dores de Judaya, and Abaede and areas to the West)
Diocese of Uberaba, Brazil (S. Jerónimo and S. Francisco) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Aterrado, Brazil (Aterrado, Arcos, Abaede, Dores do ludaya, Formiga, Piumehy, Pimenta, Perobas, S. lodo da Gloria, S. Roqué, Bambuhy, S. Gothardo, Tiros, Morada nova, Porto Real , Arcado, S. Jerónimo, and S. Francisco) | Erected |
| 1922 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Lulua and Bec)
Prefecture Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Northern part) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Erected |
| 1928 | Diocese of Vizagapatnam, India (Civil districts of Ganjam and southern Orissa) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cuttack, India | Erected |
| 1928 | Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh (Gopalganj and Kohualipara)
Diocese of Krishnagar, India (Kasiani and Muksudpur) | Territory Added | ||
| 1928 | Prefecture Apostolic of Assam, India (Sylhet and Cachar) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh | Territory Added |
| 1929 | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale} (Area north of the rivers Niger and Benoue)
Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale} | Name Changed | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} | Name Changed |
| 1929 | Vicariate Apostolic of Foochow [Fuzhou], China (Siiaowu, Kwangteseh, and Tainingi Kienning) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Shaowu [Shaowu], China | Erected |
| 1929 | Vicariate Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China (Hwangchow, Kishui, Kichow, Hwangtsi, Hwangmei, Lotien, Macheng, and Hwangan) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Hwangchow, China | Erected |
| 1932 | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Elevated |
| 1932 | Diocese of Allahabad, India (districts of Sagar, Damoh, Rewa, Siddhi, Shahdol, Satna, Panna, Chattarpur, and Tikamgarh)
Diocese of Nagpur, India (districts of Jabalpur, Mandla, Narsinghpur and the tahsil of Laknadon) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Jubbulpore, India | Erected |
| 1932 | Prefecture Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Padang, Indonesia | Elevated |
| 1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania (Eastern part) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tukuyu, Tanzania | Erected |
| 1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan (Island of Karafuto or Sakhalin) | Territory Lost | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Karafuto, Japan | Erected |
| 1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted)
Prefecture Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
| 1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania (Ngulu and Vgunâa and part of Vgansi) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania | Territory Added |
| 1932 | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania
Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania (Kibondo) | Territory Added |
| 1954 | Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil (Santo André, São Bernardo, and São Caetano) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Erected |
| 1956 | Diocese of Portalegre, Portugal | Name Changed | Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal | Name Changed |
| 1960 | Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina (Parish of La Cruz) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Villa María, Argentina | Territory Added |
| 1965 | Institute of Schönstatt Fathers | Founded | ||
| 1969 | Diocese of Cumaná, Venezuela (Estado Nueva Esparta) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Margarita, Venezuela | Erected |
| 1969 | Diocese of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina (Partido de Cauelas)
Diocese of Morón, Argentina (Partido de la Matanza) | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Justo, Argentina | Erected |
| 1987 | Diocese of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa | Name Changed | Diocese of Tzaneen, South Africa | Name Changed |
| 2011 | Delegation to Malaysia | Elevated | Nunciature to Malaysia | Elevated |
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