| Year | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1611 | Société de l’Oratoire de Jésus | Founded | ||
| 1778 | Diocese of Penafiel, Portugal | Suppressed | Diocese of Porto, Portugal | Territory Added |
| 1906 | Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida), México | Elevated | Archdiocese of Yucatán, México | Elevated |
| 1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia (Oruro) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Oruro, Bolivia | Erected |
| 1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia (Potosí) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Potosí, Bolivia | Erected |
| 1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia (Tarija) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Tarija, Bolivia | Erected |
| 1924 | Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Sucre, Bolivia | Name Changed |
| 1928 | Nunciature to Latvia (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
| 1932 | Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany (Territory of Petrus Hoeek) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Augsburg, Germany | Territory Added |
| 1935 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga (Wallis, Futuna, Alofi and the surrounding rocks) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | Erected |
| 1939 | Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania (Elbassan, Korea, Berat, Wallona, and Argyrocastro) | Territory Lost | Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} | Erected |
| 1948 | Vicariate Apostolic of Timor Olandese, Indonesia | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia | Name Changed |
| 1952 | Diocese of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Pouso Alegre, Brazil (Boundaries adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
| 1954 | Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Hélène Island) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Territory Added |
| 1956 | Prefecture Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Samarai, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
| 1956 | Prefecture Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Elevated |
| 1963 | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Povoado dos Lopes in Candeias) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1963 | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cápela dos Alves in Bom Despacho) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1963 | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Sao José do Felipe and Santo Antonio do Morro Vermelho) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1963 | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo, Conceiçâo do Rio Acima, and Santo Antonio de Vigario da Vara along with São Geraldo de Jacaranda and Nossa Senhora das Graças de Sesmaria) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1963 | Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil (São José do Paraopeba in Brumadinho; Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo de Arrojado Lisboa and Nossa Senhora do Parto de Chacrinha in Jeceaba) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1963 | Diocese of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Sant'Ana de Cachoeirinha and Nossa Senhora da Conceiçâo de Urucuia) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Territory Added |
| 1970 | Prefecture Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia | Elevated |
| 1970 | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone (Eastern Province) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kenema, Sierra Leone | Erected |
| 1970 | Diocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Elevated | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Elevated |
| 1970 | Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone (from Immediately Subject) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 1983 | Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania (Kahama) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kahama, Tanzania | Erected |
| 1992 | Nunciature to Belarus | Established | ||
| 1994 | Diocese of Bertoua, Cameroon | Elevated | Archdiocese of Bertoua, Cameroon | Elevated |
| 1994 | Diocese of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 1994 | Diocese of Yokadouma, Cameroon (from Yaoundé) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 1996 | Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India (Kanyakumari and Shenkottai) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India | Erected |
| 2002 | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (Gandhinagar, Mehasana, Patan, Banaskantha, and Sabarkantha) | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, India | Erected |
| 2002 | Diocese of Ahmedabad, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Baroda, India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2002 | Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India (from Bombay) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2008 | Diocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick (Ascension (in Beaverbrook)) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | Territory Added |
| 2010 | Missionary Brothers of the Countryside | Approbation | ||
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