| Year | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Diocese of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy | Suppressed | Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | Territory Added |
| 1875 | Oblates of St. Francis de Sales | Decretum Laudis | ||
| 1883 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia, China | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China | Erected |
| 1883 | Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia, China | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China | Name Changed |
| 1906 | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Zanguebar {Zanguebar Centrale}, Tanzania | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | Name Changed |
| 1906 | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya | Name Changed |
| 1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 1923 | Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated | Eparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Elevated |
| 1925 | Ordinariate of Greece (Armenian) | Erected | ||
| 1926 | Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia
Diocese of Tarija, Bolivia (Boundaries Adjusted) | Territory Added | ||
| 1931 | Prefecture Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada | Elevated |
| 1949 | Sons of Charity | Decretum Laudis | ||
| 1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo (Alima, Sanga-Likouala, and Likouala) | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset, Congo | Erected |
| 1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos (Gammon, Savannakhet, Saravane, and Bassac) | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos | Erected |
| 1950 | Vicariate Apostolic of Laos | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Thare, Thailand | Name Changed |
| 1951 | Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | Decretum Laudis | ||
| 1951 | Nunciature to Austria (to Nunciature) | Elevated | ||
| 1959 | Diocese of Astorga, Spain (Parishes of Ca�izo, Navea, Castromil de Castilla, and Carracedo de la Sierra and villages of Ventas de la Capilla and Ventas de Bola�o) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Orense, Spain | Territory Added |
| 1959 | Diocese of Orense, Spain (Parish of Celeiros) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Astorga, Spain | Territory Added |
| 1964 | Diocese of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, M�xico
Diocese of Tampico, Tamaulipas, M�xico | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, M�xico | Erected |
| 1964 | Diocese of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, M�xico (San Juan Juquila Mixes, San Pedro Ocotepec, San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Asunci�n Cacalotepec, Santa Maria Tepantlali, Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Santa Mar�a Mixistlan, Espiritu Santo Tamazulapan, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla,...) | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Mixes, Oaxaca, M�xico | Erected |
| 1984 | Nunciature to S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe | Established | ||
| 1985 | Territorial Prelature of Tarma, Peru | Elevated | Diocese of Tarma, Peru | Elevated |
| 1985 | Diocese of Quilon, India (Pathanamathitta, Pathanapuram, and parts of Kottarakare, Kunnathur, Mavelikara, and Chengannur) | Territory Lost | Diocese of Punalur, India | Erected |
| 1991 | Prefecture Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | Elevated |
| 1994 | Nunciature to North Macedonia | Established | ||
| 1995 | Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea (Gasc-Setit and Barca) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea | Erected |
| 1995 | Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea (Sahel and Senhit) | Territory Lost | Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea | Erected |
| 1995 | Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus �Little Flower� | Approbation | ||
| 1995 | Vicariate Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia | Territory Added | ||
| 2018 | Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated | Archdiocese of Mbeya, Tanzania | Elevated |
| 2018 | Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania (from Songea to Mbeya) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
| 2018 | Diocese of Sumbawanga, Tanzania (from Tabora to Mbeya) | Metropolitan Changed | ||
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