| 2ⁿᵈ century | 3ʳᵈ century | 4ᵗʰ century |
| Date | Country | Change |
| 220 | Diocese of Arles was established | |
| 237 | Diocese of Fondi was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Cirta was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Hippo Regius was established | |
| 250 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lauriacum was established | |
| 250 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tiburnia was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Paris was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Tours was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Trier was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Trani was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Emerita Augusta was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Iliturgi was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Tucci) | |
| 250 | Diocese of León was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Sevilla was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Tarragona was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Tucci was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Iliturgi) | |
| 250 | Diocese of Zaragoza was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Tambeæ was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Ululi was established | |
| 250 | Diocese of Ægeæ was established | |
| 259 | Diocese of Lentini was established | |
| 260 | Diocese of Cimiez was established | |
| 280 | Diocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was established | |
| 280 | Diocese of Fossombrone was established | |
| 280 | Diocese of Málaga was established | |
| 294 | Diocese of Cilicia (Armenian Rite) was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Amantia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Calama was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Thagaste was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Virunum was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Poreč was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Ragusa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Salona was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Sisak was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Vinkovci was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Amathus was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Soli was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Nitria was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Rhinocolura was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Ajaccio was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Alba Helvianorum was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Albi was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Amiens was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Angoulême was established (became suffragan of Bordeaux) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Apt was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Auvergne was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Auxerre was established (became suffragan of Sens) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Beauvais was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux was established (with suffragan sees Angoulême and Périgueux) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Cahors was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Chartres was established (became suffragan of Sens) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Châlon-sur-Saône was established (became suffragan of Lyon) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Die was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eauze was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Javols was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Langres was established (became suffragan of Lyon) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Lyon was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon (with suffragan sees Autun, Châlon-sur-Saône and Langres) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Marseille was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Metz was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Narbonne was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Orange was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Orléans was established (became suffragan of Sens) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Poitiers was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Périgueux was established (became suffragan of Bordeaux) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Reims was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Rennes was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Rouen was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sens was established (with suffragan sees Auxerre, Chartres, Orléans, Paris and Troyes) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Soissons was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Strasbourg was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Toulouse was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Troyes was established (became suffragan of Sens) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Vaison was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Vienne was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Évreux was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Köln was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Corfù was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Eurœa was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Larissa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Megara was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mytilene was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Philippi was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philippi | |
| 300 | Diocese of Scyrus was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Kaškar (Chaldean Rite) was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Amiterno was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Ancona was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Arezzo was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Assisi was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Asti was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Bologna was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Cagliari was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Calvi was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Carini was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Chiusi was established (became suffragan of Roma) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Civitavecchia was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Claterna was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Eca was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Eclena was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Erdonia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Faenza was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Fermo was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Firenze was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Forlimpopoli was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Formia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Forum Clodii was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Genova was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Labico was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Lucca was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Modena was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Nuceria was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Padova was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Palestrina was established (became suffragan of Roma) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Parma was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Pesaro was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Pisa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Pistoia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Pitinum was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Porto was established (became suffragan of Roma) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Ravenna was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Rimini was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Septempeda was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Siena was established (became suffragan of Roma) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Siracusa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Sora was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Teano was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Terracina was established (without ecclesiastical province) | |
| 300 | Diocese of Torres was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Tre Taverne was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Vercelli was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Verona was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Petra was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Heliopolis was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Scythopolis was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Elbora was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Salácia was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Constantia antea Tomi was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Horreomargum was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Iustiniana prima was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Naissus was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Remesiana was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Singidinum was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Srijem was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Viminacium was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Ptuj was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Auca was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Basti was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Córdoba was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Egabro was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Elvira was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Palencia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Urci was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Arethusus was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Berœa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Circesium was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Damascus (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hemesa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Philippopolis was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Bennefa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Buslacena was suppressed | |
| 300 | Diocese of Thibiuca was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Amida was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancyra was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Apollonias was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Batnæ was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Charræ was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Colonia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Colossæ was promoted as Archdiocese of Colossæ | |
| 300 | Diocese of Eumenia was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gangra was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Lampsacus was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Laodicea was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Laodicea | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Martiropolis was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Nazianzus was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Nicomedia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nicomedia | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nicæa was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Nisibis was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Nyssa was established | |
| 300 | Archdiocese of Parium was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Prusa was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Samosata was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Sasima was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sebastia was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Sebastopolis was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Sebastopolis in Thracia was established | |
| 300 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Synnadæ was established | |
| 300 | Diocese of Troas was established |
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