[3] An apostolic visitation of the diocese was conducted by Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap., then Archbishop of Denver,[4] during April 2007.

On 2 May 2011, the Holy See removed Morris from pastoral care of the diocese, attracting international press coverage.

The Holy See appointed Brian Vincent Finnigan, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, to serve as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese.

[5] On 14 May 2012, it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named the Reverend Monsignor Robert McGuckin as bishop-elect of the Toowoomba diocese.

The diocese has the following schools: The diocese has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: In February 2014 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, a royal commission of inquiry initiated in 2013 by the Australian Government and supported by all of its state governments,[12] began an investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse and the response by the Diocesan Catholic Education Office.