It was renamed as the Taiwan branch of the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC) in 1949 after many Sangha immigrated to Taiwan from the China mainland.
民國三十八年，大批大陸僧侶來台，積極重建佛教，先將台灣佛教會改為中國佛教會台灣省分會，受中國佛教會督導，接著召開傳戒大會。