Circumscriptions
(150, 58 with apostolic administrator) | Type | Vacant
since | Last Ordinary | Apostolic
Administrator |
 Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | Diocese | 2010.07.17 | Bishop Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane (died) | |
 Barranquilla, Colombia | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.07.08 |  Archbishop Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez (67) (transferred) | |
 Görlitz, Germany | Diocese | 2010.07.08 |  Bishop Konrad Zdarsa (66) (transferred) | |
 Basel, Switzerland | Diocese | 2010.07.01 | Archbishop Kurt Koch (60) (transferred) | Archbishop Kurt Koch (60) |
 Québec, Canada | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.06.30 |  Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (66) (transferred) | |
 Rapid City, United States | Diocese | 2010.06.30 | Bishop Blase Joseph Cupich (61) (transferred) | |
 Alghero–Bosa, Italy | Diocese | 2010.06.28 | Bishop Giacomo Lanzetti (68) (transferred) | |
 Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay, Paraguay | Military Ordinariate | 2010.06.25 | Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos (55) (transferred) | |
 Berbérati, Central African Republic | Diocese | 2010.06.17 |  Bishop Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. (75) (resigned) | |
| Pittsburgh (Ruthenian Rite), United States | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.06.10 | Archbishop Basil Myron Schott (died) | |
 Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico | Diocese | 2010.06.07 | Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos (59) (transferred) | |
 Anatolia, Turkey | Apostolic Vicariate | 2010.06.03 | Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. (died) | Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (70) |
| Málaga–Soatá, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.06.03 |  Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (62) (transferred) | |
 Benin City, Nigeria | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.05.31 |  Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (61) (resigned) | |
 Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil | Diocese | 2010.05.26 | Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. (65) (transferred) | |
| Montelíbano, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.05.24 | Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (63) (transferred) | |
| Diamantino, Brazil | Diocese | 2010.05.19 | Bishop Canísio Klaus (58) (transferred) | |
| Massa Marittima–Piombino, Italy | Diocese | 2010.05.19 | Bishop Giovanni Santucci (61) (transferred) | |
 Oberá, Argentina | Diocese | 2010.05.17 | Bishop Víctor Selvino Arenhardt (died) | |
 Albi, France | Archdiocese | 2010.05.14 | Archbishop Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré (63) (transferred) | |
| Katholisches Militärbischofsamt, Germany | Military Ordinariate | 2010.05.08 | Bishop Walter Mixa (69) (resigned) | |
 Cardiff, United Kingdom | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.04.30 | Archbishop Peter David Smith (66) (transferred) | |
| Kontagora, Nigeria | Apostolic Vicariate | 2010.04.30 | Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (70) (resigned) | |
| Tabasco, Mexico | Diocese | 2010.04.29 | Bishop Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (64) (transferred) | |
 Đà Lat, Vietnam | Diocese | 2010.04.22 | Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (72) (transferred) | |
 Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Diocese | 2010.04.22 | Bishop James Moriarty (73) (resigned) | |
| Orlando, United States | Diocese | 2010.04.20 | Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (59) (transferred) | |
| Awka, Nigeria | Diocese | 2010.04.17 | Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (75) (resigned) | |
| Joaçaba, Brazil | Diocese | 2010.04.14 | Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. (72) (resigned) | |
 Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego, Poland | Military Ordinariate | 2010.04.10 | Bishop Tadeusz Płoski (died) | |
| Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite), Argentina | Diocese | 2010.04.10 | Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (75) (resigned) |  Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (40) |
| Saint Catharines, Canada | Diocese | 2010.04.07 | Bishop James Matthew Wingle (63) (resigned) | |
 Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands | Diocese | 2010.04.06 | Bishop Tomas Aguon Camacho (76) (resigned) | |
| San Antonio, United States | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.04.06 | Archbishop José Horacio Gómez (58) (transferred) | |
| Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy | Diocese | 2010.04.01 | Bishop Vito De Grisantis (died) | |
| Cartago, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.03.30 | Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63) (transferred) | |
| Cloyne, Ireland | Diocese | 2010.03.24 | Bishop John Magee, S.P.S. (73) (resigned) | Archbishop Dermot Clifford (71) |
| Civitavecchia–Tarquinia, Italy | Diocese | 2010.03.19 | Bishop Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. (died) | |
 Alotau–Sideia, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 2010.03.18 | Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. (67) (transferred) | |
 Dubrovnik, Croatia | Diocese | 2010.03.15 | Archbishop Želimir Puljić (63) (transferred) | |
 Bilbao, Spain | Diocese | 2010.03.13 | Archbishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (68) (transferred) | |
 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | Diocese | 2010.03.13 | Bishop Ramón José Viloria Pinzón (51) (resigned) | Archbishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot (58) |
| Séez, France | Diocese | 2010.03.12 | Bishop Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger (65) (transferred) | |
 Matagalpa, Nicaragua | Diocese | 2010.03.11 | Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (49) (transferred) | Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (49) |
 Tulcán, Ecuador | Diocese | 2010.02.22 | Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (67) (transferred) | |
 Kottapuram, India | Diocese | 2010.02.20 | Archbishop Francis Kallarakal (68) (transferred) | Archbishop Francis Kallarakal (68) |
| Tarazona, Spain | Diocese | 2010.02.18 | Bishop Demetrio Fernández González (60) (transferred) | |
| Sonsón–Rionegro, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.02.16 | Archbishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (59) (transferred) | |
 Hradec Králové, Czechia | Diocese | 2010.02.13 | Archbishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (67) (transferred) | |
| Arauca, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.02.02 | Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (66) (transferred) | |
| San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Diocese | 2010.02.02 | Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (63) (transferred) | Bishop José Figueroa Gómez (64) |
 Kibungo, Rwanda | Diocese | 2010.01.29 | Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo (55) (resigned) | |
| Orense, Spain | Diocese | 2010.01.28 | Bishop Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (63) (transferred) | |
| Cesena–Sarsina, Italy | Diocese | 2010.01.27 | Archbishop Antonio Lanfranchi (64) (transferred) | Archbishop Antonio Lanfranchi (64) |
| Bauchi, Nigeria | Diocese | 2010.01.20 | Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A. (died) | |
 Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2010.01.12 | Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot (died) | |
| Yola, Nigeria | Diocese | 2010.01.10 | Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba (died) | |
 East Europe (Armenian Rite), Armenia | Ordinariate | 2010.01.06 | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (78) (resigned) |  Fr. Vahan Ohanian |
 Cairo (Chaldean Rite), Egypt | Diocese | 2009.12.31 | Bishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf (died) | |
| Palmas, Brazil | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.12.30 | Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (60) (transferred) | |
| Umuarama, Brazil | Diocese | 2009.12.30 | Bishop Vicente Costa (63) (transferred) | |
 Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Ghana | Diocese | 2009.12.23 | Bishop Lucas Abadamloora (died) | |
 Kroonstad, South Africa | Diocese | 2009.12.18 | Archbishop Stephen Brislin (53) (transferred) | |
| Limerick, Ireland | Diocese | 2009.12.17 | Bishop Donal Brendan Murray (70) (resigned) | |
| Kimberley, South Africa | Diocese | 2009.12.15 | Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. (76) (resigned) | |
| Pretoria, South Africa | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.12.15 | Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. (63) (resigned) | |
| South African Defence Force, South Africa | Military Ordinariate | 2009.12.15 | Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. (63) (resigned) | |
 Bafoussam, Cameroon | Diocese | 2009.12.03 | Archbishop Joseph Atanga, S.J. (57) (transferred) | Bishop Dieudonné Watio (64) |
| Tibú, Colombia | Diocese | 2009.12.02 | Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (67) (transferred) | Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (80) |
| Huesca, Spain | Diocese | 2009.11.21 | Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. (55) (transferred) | Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. (55) |
| Jaca, Spain | Diocese | 2009.11.21 | Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. (55) (transferred) | Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. (55) |
 Sapporo 札幌, Japan | Diocese | 2009.11.17 | Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ地主敏夫) (79) (resigned) | |
| Queenstown, South Africa | Diocese | 2009.11.16 | Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. (73) (resigned) | |
 Ihosy, Madagascar | Diocese | 2009.11.14 | Bishop Philippe Ranaivomanana (61) (transferred) | |
| Nashik, India | Diocese | 2009.11.10 | Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado (62) (transferred) | Bishop Lourdes Daniel (63) |
| Kohima, India | Diocese | 2009.10.30 | Bishop Jose Mukala (61) (resigned) | Archbishop Dominic Lumon (62) |
 Malindi, Kenya | Diocese | 2009.10.09 | Bishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. (died) | |
 Masbate, Philippines | Diocese | 2009.10.01 | Bishop Joel Zamudio Baylon (56) (transferred) | |
| Mitú, Colombia | Apostolic Vicariate | 2009.09.17 | Bishop José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. (76) (resigned) | |
| Paranavaí, Brazil | Diocese | 2009.09.16 | Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (55) (transferred) | |
 Arua, Uganda | Diocese | 2009.08.19 | Bishop Frederick Drandua (66) (resigned) | Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki (52) |
 Mwanza, Tanzania | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.08.19 | Archbishop Anthony Mayala (died) | |
 Daegu 대구, South Korea | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.08.17 | Archbishop John Choi Young-soo (최영수 요한) (resigned) | |
| Eluru, India | Diocese | 2009.08.16 | Bishop John Mulagada (died) | Bishop Prakash Mallavarapup (61) |
| Ngong, Kenya | Diocese | 2009.08.01 | Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (68) (resigned) | |
| Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian Rite), United States | Diocese | 2009.07.29 | Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal (72) (resigned) | Bishop John Bura (66) |
 Semarang, Indonesia | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.07.25 | Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (60) (transferred) | |
| Coari, Brazil | Territorial Prelature | 2009.07.22 | Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. (56) (resigned) | |
 Mindelo, Cape Verde | Diocese | 2009.07.22 | Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado (60) (transferred) | |
| Kalibo, Philippines | Diocese | 2009.07.21 | Bishop Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo (61) (transferred) | |
 Gbarnga, Liberia | Diocese | 2009.07.11 | Archbishop Lewis Zeigler (66) (transferred) | Fr. Chris Brennan, S.M.A. |
 Minas, Uruguay | Diocese | 2009.07.01 | Bishop Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira (66) (resigned) | Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer (68) |
| Sobral, Brazil | Diocese | 2009.07.01 | Archbishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. (63) (transferred) | |
 Wilcannia–Forbes, Australia | Diocese | 2009.06.09 | Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey (58) (resigned) | Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady (63) |
 Trondheim, Norway | Territorial Prelature | 2009.06.08 | Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC. (59) (resigned) | Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. (56) |
| Bangui, Central African Republic | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.05.26 | Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo (56) (resigned) | Fr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. |
| Bossangoa, Central African Republic | Diocese | 2009.05.16 | Bishop François-Xavier Yombandje (54) (resigned) | Msgr. Pascal Tongamba |
 Malakal, Sudan | Diocese | 2009.05.16 | Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker (77) (resigned) | Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa |
 Galle, Sri Lanka | Diocese | 2009.05.14 | Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (59) (transferred) | |
 Kasama, Zambia | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2009.05.04 | Archbishop James Spaita (76) (resigned) | Msgr. Ignatius Mwebe |
 Kasongo, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2009.04.21 | Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (69) (transferred) | |
 Tete, Mozambique | Diocese | 2009.04.18 | Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. (76) (resigned) | Fr. Giacomo Palagi, M.C.C.I. |
 West Sahara, Western Sahara | Apostolic Prefecture | 2009.02.25 |  Fr. Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. (88) (resigned) | Fr. Mario León Dorado, O.M.I. |
| Damongo, Ghana | Diocese | 2009.02.12 | Archbishop Philip Naameh (61) (transferred) | |
| Mansa, Zambia | Diocese | 2009.01.15 | Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha (76) (resigned) | Fr. Michel Merizzi, M. Afr. |
| Mahagi–Nioka, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2008.11.28 | Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (51) (transferred) | |
| Kole, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2008.10.30 | Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. (61) (resigned) | Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (50) |
 Owando, Congo-Brazzaville | Diocese | 2008.10.22 | Bishop Ernest Kombo, S.J. (died) | Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu (68) |
| Cape Palmas, Liberia | Diocese | 2008.10.15 | Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh (76) (resigned) | |
| Uvira, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2008.07.31 | Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B. (68) (transferred) | |
 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe | Diocese | 2008.05.15 | Bishop Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (77) (resigned) | |
| Oita 大分, Japan | Diocese | 2008.03.19 | Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ宮原良治) (55) (transferred) | |
 Saurimo, Angola | Diocese | 2008.02.18 | Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. (71) (transferred) | |
 Miskolc (Hungarian Rite), Hungary | Apostolic Exarchate | 2007.11.10 | Bishop Szilárd Keresztes (78) (resigned) | Bishop Peter Fülöp Kocsis (47) |
 Saint John’s–Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda | Diocese | 2007.10.12 | Archbishop Donald James Reece (76) (transferred) | Bishop Gabriel Malzaire (52) |
| Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Diocese | 2007.08.28 | Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo (55) (transferred) | |
 Bučač (Ukrainian Rite), Ukraine | Diocese | 2007.07.28 | Bishop Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. (60) (resigned) | Fr. Demetrius Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. |
 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines | Diocese | 2007.07.19 | Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (64) (transferred) | Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (64) |
 Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite), Iraq | Patriarchal Exarchate | 2007.06.23 | Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (79) (resigned) | |
| Obispado Castrense de la Argentina, Argentina | Military Ordinariate | 2007.05.15 | Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. (78) (resigned) | |
| Bassorah (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Archdiocese | 2006.10.21 | Archbishop Djibrail Kassab (71) (transferred) | |
 Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | Diocese | 2006.08.27 | Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. (died) | Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (61) |
| Great Britain (Ukrainian Rite), United Kingdom | Apostolic Exarchate | 2006.01.03 | Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (56) (transferred) | Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U. (56) |
 Bridgetown, Barbados | Diocese | 2005.05.31 | Bishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. (81) (resigned) | Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (64) |
 Ispahan (Armenian Rite), Iran | Diocese | 2005.04.02 | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (78) (transferred) | |
| Diarbekir (Chaldean Rite), Turkey | Archdiocese | 2005.01.16 | Archbishop Paul Karatas (died) | Msgr. Joseph Pallikunnel |
| Yarmouth, Canada | Diocese | 2001.11.09 | Bishop James Matthew Wingle (63) (transferred) | Archbishop Anthony Mancini (64) |
 Greece (Armenian Rite), Greece | Ordinariate | 2000.09.27 | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (78) (transferred) | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (78) |
| Aqrā (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Diocese | 1998.07.25 | Bishop Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. (died) | Fr. Youhanna Issa |
| Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite), Mexico | Diocese | 1994.06.07 | Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A. (died) | Archimandrite Gabriel Ghanoum, B.S. |
 Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands, Netherlands | Military Ordinariate | 1993.03.13 | Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (81) (resigned) | Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt (64) |
 Kamichlié (Armenian Rite), Syria | Diocese | 1992.04.10 | Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. (74) (resigned) | Archbishop Boutros Marayati (62) |
 Mogadiscio, Somalia | Diocese | 1989.07.09 | Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. (died) | Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. (63) |
 Luang Prabang, Laos | Apostolic Vicariate | 1975.11.29 | Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. (78) (transferred) | Fr. Tito Banchong Thopanhong |
| Rhodes, Greece | Archdiocese | 1970.03.10 | Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. (died) | Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos (73) |
 Misurata, Libya | Apostolic Prefecture | 1969.06.26 | Bishop Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. (transferred) | |
| Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Diocese | 1968.03.07 | | Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C. |
| Indias Occidentales, Spain | Titular Patriarchal See | 1963.07.31 | Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (died) | |
| Istanbul (Greek Rite), Turkey | Apostolic Exarchate | 1957.01.28 | Bishop Dionisio Leonida Varouhas (died) | Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (70) |
 Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia | Apostolic Prefecture | 1953 | Fr. Agostino Isamu Seno (resigned) | Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz (57) |
 Tŏkwon 덕원, North Korea | Territorial Abbacy | 1950.02.07 | Bishop Boniface Sauer, O.S.B. (신상원 보니파시오) (died) | Fr. Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u, O.S.B. (이형우 시몬베드로) |
| Derna, Libya | Apostolic Vicariate | 1948.06.21 | Bishop Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. (transferred) | |
 Pinsk, Belarus | Diocese | 1946.05.06 | Bishop Kazimierz Bukraba (died) |  Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (95) |
| Hamhung 함흥, North Korea | Diocese | 1940.01.12 | Bishop Boniface Sauer, O.S.B. (신상원 보니파시오) (transferred) | |
| Chios, Greece | Diocese | 1939.07.01 | Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos (died) | Archbishop Nikólaos Printesis (69) |
| Lviv (Armenian Rite), Ukraine | Archdiocese | 1938.12.05 | Archbishop Giuseppe Teodorowicz (died) | |
| Crete, Greece | Diocese | 1935.05.05 | Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. (transferred) | Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. (73) |
| Russia (Russian Rite), Russia | Apostolic Exarchate | 1935 | Bishop Leonida Feodoroff (resigned) | |
 Romania (Armenian Rite), Romania | Ordinariate | 1930.06.05 | | Archbishop György-Miklós Jakubínyi (64) |
| Thessaloniki, Greece | Apostolic Vicariate | 1929.07.15 | Archbishop Alessandro Guidati (transferred) | Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (69) |
