Vacant Sees

Circumscriptions (131, 46 with apostolic administrator)	Type	Vacant since	Last Ordinary	Apostolic Administrator
Gallup, United States	Diocese	2008.04.30	Bishop Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. (resigned)	Bishop Thomas James Olmsted
Nakuru, Kenya	Diocese	2008.04.19	Bishop Peter J. Kairo (transferred)
Warszawa – Praga, Poland	Diocese	2008.04.17	Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź (transferred)
Biloxi, United States	Diocese	2008.04.02	Bishop Thomas John Rodi (transferred)	Archbishop Thomas John Rodi
Münster, Germany	Diocese	2008.03.28	Bishop Reinhard Lettmann (resigned)
Zamora, Ecuador	Apostolic Vicariate	2008.03.27	Bishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (transferred)
Nekemte, Ethiopia	Apostolic Vicariate	2008.03.21	Bishop Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. (died)
San Pedro-en-Côte-d’Ivoire, Cote d’Ivoire	Diocese	2008.03.21	Bishop Paulin Kouabenan N’Gnamé (died)
Oita 大分, Japan	Diocese	2008.03.19	Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ宮原良治) (transferred)
Mossul (Chaldean rite), Iraq	Archdiocese	2008.03.07	Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho (died)
Hexham and Newcastle, United Kingdom	Diocese	2008.03.01	Bishop Kevin John Dunn (died)
Hinche, Haiti	Diocese	2008.03.01	Bishop Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. (transferred)
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico	Diocese	2008.02.21	Bishop Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. (transferred)
Saurímo, Angola	Diocese	2008.02.18	Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. (transferred)
Margarita, Venezuela	Diocese	2008.02.12	Bishop Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (transferred)
Antioch (Syrian rite), Lebanon	Patriarchal See	2008.02.02	Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad (resigned)
Tivoli, Italy	Diocese	2008.02.02	Bishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto (transferred)	Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto
Chambéry – Saint-Jean-de Maurienne – Tarentaise, France	Archdiocese	2008.02.01	Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich (transferred)
Litoměřice, Czechia	Diocese	2008.01.26	Bishop Pavel Posád (transferred)	Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P.
Lichinga, Mozambique	Diocese	2008.01.25	Bishop Hilário Da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (transferred)
Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Diocese	2008.01.19	Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa (resigned)
Weetebula, Indonesia	Diocese	2008.01.19	Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. (transferred)
Portalegre – Castelo Branco, Portugal	Diocese	2008.01.08	Bishop José Francisco Sanches Alves (transferred)
Sale, Australia	Diocese	2008.01.02	Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey (resigned)
Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Diocese	2007.12.27	Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (transferred)
Warri, Nigeria	Diocese	2007.12.24	Bishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (transferred)
Calabozo, Venezuela	Metropolitan Archdiocese	2007.12.22	Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo (transferred)
Guiratinga, Brazil	Diocese	2007.12.20	Bishop Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. (died)
Groningen – Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Diocese	2007.12.11	Bishop Willem Jacobus Eijk (transferred)
Kisangani, Congo [Kinshasa]	Metropolitan Archdiocese	2007.12.06	Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (transferred)
Cúcuta, Colombia	Diocese	2007.11.30	Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (transferred)
Trier, Germany	Diocese	2007.11.30	Bishop Reinhard Marx (transferred)
N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Diocese	2007.11.27	Bishop Philippe Kourouma (resigned)
Casale Monferrato, Italy	Diocese	2007.11.20	Bishop Germano Zaccheo (died)
Juneau, United States	Diocese	2007.11.20	Bishop Michael William Warfel (transferred)	Archbishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.
Maiduguri, Nigeria	Diocese	2007.11.16	Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso (transferred)
Angers, France	Diocese	2007.11.10	Bishop Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. (transferred)
Simla and Chandigargh, India	Diocese	2007.11.08	Bishop Gerald John Mathias (transferred)
Legazpi, Philippines	Diocese	2007.11.07	Bishop Nestor Celestial Cariño (resigned)
Batouri, Cameroon	Diocese	2007.11.03	Bishop Samuel Kleda (transferred)
Campo Mourão, Brazil	Diocese	2007.10.31	Bishop Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (transferred)
Tocantinópolis, Brazil	Diocese	2007.10.31	Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (transferred)
Saint John’s – Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda	Diocese	2007.10.12	Bishop Donald James Reece (transferred)	Bishop Gabriel Malzaire
Buxar, India	Diocese	2007.10.01	Bishop William D’Souza, S.J. (transferred)	Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J.
Denpasar, Indonesia	Diocese	2007.09.18	Bishop Benyamin Yosef Bria (died)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Metropolitan Archdiocese	2007.09.11	Archbishop Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (resigned)	Fr. Martin Schupp, C.M.M.
Laval, France	Diocese	2007.09.11	Bishop Armand Maillard (transferred)
Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Diocese	2007.08.28	Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo (transferred)	Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo
Charleston, United States	Diocese	2007.08.14	Bishop Robert Joseph Baker (transferred)
Juína, Brazil	Diocese	2007.08.02	Bishop Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. (died)	Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.
Arzobispado Castrense de España, Spain	Military Ordinariate	2007.07.31	Archbishop Francisco Pérez González (transferred)
Bučač (Ukrainian rite), Ukraine	Diocese	2007.07.28	Bishop Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. (resigned)	Fr. Demetrius Hryhorak, O.S.B.M.
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines	Diocese	2007.07.19	Bishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (transferred)
Green Bay, United States	Diocese	2007.07.18	Bishop David Allen Zubik (transferred)	Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan
Port Pirie, Australia	Diocese	2007.07.03	Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley (transferred)
Vacaria, Brazil	Diocese	2007.07.03	Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (died)
Kumbakonam, India	Diocese	2007.06.30	Bishop Peter Remigius (transferred)
Kotido, Uganda	Diocese	2007.06.27	Bishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote (transferred)
Iraq (Greek-Melkite rite), Iraq	Patriarchal Exarchate	2007.06.23	Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (resigned)
Khandwa, India	Diocese	2007.06.15	Bishop Leo Cornelio (transferred)
Knoxville, United States	Diocese	2007.06.12	Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (transferred)
Dundo, Angola	Diocese	2007.06.06	Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (transferred)	Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.
Patos de Minas, Brazil	Diocese	2007.05.30	Bishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria (transferred)
Molegbe, Congo [Kinshasa]	Diocese	2007.05.23	Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. (resigned)	Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.
Port-Vila, Vanuatu	Diocese	2007.05.19	Bishop Michel Visi (died)
Obispado Castrense de la Argentina, Argentina	Military Ordinariate	2007.05.15	Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. (resigned)
Zacapa, Guatemala	Diocese	2007.04.27	Bishop José Aníbal Casasola Sosa (died)
New Ulm, United States	Diocese	2007.04.24	Bishop John Clayton Nienstedt (transferred)	Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
El Petén, Guatemala	Apostolic Vicariate	2007.04.19	Bishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (transferred)
Phát Diêm, Vietnam	Diocese	2007.04.14	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến (resigned)
Jardim, Brazil	Diocese	2007.04.11	Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. (transferred)
Vitória da Conquista, Brazil	Metropolitan Archdiocese	2007.04.11	Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (transferred)
Frederico Westphalen, Brazil	Diocese	2007.03.28	Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel (transferred)
Tábori Püspökség, Hungary	Military Ordinariate	2007.03.15	Bishop Tamás Szabó (resigned)
Lleida, Spain	Diocese	2007.03.08	Bishop Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí (resigned)	Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals
San Lorenzo, Paraguay	Diocese	2007.02.19	Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (transferred)
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	Diocese	2007.01.30	Bishop George Vance Murry, S.J. (transferred)
Yagoua, Cameroon	Diocese	2006.11.30	Bishop Emmanuel Bushu (transferred)	Msgr. Barthèlemy Yaouda Hourgo
Murang’a, Kenya	Diocese	2006.11.25	Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (transferred)	Cardinal John Njue
Guarabira, Brazil	Diocese	2006.11.22	Bishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O.C. (transferred)
Montevergine, Italy	Territorial Abbacy	2006.11.15	Abbot Tarciscio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. (resigned)
Ilagan, Philippines	Diocese	2006.11.13	Bishop Sergio Lasam Utleg (transferred)
Kidapawan, Philippines	Diocese	2006.11.13	Bishop Romulo Geolina Valles (transferred)
Tromsø, Norway	Territorial Prelature	2006.11.04	Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. (died)
Bassorah (Chaldean rite), Iraq	Archdiocese	2006.10.21	Archbishop Djibrail Kassab (transferred)
Bac Ninh, Vietnam	Diocese	2006.09.24	Bishop Joseph-Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến (died)
Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Diocese	2006.08.27	Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. (died)	Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.
Kasana – Luweero, Uganda	Diocese	2006.08.19	Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (transferred)
Mandeville, Jamaica	Diocese	2006.08.08	Bishop Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. (resigned)	Bishop Charles Henry Dufour
Idiofa, Congo [Kinshasa]	Diocese	2006.05.31	Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (resigned)	Bishop Louis Nzala Kianza
Ingwavuma, South Africa	Apostolic Vicariate	2006.05.30	Bishop Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. (died)
Ban Mê Thuôt, Vietnam	Diocese	2006.05.17	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tích Đức (resigned)	Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà
Ouesso, Congo [Brazzaville]	Diocese	2006.04.22	Bishop Hervé Itoua (resigned)
Jerusalem and Amman (Armenian rite), Jordan	Patriarchal Exarchate	2006.03.15	Bishop Kévork Khazoumian (transferred)
Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil	Diocese	2006.03.14	Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M. (died)
Bandung, Indonesia	Diocese	2006.01.19	Bishop Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja (died)
Great Britain (Ukrainian rite), United Kingdom	Apostolic Exarchate	2006.01.03	Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (transferred)
Dundee, South Africa	Diocese	2005.09.30	Bishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. (resigned)
Bridgetown, Barbados	Diocese	2005.05.31	Bishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. (resigned)
Ispahan (Armenian rite), Iran	Diocese	2005.04.02	Bishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (transferred)
Kitui, Kenya	Diocese	2005.04.01	Bishop Boniface Lele (transferred)	Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde
Diarbekir (Chaldean rite), Turkey	Archdiocese	2005.01.16	Archbishop Paul Karatas (died)
Arbil (Chaldean rite), Iraq	Archdiocese	2005.01.08	Archbishop Yacoub Denha Scher (died)
Mpika, Zambia	Diocese	2004.10.01	Bishop Telesphore George Mpundu (transferred)	Fr. Robert Lavertu, M. Afr.
Mukacheve (Ruthenian rite), Ukraine	Diocese	2002.11.12	Bishop Ivan Semedi (resigned)	Bishop Milan Šášik, C.M.
Yarmouth, Canada	Diocese	2001.11.09	Bishop James Matthew Wingle (transferred)	Archbishop Anthony Mancini
Greece (Armenian rite), Greece	Ordinariate	2000.09.27	Fr. Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (transferred)	Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.
Aqrā (Chaldean rite), Iraq	Diocese	1998.07.25	Bishop Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. (died)	Fr. Youhanna Issa
Umzimkulu, South Africa	Diocese	1994.08.22	Bishop Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu (resigned)	Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.
Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite rite), Mexico	Diocese	1994.06.07	Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A. (died)	Fr. Antoine Mouhanna
Netherlands, Netherlands	Military Ordinariate	1993.03.13	Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (resigned)	Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt
Kamichlié (Armenian rite), Syria	Diocese	1992.04.10	Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. (resigned)	Archbishop Boutros Marayati
Mogadiscio, Somalia	Diocese	1989.07.09	Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. (died)	Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.
Comores, Comoros	Apostolic Administration	1983	Fr. Jean Berchmans Eugène Jung, O.F.M. Cap. (died)	Fr. Jan Szpilka, S.D.S.
Luang Prabang, Laos	Apostolic Vicariate	1975.11.29	Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. (transferred)	Fr. Tito Banchong Thopanhong
Rhodos, Greece	Archdiocese	1970.03.10	Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. (died)	Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos
Misurata, Libya	Apostolic Prefecture	1969.06.26	Fr. Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. (transferred)
Sulaimaniya (Chaldean rite), Iraq	Diocese	1968.03.07		Fr. Yousif Ibrahim, O.A.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.
Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia	Apostolic Prefecture	1953	Fr. Agostino Isamu Seno (resigned)	Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz
Tŏkwon, North Korea	Territorial Abbacy	1950.02.07	Bishop Boniface Sauer (신 보니파시오), O.S.B. (died)	Fr. Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u (이동호 플라치도), O.S.B.
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)
Hamhŭng 함흥, North Korea	Diocese	1940.01.12	Bishop Boniface Sauer (신 보니파시오), O.S.B. (transferred)	Bishop John Chang-yik (장익 십자가의 요한)
Chios, Greece	Diocese	1939.07.01	Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos (died)	Archbishop Nikólaos Printesis
Lviv (Armenian rite), Ukraine	Archdiocese	1938.12.05	Archbishop Giuseppe Teodorowicz (died)
Candia, Greece	Diocese	1935.05.05	Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. (transferred)	Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap.
Russia (Russian rite), Russia	Apostolic Exarchate	1935	Bishop Leonida Feodoroff (resigned)
Romania (Armenian rite), Romania	Ordinariate	1930.06.05		Archbishop György-Miklós Jakubínyi
Thessaloniki, Greece	Apostolic Vicariate	1929.07.15	Bishop Alessandro Guidati (transferred)	Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.

as of 2008.05.08

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