| Diocese | Type | Date Vacant | Last Bishop | Event |
| Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite), Egypt | Archdiocese | 25 Nov 1921 | Etienne Soukkarie † | Died |
| Thessaloniki, Greece | Vicariate Apostolic | 15 Jul 1929 | Alessandro Guidati † | Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos |
| Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine | Archeparchy | 5 Dec 1938 | Giuseppe Teodorowicz † | Died |
| Chios (Scio), Greece | Diocese | 1939 | Nicolas Charikiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) † | Died |
| Pinsk, Belarus | Diocese | 6 May 1946 | Kazimierz Bukraba † | Died |
| Derna, Libya | Vicariate Apostolic | 21 Jun 1948 | Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. † | Appointed, Bishop of Isernia e Venafro |
| Istanbul (Byzantine), Turkey | Apostolic Exarchate | 28 Jan 1957 | Dionisio Leonida Varouhas † | Died |
| West Indies, Spain | Archdiocese | 31 Jul 1963 | Leopoldo Eijo y Garay † | Died, Bishop of Madrid |
| Misurata, Libya | Prefecture Apostolic | 26 Jun 1969 | Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. † | Appointed, Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya |
| Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece | Archdiocese | 10 Mar 1970 | Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. † | Died |
| Luang Prabang, Laos | Vicariate Apostolic | 29 Nov 1975 | Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Siena |
| Viêt Nam | Delegation | 19 Dec 1975 | Henri Lemaître † | Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda |
| Hamhung, Korea (South) | Diocese | 22 May 1981 | Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † | Resigned |
| Tokwon {Tokugen}, Korea (South) | Territorial Abbey | 4 Oct 1985 | Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † | Retired |
| Mogadiscio, Somalia | Diocese | 9 Jul 1989 | Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. † | Died |
| Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria | Eparchy | 10 Apr 1992 | Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. | Resigned |
| Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite) | Eparchy | 7 Jun 1994 | Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † | Died |
| Umzimkulu, South Africa | Diocese | 22 Aug 1994 | Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu | Resigned |
| Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Diocese | 25 Jul 1998 | Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. † | Died |
| Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian) | Ordinariate | 27 Sep 2000 | Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. | Appointed, Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian) |
| Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | Diocese | 9 Nov 2001 | James Matthew Wingle | Appointed, Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario |
| Mpika, Zambia | Diocese | 1 Oct 2004 | Telesphore George Mpundu | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lusaka |
| Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 8 Jan 2005 | Yacoub Denha Scher † | Died |
| Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey | Archeparchy | 16 Jan 2005 | Paul Karatas † | Died |
| Kitui, Kenya | Diocese | 1 Apr 2005 | Boniface Lele | Appointed, Archbishop of Mombasa |
| Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran | Eparchy | 2 Apr 2005 | Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) |
| Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles | Diocese | 31 May 2005 | Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. | Retired |
| Dundee, South Africa | Diocese | 30 Sep 2005 | Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. | Retired |
| Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian) | Apostolic Exarchate | 3 Jan 2006 | Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian) |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Diocese | 19 Jan 2006 | Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja † | Died |
| Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil | Diocese | 14 Mar 2006 | João José Burke, O.F.M. † | Died |
| Ouesso, Congo | Diocese | 22 Apr 2006 | Hervé Itoua | Resigned |
| Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam | Diocese | 17 May 2006 | Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc | Resigned |
| Ingwavuma, South Africa | Vicariate Apostolic | 30 May 2006 | Michael Mary O'Shea, O.S.M. † | Died |
| Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 31 May 2006 | Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. | Retired |
| Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Diocese | 8 Aug 2006 | Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. | Resigned |
| Kasana-Luweero, Uganda | Diocese | 19 Aug 2006 | Cyprian Kizito Lwanga | Appointed, Archbishop of Kampala |
| Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | Diocese | 27 Aug 2006 | Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † | Died |
| Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam | Diocese | 23 Sep 2006 | Joseph Marie Nguyên Quang Tuyên † | Died |
| Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 21 Oct 2006 | Djibrail Kassab | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean) |
| Tromsø, Norway | Territorial Prelature | 4 Nov 2006 | Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. † | Died |
| Ilagan, Philippines | Diocese | 13 Nov 2006 | Sergio Lasam Utleg | Appointed, Bishop of Laoag |
| Montevergine, Italy | Territorial Abbey | 15 Nov 2006 | Tarciscio Giovanni Nazzaro, O.S.B. | Resigned |
| Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil | Diocese | 22 Nov 2006 | Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. | Appointed, Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas |
| Muranga, Kenya | Diocese | 25 Nov 2006 | Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. | Appointed, Bishop of Marsabit |
| Yagoua, Cameroon | Diocese | 30 Nov 2006 | Emmanuel Bushu | Appointed, Bishop of Buéa |
| Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA | Diocese | 30 Jan 2007 | George Vance Murry, S.J. | Appointed, Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio |
| San Lorenzo, Paraguay | Diocese | 19 Feb 2007 | Adalberto Martínez Flores | Appointed, Bishop of San Pedro |
| Lleida, Spain | Diocese | 8 Mar 2007 | Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí | Resigned |
| Hungary, Military | Military Ordinariate | 15 Mar 2007 | Tamás Szabó | Resigned |
| Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Diocese | 28 Mar 2007 | Zeno Hastenteufel | Appointed, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul |
| Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Diocese | 11 Apr 2007 | Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. | Appointed, Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia |
| Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil | Archdiocese | 11 Apr 2007 | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha | Appointed, Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais |
| Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam | Diocese | 14 Apr 2007 | Joseph Nguyên Van Yên | Resigned |
| El Petén, Guatemala | Vicariate Apostolic | 19 Apr 2007 | Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. | Appointed, Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán |
| New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | Diocese | 24 Apr 2007 | John Clayton Nienstedt | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala | Diocese | 27 Apr 2007 | José Aníbal Casasola Sosa † | Died |
| Argentina, Military | Military Ordinariate | 15 May 2007 | Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. | Retired |
| Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Diocese | 19 May 2007 | Michel Visi † | Died |
| Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 23 May 2007 | Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. | Retired |
| Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Diocese | 30 May 2007 | João Bosco Oliver de Faria | Appointed, Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais |
| Dundo, Angola | Diocese | 6 Jun 2007 | Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed, Bishop of Viana |
| Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | Diocese | 12 Jun 2007 | Joseph Edward Kurtz | Appointed, Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky |
| Khandwa, India | Diocese | 15 Jun 2007 | Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. | Appointed, Archbishop of Bhopal |
| Kotido, Uganda | Diocese | 27 Jun 2007 | Denis Kiwanuka Lote | Appointed, Archbishop of Tororo |
| Kumbakonam, India | Diocese | 30 Jun 2007 | Peter Remigius | Appointed, Bishop of Kottar |
| Port Pirie, Australia | Diocese | 3 Jul 2007 | Daniel Eugene Hurley | Appointed, Bishop of Darwin |
| Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Diocese | 3 Jul 2007 | Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † | Died |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Diocese | 18 Jul 2007 | David Allen Zubik | Appointed, Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles | Diocese | 19 Jul 2007 | Robert Rivas, O.P. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia |
| Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Eparchy | 28 Jul 2007 | Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. | Resigned |
| Spain, Military | Military Ordinariate | 31 Jul 2007 | Francisco Pérez González | Appointed, Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela |
| Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Diocese | 2 Aug 2007 | Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. † | Died |
| Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Diocese | 14 Aug 2007 | Robert Joseph Baker | Appointed, Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama |
| Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Diocese | 28 Aug 2007 | Kizito Bahujimihigo | Appointed, Bishop of Kibungo |
| Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Archdiocese | 11 Sep 2007 | Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube | Resigned |
| Laval, France | Diocese | 11 Sep 2007 | Armand Maillard | Appointed, Archbishop of Bourges |
| Denpasar, Indonesia | Diocese | 18 Sep 2007 | Benyamin Yosef Bria † | Died |
| Buxar, India | Diocese | 1 Oct 2007 | William D'Souza, S.J. | Appointed, Archbishop of Patna |
| Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Diocese | 12 Oct 2007 | Donald James Reece | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica |
| Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil | Diocese | 31 Oct 2007 | Mauro Aparecido dos Santos | Appointed, Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana |
| Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | Diocese | 31 Oct 2007 | Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro | Appointed, Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais |
| Batouri, Cameroon | Diocese | 3 Nov 2007 | Samuel Kleda | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala |
| Legazpi, Philippines | Diocese | 7 Nov 2007 | Nestor Celestial Cariño | Resigned |
| Simla and Chandigarh, India | Diocese | 8 Nov 2007 | Gerald John Mathias | Appointed, Bishop of Lucknow |
| Angers, France | Diocese | 10 Nov 2007 | Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. | Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) |
| Maiduguri, Nigeria | Diocese | 16 Nov 2007 | Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso | Appointed, Archbishop of Kaduna |
| Juneau, Alaska, USA | Diocese | 20 Nov 2007 | Michael William Warfel | Appointed, Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana |
| N’Zérékoré, Guinea | Diocese | 27 Nov 2007 | Philippe Kourouma | Retired |
| Cúcuta, Colombia | Diocese | 30 Nov 2007 | Oscar Urbina Ortega | Appointed, Archbishop of Villavicencio |
| Trier, Germany | Diocese | 30 Nov 2007 | Reinhard Marx | Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich} |
| Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archdiocese | 6 Dec 2007 | Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | Appointed, Archbishop of Kinshasa |
| Cape Verde | Nunciature | 6 Dec 2007 | Giuseppe Pinto | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Guinea-Bissau | Nunciature | 6 Dec 2007 | Giuseppe Pinto | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Mali | Nunciature | 6 Dec 2007 | Giuseppe Pinto | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Mauritania | Delegation | 6 Dec 2007 | Giuseppe Pinto | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Sénégal | Nunciature | 6 Dec 2007 | Giuseppe Pinto | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Diocese | 11 Dec 2007 | Willem Jacobus Eijk | Appointed, Archbishop of Utrecht |
| Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Diocese | 20 Dec 2007 | Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. † | Died |
| Calabozo, Venezuela | Archdiocese | 22 Dec 2007 | Antonio José López Castillo | Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto |
| Warri, Nigeria | Diocese | 24 Dec 2007 | Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Appointed, Archbishop of Benin City |
| Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | Diocese | 27 Dec 2007 | Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. | Appointed, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján |
| Sale, Australia | Diocese | 2 Jan 2008 | Jeremiah Joseph Coffey | Retired |
| Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal | Diocese | 8 Jan 2008 | José Francisco Sanches Alves | Appointed, Archbishop of Évora |
| Kimbe, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 19 Jan 2008 | Alphonse Liguori Chaupa | Resigned |
| Weetebula, Indonesia | Diocese | 19 Jan 2008 | Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. | Appointed, Bishop of Maumere |
| Kyrgyzstan | Nunciature | 24 Jan 2008 | Józef Wesołowski | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic |
| Kazakhstan | Nunciature | 24 Jan 2008 | Józef Wesołowski | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic |
| Tadjikistan | Nunciature | 24 Jan 2008 | Józef Wesołowski | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic |
| Uzbekistan | Nunciature | 24 Jan 2008 | Józef Wesołowski | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic |
| Lichinga, Mozambique | Diocese | 25 Jan 2008 | Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Quelimane |
| Litomĕrice, Czech Republic | Diocese | 26 Jan 2008 | Pavel Posád | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis} |
| Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France | Archdiocese | 1 Feb 2008 | Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lille |
| Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon | Archdiocese | 2 Feb 2008 | Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad | Retired |
| Tivoli, Italy | Diocese | 2 Feb 2008 | Giovanni Paolo Benotto | Appointed, Archbishop of Pisa |
| Margarita, Venezuela | Diocese | 12 Feb 2008 | Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo | Appointed, Bishop of Maracay |
| Saurimo, Angola | Diocese | 18 Feb 2008 | Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. | Appointed, Bishop of Benguela |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México | Diocese | 21 Feb 2008 | Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. | Appointed, Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit |
| Bulgaria | Nunciature | 22 Feb 2008 | Giuseppe Leanza | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland |
| Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | Mar 2008 | Paulos Faraj Rahho † | Died |
| Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain | Diocese | 1 Mar 2008 | Kevin John Dunn † | Died |
| Hinche, Haïti | Diocese | 1 Mar 2008 | Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. | Appointed, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien |
| Oita, Japan | Diocese | 19 Mar 2008 | Dominic Ryoji Miyahara | Appointed, Bishop of Fukuoka |
| Nekemte, Ethiopia | Vicariate Apostolic | 21 Mar 2008 | Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. † | Died |
| San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire | Diocese | 21 Mar 2008 | Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé † | Died |
| Zamora en Ecuador | Vicariate Apostolic | 27 Mar 2008 | Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Babahoyo |
| Münster, Germany | Diocese | 28 Mar 2008 | Reinhard Lettmann | Retired |
| Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | Diocese | 2 Apr 2008 | Thomas John Rodi | Appointed, Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama |
| Warszawa-Praga, Poland | Diocese | 17 Apr 2008 | Sławoj Leszek Głódź | Appointed, Archbishop of Gdańsk |
| Nakuru, Kenya | Diocese | 19 Apr 2008 | Peter J. Kairo | Appointed, Archbishop of Nyeri |
| Gallup, New Mexico, USA | Diocese | 30 Apr 2008 | Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. | Resigned |
| Central African Republic | Nunciature | 13 May 2008 | Pierre Nguyên Van Tot | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica |
| Chad | Nunciature | 13 May 2008 | Pierre Nguyên Van Tot | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica |
| San Jose de Antique, Philippines | Diocese | 14 May 2008 | Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz | Appointed, Bishop of Kidapawan |
| Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles | Diocese | 15 May 2008 | Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo | Retired |