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Vacant Sees

Dioceses without Bishops

DioceseTypeDate VacantLast BishopEvent
Thessaloniki, GreeceVicariate Apostolic15 Jul 1929Alessandro Guidati †Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos
Crete {Candia}, GreeceDiocese5 May 1935Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. †Appointed, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi
Lviv (Armenian), UkraineArcheparchy4 Dec 1938Józef Teofil Teodorowicz †Died
Chios (Scio), GreeceDiocese1 Jul 1939Nikolaos Charichiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) †Died
Derna, LibyaVicariate Apostolic21 Jun 1948Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. †Appointed, Bishop of Isernia e Venafro
Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), TurkeyApostolic Exarchate28 Jan 1957Denis Leonid Varouhas †Died
West Indies, SpainPatriarchate31 Aug 1963Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †Died, Bishop of Madrid
Misurata, LibyaPrefecture Apostolic26 Jun 1969Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. †Appointed, Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya
Rhodos {Rhodes}, GreeceArchdiocese10 Mar 1970Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. †Died
Luang Prabang, LaosVicariate Apostolic29 Nov 1975Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Siena
Viêt NamDelegation19 Dec 1975Henri Lemaître †Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda
Mogadiscio, SomaliaDiocese9 Jul 1989Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. †Died
Kamichlié (Armenian), SyriaEparchy10 Apr 1992Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.Resigned
Netherlands, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate13 Mar 1993Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.Resigned
Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)Eparchy7 Jun 1994Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †Died
Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), IraqDiocese25 Jul 1998Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. †Died
Greece (Armenian)Ordinariate27 Sep 2000Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Appointed, Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian)
Iraq (Melkite Greek)Patriarchal Exarchate 2004Georges El-Murr, B.C.Resigned
Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), TurkeyArcheparchy16 Jan 2005Paul Karatas †Died
Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), IranEparchy2 Apr 2005Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Appointed, Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
Argentina, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate15 May 2007Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.Retired
Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese30 Oct 2008Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.Resigned
Malakal, South SudanDiocese16 May 2009Vincent Mojwok NyikerRetired
Trondheim, NorwayTerritorial Prelature8 Jun 2009Georg Müller, SS.CC.Resigned
Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), EgyptEparchy31 Dec 2009Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †Died
Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)Diocese6 Apr 2010Tomas Aguon CamachoRetired
Anatolia, TurkeyVicariate Apostolic3 Jun 2010Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †Died
Dassa-Zoumé, BeninDiocese21 Aug 2010Antoine GanyéAppointed, Archbishop of Cotonou
Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese15 Sep 2010Dominique Kimpinde AmandoRetired
Bagdogra, IndiaDiocese12 Mar 2011Thomas D’SouzaAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta
Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), ArgentinaEparchy25 Mar 2011Sviatoslav ShevchukAppointed, Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)Archdiocese31 Mar 2011Hubert CoppenrathRetired
Ahwaz (Chaldean), IranArcheparchy10 Jun 2011Hanna ZoraAppointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean)
Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), PalestinePatriarchal Exarchate24 Jun 2011Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B.Appointed, Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese8 Jul 2011Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) †Died
Rumbek, South SudanDiocese16 Jul 2011Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †Died
Jowai, IndiaDiocese30 Jul 2011Vincent Kympat †Died
Mpika, ZambiaDiocese12 Jan 2012Ignatius ChamaAppointed, Archbishop of Kasama
Santo Domingo en EcuadorDiocese12 Mar 2012Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil †Died
Bondoukou, Côte d’IvoireDiocese6 May 2012Félix Kouadjo †Died
Vijayawada, IndiaDiocese3 Jul 2012Prakash MallavarapuAppointed, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam
Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, GuatemalaDiocese14 Sep 2012Rosolino Bianchetti BoffelliAppointed, Bishop of Quiché
Duitama-Sogamoso, ColombiaDiocese15 Oct 2012Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †Resigned
Porto Novo, BeninDiocese17 Oct 2012René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †Died
Bontoc-Lagawe, PhilippinesVicariate Apostolic30 Oct 2012Rodolfo Fontiveros BeltranAppointed, Bishop of San Fernando de La Union
Shinyanga, TanzaniaDiocese6 Nov 2012Aloysius Balina †Died
Ozieri, ItalyDiocese10 Dec 2012Sergio PintorRetired
Jhabua, IndiaDiocese21 Dec 2012Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.Appointed, Bishop of Udaipur
Singida, TanzaniaDiocese15 Jan 2013Desiderius M. RwomaAppointed, Bishop of Bukoba
Port-Gentil, GabonDiocese19 Jan 2013Mathieu Madega LebouankehanAppointed, Bishop of Mouila
Gumaca, PhilippinesDiocese25 Jan 2013Buenaventura Malayo FamadicoAppointed, Bishop of San Pablo
Kalookan, PhilippinesDiocese25 Jan 2013Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Jr.Resigned
Torit, South SudanDiocese18 Mar 2013Akio Johnson Mutek †Died
Lithuania, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate5 Apr 2013Gintaras Linas GrušasAppointed, Archbishop of Vilnius
Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), ItalyEparchy8 Apr 2013Sotìr FerraraRetired
Facatativá, ColombiaDiocese9 Apr 2013Luis Antonio Nova Rocha †Died
San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), ArgentinaEparchy17 Apr 2013Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L.Retired
Kerema, Papua New GuineaDiocese29 Apr 2013Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †Died
Bettiah, IndiaDiocese3 Jul 2013Victor Henry ThakurAppointed, Archbishop of Raipur
Limón, Costa RicaDiocese4 Jul 2013José Rafael Quirós QuirósAppointed, Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
Samarinda, IndonesiaArchdiocese18 Jul 2013Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †Died
Saitama, JapanDiocese27 Jul 2013Marcellino Taiji TaniResigned
Maribor, SloveniaArchdiocese31 Jul 2013Marjan TurnšekResigned
Vinh Long, Viet NamDiocese17 Aug 2013Thomas Nguyên Văn Tân †Died
El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, VenezuelaDiocese30 Aug 2013José Luis Azuaje AyalaAppointed, Bishop of Barinas
Wewak, Papua New GuineaDiocese20 Sep 2013Anthony Joseph Burgess †Retired
Waterford and Lismore, IrelandDiocese1 Oct 2013William LeeResigned
Acerenza, ItalyArchdiocese15 Oct 2013Giovanni RicchiutiAppointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti
Varanasi, IndiaDiocese17 Oct 2013Raphy ManjalyAppointed, Bishop of Allahabad
Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), SyriaArchdiocese22 Oct 2013Théophile Georges Kassab †Died
Osogbo, NigeriaDiocese29 Oct 2013Gabriel ’Leke AbegunrinAppointed, Archbishop of Ibadan
Acarigua-Araure, VenezuelaDiocese30 Oct 2013Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †Died
Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), ItalyTerritorial Abbey4 Nov 2013Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I.Retired
Orizaba, Veracruz, MéxicoDiocese11 Nov 2013Marcelino Hernández RodríguezAppointed, Bishop of Colima
N’Djaména, ChadArchdiocese19 Nov 2013Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi †Died
Zomba, MalawiDiocese21 Nov 2013Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Blantyre
Farafangana, MadagascarDiocese27 Nov 2013Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Antsiranana
Ingwavuma, South AfricaVicariate Apostolic29 Nov 2013José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.Appointed, Bishop of Manzini
Alaminos, PhilippinesDiocese30 Dec 2013Marlo Mendoza PeraltaAppointed, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia
Soroti, UgandaDiocese2 Jan 2014Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.Appointed, Archbishop of Tororo
Lexington, Kentucky, USADiocese24 Jan 2014Ronald William GainerAppointed, Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Doba, ChadDiocese30 Jan 2014Michele Russo, M.C.C.I.Resigned
Hoima, UgandaDiocese8 Feb 2014Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire †Died
San Juan Bautista de Calama, ChileDiocese22 Feb 2014Guillermo Patricio Vera SotoAppointed, Bishop of Iquique
České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech RepublicDiocese1 Mar 2014Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap.Resigned
Luz, Minas Gerais, BrazilDiocese6 Mar 2014Antônio Carlos FélixAppointed, Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais
Geita, TanzaniaDiocese14 Mar 2014Damian Denis DalluAppointed, Archbishop of Songea
Kidapawan, PhilippinesDiocese15 Mar 2014Romulo Tolentino de la CruzAppointed, Archbishop of Zamboanga
Sincelejo, ColombiaDiocese15 Mar 2014Nel Hedye Beltrán SantamariaResigned
Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, BrazilDiocese20 Mar 2014José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.Appointed, Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo
San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, MéxicoDiocese20 Mar 2014José Trinidad Zapata OrtizAppointed, Bishop of Papantla, Puebla
Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, ItalyDiocese21 Mar 2014Giovanni D’AliseAppointed, Bishop of Caserta
Nottingham, England, Great BritainDiocese21 Mar 2014Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.Appointed, Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Limburg, GermanyDiocese26 Mar 2014Franz-Peter Tebartz-van ElstResigned
Townsville, AustraliaDiocese28 Mar 2014Michael Ernest Putney †Died
União da Vitória, Parana, BrazilDiocese16 Apr 2014João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.Appointed, Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo
Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilDiocese26 Apr 2014José Moreira Bastos Neto †Died
Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great BritainDiocese29 Apr 2014Joseph Anthony ToalAppointed, Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland
Colatina, Espirito Santo, BrazilDiocese14 May 2014Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.Resigned
GibraltarDiocese20 May 2014Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R.Appointed, Bishop of Hallam, England
Tucupita, VenezuelaVicariate Apostolic26 May 2014Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Caroní
Jataí, Goias, BrazilDiocese28 May 2014José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R.Appointed, Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais
Paramaribo, Suriname, AntillesDiocese31 May 2014Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de BekkerRetired
Sintang, IndonesiaDiocese3 Jun 2014Agustinus AgusAppointed, Archbishop of Pontianak
Kribi, CameroonDiocese4 Jun 2014Joseph Befe Ateba †Died
Punto Fijo, VenezuelaDiocese7 Jun 2014Juan María Leonardi Villasmil †Died
Multan, PakistanDiocese13 Jun 2014Andrew FrancisResigned
Whitehorse, Yukon, CanadaDiocese14 Jun 2014Gary Michael GordonAppointed, Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia
Ogoja, NigeriaDiocese5 Jul 2014John Ebebe AyahAppointed, Bishop of Uyo
MozambiqueNunciature5 Jul 2014Antonio ArcariAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
Berlin, GermanyArchdiocese11 Jul 2014Rainer Maria WoelkiAppointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Margarita, VenezuelaDiocese11 Jul 2014Jorge Anibal Quintero ChacónAppointed, Bishop of Barcelona
HondurasNunciature12 Jul 2014Luigi BiancoAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
Caravelí, PeruTerritorial Prelature16 Jul 2014Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C.Appointed, Bishop of Peru, Military
Iba, PhilippinesDiocese25 Jul 2014Florentino Galang LavariasAppointed, Archbishop of San Fernando
Dindigul, IndiaDiocese26 Jul 2014Antony PappusamyAppointed, Archbishop of Madurai
Apartadó, ColombiaDiocese5 Aug 2014Luis Adriano Piedrahíta SandovalAppointed, Bishop of Santa Marta
Garanhuns, Pernambuco, BrazilDiocese6 Aug 2014Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R.Appointed, Archbishop of Brazil, Military
Espinal, ColombiaDiocese18 Aug 2014Pablo Emiro Salas AntelizAppointed, Bishop of Armenia
Hiroshima, JapanDiocese20 Aug 2014Thomas Aquino Manyo MaedaAppointed, Archbishop of Osaka
Satna (Syro-Malabarese), IndiaDiocese27 Aug 2014Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.Resigned
Mandya (Syro-Malabarese), IndiaEparchy29 Aug 2014George NjaralakattAppointed, Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese)
San Diego, California, USADiocese6 Sep 2014Cirilo B. Flores †Died
Parramatta, AustraliaDiocese18 Sep 2014Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.Appointed, Archbishop of Sydney
Spokane, Washington, USADiocese20 Sep 2014Blase Joseph CupichAppointed, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Janaúba, Minas Gerais, BrazilDiocese24 Sep 2014José Ronaldo RibeiroAppointed, Bishop of Formosa, Goias
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, MéxicoDiocese26 Sep 2014José Antonio Fernández HurtadoAppointed, Archbishop of Durango
Arundel and Brighton, England, Great BritainDiocese4 Oct 2014Kieran Thomas ConryResigned
San Miniato, ItalyDiocese8 Oct 2014Fausto TardelliAppointed, Bishop of Pistoia
Venezuela, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate13 Oct 2014José Hernán Sánchez Porras †Died
Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, BrazilDiocese15 Oct 2014Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S.Appointed, Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias
Cahors, FranceDiocese18 Oct 2014Norbert José Henri TuriniAppointed, Bishop of Perpignan-Elne
MaltaArchdiocese18 Oct 2014Paul Cremona, O.P.Resigned
Mati, PhilippinesDiocese19 Oct 2014Patricio Hacbang AloResigned
Tarma, PeruDiocese28 Oct 2014Richard Daniel Alarcón UrrutiaAppointed, Archbishop of Cuzco
Zahleh (Maronite), LebanonEparchy28 Oct 2014Mansour Hobeika †Died
Blumenau, Santa Catarina, BrazilDiocese29 Oct 2014Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo
Ebolowa, CameroonDiocese31 Oct 2014Jean MbargaAppointed, Archbishop of Yaoundé
Chiclayo, PeruDiocese3 Nov 2014Jesús Moliné LabarteRetired
Añatuya, ArgentinaDiocese4 Nov 2014Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P.Appointed, Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Superior, Wisconsin, USADiocese4 Nov 2014Peter Forsyth ChristensenAppointed, Bishop of Boise City, Idaho
Iguatú, Ceara, BrazilDiocese5 Nov 2014João José da Costa, O. Carm.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe
Mbulu, TanzaniaDiocese6 Nov 2014Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap.Appointed, Archbishop of Dodoma
AustraliaNunciature8 Nov 2014Paul Richard GallagherAppointed, Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
San Carlos de VenezuelaDiocese10 Nov 2014Jesús Tomás Zárraga ColmenaresResigned
Le Puy-en-Velay, FranceDiocese14 Nov 2014Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †Died
San Lorenzo, ParaguayDiocese19 Nov 2014Sebelio Peralta Alvarez †Died
Killaloe, IrelandDiocese22 Nov 2014Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.Appointed, Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Mocoa-Sibundoy, ColombiaDiocese1 Dec 2014Luis Alberto Parra MoraResigned
São Mateus, Espirito Santo, BrazilDiocese3 Dec 2014Zanoni Demettino CastroAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia
Sobral, Ceara, BrazilDiocese3 Dec 2014Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.Appointed, Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina
Cabinda, AngolaDiocese8 Dec 2014Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira DiasAppointed, Archbishop of Luanda
Machakos, KenyaDiocese9 Dec 2014Martin Kivuva MusondeAppointed, Archbishop of Mombasa
Santander, SpainDiocese12 Dec 2014Vicente Jiménez ZamoraAppointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza
Gómez Palacio, Durango, MéxicoDiocese20 Dec 2014José Guadalupe Torres CamposAppointed, Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Kaolack, SenegalDiocese22 Dec 2014Benjamin NdiayeAppointed, Archbishop of Dakar
Egypt, Arab Republic ofNunciature3 Jan 2015Jean-Paul Aimé GobelResigned
Ngaoundéré, CameroonDiocese6 Jan 2015Joseph Djida, O.M.I. †Died
Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, BrazilDiocese7 Jan 2015José Antônio PeruzzoAppointed, Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana
Chile, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate10 Jan 2015Juan de la Cruz Barros MadridAppointed, Bishop of Osorno
Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, ItalyDiocese10 Jan 2015Guglielmo BorghettiAppointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga-Imperia
Rimouski, Québec, CanadaArchdiocese10 Jan 2015Pierre-André Fournier †Died
ComorosDelegation10 Jan 2015Eugene Martin NugentAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
MadagascarNunciature10 Jan 2015Eugene Martin NugentAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
MauritiusNunciature10 Jan 2015Eugene Martin NugentAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
SeychellesNunciature10 Jan 2015Eugene Martin NugentAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
Shendam, NigeriaDiocese12 Jan 2015James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. †Died
Mossul (Chaldean), IraqArcheparchy15 Jan 2015Amel Shamon NonaAppointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean)
Mzuzu, MalawiDiocese15 Jan 2015Joseph Mukasa Zuza †Died
Ispahan, IranArchdiocese20 Jan 2015Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B.Retired
Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), FranceDiocese22 Jan 2015Jean-Marie Charles André Le VertResigned
Graz-Seckau, AustriaDiocese28 Jan 2015Egon KapellariRetired
Atyrau, KazakhstanApostolic Administration31 Jan 2015Adelio Dell’OroAppointed, Bishop of Karaganda
Note: China was intentionally excluded from this table. This table was last updated on 31 Jan 2015.

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