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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
Russia (Russian)Apostolic Exarchate1 May 1951Bl. Klymentiy Sheptytskyi, M.S.U. †Died
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
Mogadiscio, SomaliaDiocese9 Jul 1989Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. †Died
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
Iraq (Melkite Greek)Patriarchal Exarchate 2004Georges El-Murr, B.C. †Resigned
Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), EgyptEparchy31 Dec 2009Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †Died
Ahwaz (Chaldean), IranArcheparchy10 Jun 2011Hanna Zora †Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean)
Lithuania, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate5 Apr 2013Gintaras Linas GrušasAppointed, Archbishop of Vilnius
Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), ItalyTerritorial Abbey4 Nov 2013Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †Retired
Falkland Islands o MalvinasPrefecture Apostolic29 Sep 2016Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †Retired
Dromore, IrelandDiocese26 Mar 2018John McAreaveyResigned
Paraguay, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate23 Jun 2018Adalberto Martínez FloresAppointed, Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)Eparchy18 Feb 2019Borys Andrij GudziakAppointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Bosnia and Herzegovina, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate22 Jan 2020Tomo VukšićAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}
Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), ItalyEparchy25 Feb 2020Giorgio Demetrio GallaroAppointed, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Rundu, NamibiaVicariate Apostolic16 Nov 2020Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I.Resigned
Eshowe, South AfricaDiocese25 Nov 2020Xolelo Thaddaeus KumaloAppointed, Bishop of Witbank
Uganda, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate4 Dec 2020James Odongo †Died, Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo
Atyrau, KazakhstanApostolic Administration8 Dec 2020Dariusz BurasResigned
Australia, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate24 May 2021Max Leroy DavisRetired
BruneiVicariate Apostolic29 May 2021Cornelius Sim †Died
Huarí, PeruDiocese11 Jun 2021Ivo Baldi Gaburri †Died
Esteli, NicaraguaDiocese6 Jul 2021Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.Retired
NicaraguaNunciature6 Mar 2022Waldemar Stanisław SommertagCeased
Ciego de Ávila, CubaDiocese7 Apr 2022Juan Gabriel Díaz RuizAppointed, Bishop of Matanzas
Bolivia, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate29 Jun 2022Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.Resigned
Reyes, BoliviaVicariate Apostolic7 Jul 2022Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †Died
MyanmarNunciature16 Jul 2022Paul Tschang In-NamAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
Lugano, SwitzerlandDiocese10 Oct 2022Valerio LazzeriResigned
Chimoio, MozambiqueDiocese15 Nov 2022João Carlos Hatoa NunesAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo
Kroonstad, South AfricaDiocese12 Dec 2022Peter John HolidayResigned
Argentina (Melkite Greek)Apostolic Exarchate14 Jan 2023Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.Retired
Vélez, ColombiaDiocese14 Apr 2023Marco Antonio Merchán LadinoAppointed, Bishop of Neiva
Auki, Solomon IslandsDiocese16 Jun 2023Peter HouhouAppointed, Bishop of Gizo
Our Lady of the Southern Cross, AustraliaPersonal Ordinariate1 Jul 2023Carl Leonard ReidResigned
Quelimane, MozambiqueDiocese11 Aug 2023Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M.Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Inhambane
Tromsø, NorwayTerritorial Prelature31 Aug 2023Berislav GrgićResigned
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MéxicoDiocese11 Sep 2023Enrique Sánchez MartínezAppointed, Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte
Chinhoyi, ZimbabweDiocese15 Sep 2023Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.Appointed, Bishop of Masvingo
Vaduz, LiechtensteinArchdiocese20 Sep 2023Wolfgang HaasRetired
Ðà Nẵng, Viet NamDiocese21 Sep 2023Joseph Ðặng Ðức NgânAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế
Steubenville, Ohio, USADiocese28 Sep 2023Jeffrey Marc MonfortonAppointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Montego Bay, Jamaica, AntillesDiocese16 Oct 2023Burchell Alexander McPhersonResigned
Chuquibamba, PeruTerritorial Prelature27 Dec 2023Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.Appointed, Bishop of Chosica
Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, AntillesDiocese1 Jan 2024Lawrence Sydney Nicasio †Died
Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), IranDiocese6 Jan 2024Thomas MeramRetired
Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), IranArchdiocese6 Jan 2024Thomas MeramRetired
Mysore, IndiaDiocese13 Jan 2024Kannikadass William AntonyResigned
EritreaNunciature23 Jan 2024Luís Miguel Muñoz CárdabaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
SudanNunciature23 Jan 2024Luís Miguel Muñoz CárdabaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
HaitiNunciature25 Jan 2024Francisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
Raphoe, IrelandDiocese2 Feb 2024Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J.Appointed, Bishop of Down and Connor
Cochin, IndiaDiocese2 Mar 2024Joseph KariyilRetired
Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese19 Mar 2024Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Kananga
Piura, PeruArchdiocese2 Apr 2024José Antonio Eguren AnselmiResigned
Killala, IrelandDiocese10 Apr 2024John FlemingRetired
IraqNunciature16 Apr 2024Mitja LeskovarAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
Francistown, BotswanaDiocese4 May 2024Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. †Died
San Bartolomé de Chillán, ChileDiocese16 May 2024Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.Appointed, Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale}Apostolic Administration20 May 2024Giovanni Peragine, B.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult
DjiboutiNunciature20 May 2024Antoine CamilleriAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
SomaliaDelegation20 May 2024Antoine CamilleriAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
Yopal, ColombiaDiocese24 May 2024Edgar Aristizábal QuinteroAppointed, Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), FranceEparchy29 May 2024Maroun Nasser GemayelResigned
Caravelí, PeruTerritorial Prelature1 Jul 2024Reinhold NannResigned
Atlacomulco, México, MéxicoDiocese3 Jul 2024Juan Odilón Martínez GarcíaRetired
Ecatepec, México, MéxicoDiocese3 Jul 2024Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.Appointed, Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Rumbek, South SudanDiocese3 Jul 2024Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I.Appointed, Bishop of Bentiu
Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)Eparchy10 Jul 2024Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.Retired
Tumaco, ColombiaDiocese11 Jul 2024Orlando Olave VillanobaAppointed, Bishop of Ocaña
NigerNunciature16 Jul 2024Michael Francis CrottyAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
Tierradentro, ColombiaVicariate Apostolic20 Jul 2024Óscar Augusto Múnera OchoaResigned
Sikasso, MaliDiocese25 Jul 2024Robert CisséAppointed, Archbishop of Bamako
Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)Nunciature27 Jul 2024Novatus RugambwaResigned
Lomé, TogoArchdiocese4 Aug 2024Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †Died
Batticaloa, Sri LankaDiocese19 Aug 2024Joseph Ponniah †Resigned
Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), IndiaDiocese30 Aug 2024Antony Prince PanengadenConfirmed, Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar)
Boac, PhilippinesDiocese21 Sep 2024Marcelino Antonio Malabanan MaralitAppointed, Bishop of San Pablo
Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese23 Sep 2024Dieudonné Madrapile TanziAppointed, Bishop of Isiro-Niangara
San José del Guaviare, ColombiaDiocese4 Oct 2024Nelson Jair Cardona RamírezAppointed, Bishop of Pereira
Sindhudurg, IndiaDiocese8 Oct 2024Anthony Alwyn Fernandes BarretoResigned
Istanbul (Armenian), TurkeyArcheparchy21 Oct 2024Boghos Lévon ZékiyanRetired
Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South AfricaArchdiocese28 Oct 2024Stephen BrislinAppointed, Archbishop of Johannesburg
Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilDiocese30 Oct 2024João Gilberto de MouraAppointed, Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo
Katowice, PolandArchdiocese4 Nov 2024Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)Apostolic Exarchate6 Nov 2024Pablo León Hakimian †Died, Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian)
San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), ArgentinaEparchy6 Nov 2024Pablo León Hakimian †Died
NepalVicariate Apostolic9 Nov 2024Paul SimickAppointed, Bishop of Bagdogra
Anatolia, TurkeyVicariate Apostolic25 Nov 2024Paolo Bizzeti, S.J.Retired
Poona, IndiaDiocese30 Nov 2024John RodriguesAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay
Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en ParaguayDiocese5 Dec 2024Miguel Ángel Cabello AlmadaAppointed, Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
Tabuk, PhilippinesVicariate Apostolic8 Dec 2024Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.Appointed, Bishop of Cabanatuan
Bata, Equatorial GuineaDiocese10 Dec 2024Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.Retired
Escuintla, GuatemalaDiocese10 Dec 2024Victor Hugo Palma PaúlAppointed, Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Dori, Burkina FasoDiocese18 Dec 2024Laurent Birfuoré DabiréAppointed, Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso
San Jose, PhilippinesDiocese29 Dec 2024Roberto Calara MallariAppointed, Bishop of Tarlac
Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, CanadaArchdiocese30 Dec 2024Murray ChatlainAppointed, Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jelgava, LatviaDiocese5 Jan 2025Eduards PavlovskisResigned
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, AntillesDiocese7 Jan 2025Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.Retired
Guasdualito, VenezuelaDiocese9 Jan 2025Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.Appointed, Bishop of La Guaira
Chiang Mai, ThailandDiocese11 Jan 2025Francis Xavier Vira ArpondratanaAppointed, Archbishop of Bangkok
Bourges, FranceArchdiocese14 Jan 2025Jérôme Daniel BeauAppointed, Archbishop of Poitiers
Czech Republic (Ruthenian)Apostolic Exarchate14 Jan 2025Ladislav Hučko †Died
Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)Diocese14 Jan 2025Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia
AlbaniaNunciature21 Jan 2025Luigi BonazziRetired
Wien {Vienna}, AustriaArchdiocese22 Jan 2025Christoph Schönborn, O.P.Retired
Tampico, Tamaulipas, MéxicoDiocese25 Jan 2025José Armando Álvarez CanoAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Warangal, IndiaDiocese8 Feb 2025Udumala Bala ShowreddyAppointed, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam
El Salto, Durango, MéxicoTerritorial Prelature11 Feb 2025Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.Appointed, Bishop of Xochimilco, México
Jaén en Peru o San Francisco JavierVicariate Apostolic11 Feb 2025Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J.Appointed, Archbishop of Trujillo
Tucson, Arizona, USADiocese11 Feb 2025Edward Joseph WeisenburgerAppointed, Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
San Rafael, ArgentinaDiocese13 Feb 2025Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R.Resigned
Propriá, Sergipe, BrazilDiocese14 Feb 2025Vítor Agnaldo de MenezesAppointed, Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia
Thiès, SenegalDiocese22 Feb 2025André GuèyeAppointed, Archbishop of Dakar
Plymouth, England, Great BritainDiocese24 Feb 2025Philip Robert MogerResigned
Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaArchdiocese25 Feb 2025Richard William SmithAppointed, Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia
Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, BrazilDiocese25 Feb 2025Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P.Appointed, Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia
Campeche, MéxicoDiocese26 Feb 2025José Francisco González GonzálezAppointed, Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Cabimas, VenezuelaDiocese6 Mar 2025Ángel Francisco Caraballo FermínAppointed, Archbishop of Cumaná
Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)Apostolic Exarchate7 Mar 2025Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.Retired
Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchdiocese7 Mar 2025Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará
Münster, GermanyDiocese9 Mar 2025Felix GennRetired
AlgeriaNunciature15 Mar 2025Kurian Mathew VayalunkalAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
TunisiaNunciature15 Mar 2025Kurian Mathew VayalunkalAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, PolandDiocese19 Mar 2025Zbigniew Jan ZielińskiAppointed, Archbishop of Poznań
SpainNunciature22 Mar 2025Bernardito Cleopas AuzaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
Astorga, SpainDiocese27 Mar 2025Jesús Fernández GonzálezAppointed, Bishop of Córdoba
Belleville, Illinois, USADiocese31 Mar 2025Michael George McGovernAppointed, Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Jefferson City, Missouri, USADiocese8 Apr 2025William Shawn McKnightAppointed, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
San Pedro-en-Côte d’IvoireDiocese8 Apr 2025Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi KoffiAppointed, Archbishop of Gagnoa
Campo Maior, Piaui, BrazilDiocese9 Apr 2025Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.Ss.R.Appointed, Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba
Port Harcourt, NigeriaDiocese9 Apr 2025Camillus Archibong EtokudohRetired
Mocoa-Sibundoy, ColombiaDiocese10 Apr 2025Luis Albeiro Maldonado MonsalveAppointed, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
Sassari, ItalyArchdiocese10 Apr 2025Gian Franco SabaAppointed, Archbishop of Italy, Military
Santorini {Thira}, GreeceDiocese11 Apr 2025Petros StefanouResigned
Syros (e Milos), GreeceDiocese11 Apr 2025Petros StefanouResigned
Sri LankaNunciature12 Apr 2025Brian Ngozi UdaigweAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
Paranaguá, Parana, BrazilDiocese20 May 2025Edmar PerónResigned
UgandaNunciature20 May 2025Luigi BiancoAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
PortugalNunciature23 May 2025Ivo ScapoloRetired
Alto Valle del Río Negro, ArgentinaDiocese28 May 2025Alejandro Pablo BennaAppointed, Bishop of Morón
Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, BrazilDiocese28 May 2025Francisco Agamenilton DamascenaAppointed, Bishop of Luziânia, Goias
Santa Rosa, ArgentinaDiocese28 May 2025Raúl MartínAppointed, Archbishop of Paraná
Colombia, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate1 Jun 2025Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid †Died
Montería, ColombiaDiocese6 Jun 2025Ramón Alberto Rolón GüepsaAppointed, Bishop of Chiquinquirá
Eichstätt, GermanyDiocese8 Jun 2025Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B.Resigned
Kalibo, PhilippinesDiocese16 Jun 2025Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-ocRetired
Alquoch (Chaldean), IraqDiocese18 Jun 2025Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko †Died
Sandhurst, AustraliaDiocese18 Jun 2025Shane Anthony MackinlayAppointed, Archbishop of Brisbane
Teruel y Albarracín, SpainDiocese27 Jun 2025José Antonio Satué HuertoAppointed, Bishop of Málaga
Asansol, IndiaDiocese28 Jun 2025Elias FrankAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta
Kompong-Cham, CambodiaPrefecture Apostolic28 Jun 2025Pierre Suon HanglyAppointed, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh
Saint-Maurice, SwitzerlandTerritorial Abbey28 Jun 2025Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.Resigned
Gent {Ghent, Gand}, BelgiumDiocese30 Jun 2025Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.Retired
Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilDiocese2 Jul 2025Pedro Cunha CruzAppointed, Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro
Monterey in California, USADiocese2 Jul 2025Daniel Elias GarciaAppointed, Bishop of Austin, Texas
Yoro, HondurasDiocese3 Jul 2025Héctor David García OsorioAppointed, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán
Palayamkottai, IndiaDiocese5 Jul 2025Antonysamy SavarimuthuAppointed, Archbishop of Madurai
Osma-Soria, SpainDiocese9 Jul 2025Abilio Martínez VareaAppointed, Bishop of Ciudad Real
Sofia e Plovdiv, BulgariaDiocese16 Jul 2025Georgi Ivanov YovchevRetired
Tagbilaran, PhilippinesDiocese16 Jul 2025Alberto Sy UyAppointed, Archbishop of Cebu
Note: China was intentionally excluded from this table. This table was last updated on 18 Jul 2025.

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