Diocese | Type | Date Vacant | Last Bishop | Event |
Thessaloniki, Greece | Vicariate Apostolic | 15 Jul 1929 | Alessandro Guidati † | Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos |
Crete {Candia}, Greece | Diocese | 5 May 1935 | Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. † | Appointed, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi |
Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine | Archeparchy | 4 Dec 1938 | Józef Teofil Teodorowicz † | Died |
Chios (Scio), Greece | Diocese | 1 Jul 1939 | Nikolaos Charichiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) † | Died |
Derna, Libya | Vicariate Apostolic | 21 Jun 1948 | Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. † | Appointed, Bishop of Isernia e Venafro |
Russia (Russian) | Apostolic Exarchate | 1 May 1951 | Bl. Klymentiy Sheptytskyi, M.S.U. † | Died |
Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey | Apostolic Exarchate | 28 Jan 1957 | Denis Leonid Varouhas † | Died |
West Indies, Spain | Patriarchate | 31 Aug 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 |
Uganda, Military | Military Ordinariate | 5 Jan 1985 | Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire † | Resigned |
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 |
Netherlands, Military | Military Ordinariate | 13 Mar 1993 | Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. | Resigned |
Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek) | Eparchy | 7 Jun 1994 | Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † | Died |
Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Diocese | 25 Jul 1998 | Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. † | Died |
Greece (Armenian) | Ordinariate | 27 Sep 2000 | Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. | Appointed, Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian) |
Iraq (Melkite Greek) | Patriarchal Exarchate | 2004 | Georges El-Murr, B.C. † | Resigned |
Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt | Eparchy | 31 Dec 2009 | Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf † | Died |
Rumbek, South Sudan | Diocese | 16 Jul 2011 | Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. † | Died |
Lithuania, Military | Military Ordinariate | 5 Apr 2013 | Gintaras Linas Grušas | Appointed, Archbishop of Vilnius |
Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Territorial Abbey | 4 Nov 2013 | Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. † | Retired |
Makeni, Sierra Leone | Diocese | 18 Jul 2015 | Henry Aruna | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Kenema |
Benghazi, Libya | Vicariate Apostolic | 14 Feb 2016 | Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † | Retired |
Daltonganj, India | Diocese | 7 Jul 2016 | Gabriel Kujur, S.J. | Resigned |
Falkland Islands o Malvinas | Prefecture Apostolic | 29 Sep 2016 | Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. † | Retired |
Nongstoin, India | Diocese | 15 Oct 2016 | Victor Lyngdoh | Appointed, Bishop of Jowai |
Kenya, Military | Military Ordinariate | 30 Dec 2016 | Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich | Resigned |
Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar | Diocese | 8 Feb 2017 | Gustavo Bombin Espino, O.SS.T. | Appointed, Bishop of Maintirano |
Tambacounda, Senegal | Diocese | 5 Aug 2017 | Jean-Noël Diouf | Resigned |
Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq | Archeparchy | 9 Oct 2017 | Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † | Retired |
El Salvador, Military | Military Ordinariate | 7 Dec 2017 | Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca | Appointed, Bishop of San Miguel |
Paksé, Laos | Vicariate Apostolic | 16 Dec 2017 | Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D. | Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane |
Dedza, Malawi | Diocese | 17 Feb 2018 | Emmanuel Cosmas Kanyama † | Died |
Ahiara, Nigeria | Diocese | 19 Feb 2018 | Peter Ebere Okpaleke | Resigned |
Cyangugu, Rwanda | Diocese | 11 Mar 2018 | Jean Damascène Bimenyimana † | Died |
San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | Vicariate Apostolic | 17 Mar 2018 | Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. | Resigned |
Dromore, Ireland | Diocese | 26 Mar 2018 | John McAreavey | Resigned |
Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire | Diocese | 25 Apr 2018 | Marcellin Yao Kouadio | Appointed, Bishop of Daloa |
Valparaíso, Chile | Diocese | 11 Jun 2018 | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. | Retired |
Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Nunciature | 16 Jun 2018 | Martin Krebs | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay |
Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania) | Nunciature | 16 Jun 2018 | Martin Krebs | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay |
Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Nunciature | 16 Jun 2018 | Martin Krebs | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay |
Bungoma, Kenya | Diocese | 23 Jun 2018 | Norman King’oo Wambua | Appointed, Bishop of Machakos |
Paraguay, Military | Military Ordinariate | 23 Jun 2018 | Adalberto Martínez Flores | Appointed, Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo |
Jamshedpur, India | Diocese | 24 Jun 2018 | Felix Toppo, S.J. | Appointed, Archbishop of Ranchi |
Rancagua, Chile | Diocese | 28 Jun 2018 | Alejandro Goić Karmelić | Retired |
Talca, Chile | Diocese | 28 Jun 2018 | Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca | Resigned |
Buxar, India | Diocese | 29 Jun 2018 | Sebastian Kallupura | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Patna |
Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Archdiocese | 9 Jul 2018 | Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino | Retired |
Tiruchirapalli, India | Diocese | 14 Jul 2018 | Antony Devotta † | Retired |
Huamachuco, Peru | Territorial Prelature | 7 Aug 2018 | Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R. | Retired |
Celje, Slovenia | Diocese | 18 Sep 2018 | Stanislav Lipovšek | Retired |
Sibolga, Indonesia | Diocese | 20 Sep 2018 | Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. † | Died |
Mahajanga, Madagascar | Diocese | 3 Nov 2018 | Roger Victor Rakotondrajao † | Died |
Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Diocese | 7 Nov 2018 | Dario Campos, O.F.M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo |
Taytay, Philippines | Vicariate Apostolic | 14 Nov 2018 | Edgardo Sarabia Juanich | Resigned |
Hải Phòng, Viet Nam | Diocese | 17 Nov 2018 | Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên | Appointed, Archbishop of Hà Nội |
Kibungo, Rwanda | Diocese | 19 Nov 2018 | Antoine Kambanda | Appointed, Archbishop of Kigali |
Nebbi, Uganda | Diocese | 23 Nov 2018 | Sanctus Lino Wanok | Appointed, Bishop of Lira |
Amravati, India | Diocese | 3 Dec 2018 | Elias Joseph Gonsalves | Appointed, Archbishop of Nagpur |
Kimberley, South Africa | Diocese | 9 Dec 2018 | Abel Gabuza † | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban |
Cuddapah, India | Diocese | 10 Dec 2018 | Prasad Gallela | Resigned |
Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran | Archeparchy | 22 Dec 2018 | Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado | Confirmed, Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean) |
Teheran (Chaldean), Iran | Archdiocese | 22 Dec 2018 | Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado | Confirmed, Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean) |
Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | Diocese | 2 Jan 2019 | John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. | Appointed, Archbishop of Accra |
Port Blair, India | Diocese | 6 Jan 2019 | Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. | Retired |
Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Diocese | 16 Jan 2019 | Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez | Resigned |
Bunda, Tanzania | Diocese | 11 Feb 2019 | Renatus Leonard Nkwande | Appointed, Archbishop of Mwanza |
Uije, Angola | Diocese | 11 Feb 2019 | Emílio Sumbelelo | Appointed, Bishop of Viana |
Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian) | Eparchy | 18 Feb 2019 | Borys Andrij Gudziak | Appointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania |
Djougou, Benin | Diocese | 21 Mar 2019 | Paul Kouassivi Vieira † | Died |
Krishnagar, India | Diocese | 17 Apr 2019 | Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. | Retired |
Balasore, India | Diocese | 22 Apr 2019 | Simon Kaipuram, C.M. † | Died |
Gurué, Mozambique | Diocese | 24 Apr 2019 | Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. † | Died |
Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | Diocese | 30 Apr 2019 | Valentino Di Cerbo | Retired |
Queenstown, South Africa | Diocese | 30 Apr 2019 | Dabula Anthony Mpako | Appointed, Bishop of South Africa, Military |
Karwar, India | Diocese | 1 May 2019 | Derek Fernandes | Appointed, Bishop of Belgaum |
Ales-Terralba, Italy | Diocese | 4 May 2019 | Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano |
Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire | Diocese | 8 May 2019 | Antoine Koné † | Died |
Chur, Switzerland | Diocese | 20 May 2019 | Vitus Huonder | Retired |
Helsinki, Finland | Diocese | 20 May 2019 | Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I. | Resigned |
Tanger, Morocco | Archdiocese | 24 May 2019 | Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. | Retired |
Francistown, Botswana | Diocese | 6 Jun 2019 | Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. | Appointed, Bishop of Gaborone |
Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria | Archeparchy | 22 Jun 2019 | Jacques Behnan Hindo | Retired |
Ambanja, Madagascar | Diocese | 8 Jul 2019 | Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B. | Appointed, Bishop of Moramanga |
Menevia, Wales, Great Britain | Diocese | 11 Jul 2019 | Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. | Retired |
Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 16 Jul 2019 | Otto Separy | Appointed, Bishop of Bereina |
Kompong-Cham, Cambodia | Prefecture Apostolic | 25 Jul 2019 | Antonysamy Susairaj, M.E.P. | Resigned |
Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 26 Jul 2019 | Anton Bal | Appointed, Archbishop of Madang |
Timika, Indonesia | Diocese | 3 Aug 2019 | John Philip Saklil † | Died |
Palmerston North, New Zealand | Diocese | 4 Oct 2019 | Charles Edward Drennan | Resigned |
Jordan | Nunciature | 7 Oct 2019 | Alberto Ortega Martín | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
Susa, Italy | Diocese | 12 Oct 2019 | Alfonso Badini Confalonieri | Retired |
Alaminos, Philippines | Diocese | 18 Oct 2019 | Ricardo Lingan Baccay | Appointed, Archbishop of Tuguegarao |
Phát Diệm, Viet Nam | Diocese | 19 Oct 2019 | Joseph Nguyễn Năng | Appointed, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville) |
Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon | Archeparchy | 21 Oct 2019 | Camille Zaidan † | Died |
Cafayate, Argentina | Territorial Prelature | 23 Oct 2019 | José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. † | Died |
San, Mali | Diocese | 28 Oct 2019 | Jean-Gabriel Diarra † | Died |
Iquitos, Peru | Vicariate Apostolic | 1 Nov 2019 | Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. † | Died |
Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada | Eparchy | 9 Nov 2019 | Stephen Victor Chmilar | Retired |
Lodwar, Kenya | Diocese | 16 Nov 2019 | Dominic Kimengich | Appointed, Bishop of Eldoret |
Padang, Indonesia | Diocese | 19 Nov 2019 | Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. † | Died |
Atakpamé, Togo | Diocese | 23 Nov 2019 | Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan | Appointed, Archbishop of Lomé |
Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 23 Nov 2019 | Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro |
Kahama, Tanzania | Diocese | 2 Dec 2019 | Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS | Appointed, Bishop of Moshi |
Manga, Burkina Faso | Diocese | 7 Dec 2019 | Gabriel Sayaogo | Appointed, Archbishop of Koupéla |
Manila, Philippines | Archdiocese | 8 Dec 2019 | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
Ecuador, Military | Military Ordinariate | 12 Dec 2019 | Segundo René Coba Galarza | Appointed, Bishop of Ibarra |
Torit, South Sudan | Diocese | 12 Dec 2019 | Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | Appointed, Archbishop of Juba |
Coria-Cáceres, Spain | Diocese | 27 Dec 2019 | Francisco Cerro Chaves | Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo |
Mamfe, Cameroon | Diocese | 30 Dec 2019 | Andrew Nkea Fuanya | Appointed, Archbishop of Bamenda |
Siuna, Nicaragua | Diocese | 5 Jan 2020 | David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. † | Died |
Lafia, Nigeria | Diocese | 6 Jan 2020 | Matthew Ishaya Audu | Appointed, Archbishop of Jos |
Manizales, Colombia | Archdiocese | 6 Jan 2020 | Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo | Resigned |
New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada | Eparchy | 15 Jan 2020 | Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski | Appointed, Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian) |
Ibiza, Spain | Diocese | 18 Jan 2020 | Vicente Juan Segura | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Military | Military Ordinariate | 22 Jan 2020 | Tomo Vukšić | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo} |
Ocaña, Colombia | Diocese | 11 Feb 2020 | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos | Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja |
Katsina-Ala, Nigeria | Diocese | 14 Feb 2020 | Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † | Died |
Kengtung, Myanmar | Diocese | 20 Feb 2020 | Peter Louis Cakü † | Died |
Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Eparchy | 25 Feb 2020 | Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro | Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
Foligno, Italy | Diocese | 7 Mar 2020 | Gualtiero Sigismondi | Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto-Todi |
Salem, India | Diocese | 9 Mar 2020 | Singaroyan Sebastianappan | Resigned |
Franceville, Gabon | Diocese | 12 Mar 2020 | Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba | Appointed, Archbishop of Libreville |
Sendai, Japan | Diocese | 18 Mar 2020 | Martin Tetsuo Hiraga | Retired |
Mpika, Zambia | Diocese | 20 Mar 2020 | Justin Mulenga † | Died |
Vellore, India | Diocese | 21 Mar 2020 | Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B. † | Died |
Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Archdiocese | 25 Mar 2020 | Antonio José López Castillo | Retired |
Gaylord, Michigan, USA | Diocese | 25 Mar 2020 | Steven John Raica | Appointed, Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama |
Sikasso, Mali | Diocese | 27 Mar 2020 | Jean-Baptiste Tiama | Appointed, Bishop of Mopti |
Kokstad, South Africa | Diocese | 1 Apr 2020 | Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. | Appointed, Archbishop of Bloemfontein |
Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt | Eparchy | 9 Apr 2020 | Clément-Joseph Hannouche † | Died |
Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) | Patriarchal Dependent Territory | 9 Apr 2020 | Clément-Joseph Hannouche † | Died, Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian) |
Northern Arabia, Kuwait | Vicariate Apostolic | 12 Apr 2020 | Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † | Died |
Callao, Peru | Diocese | 15 Apr 2020 | José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel | Resigned |
United Arab Emirates | Nunciature | 17 Apr 2020 | Francisco Montecillo Padilla | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala |
Arabian Peninsula | Delegation | 17 Apr 2020 | Francisco Montecillo Padilla | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala |
Yemen | Nunciature | 17 Apr 2020 | Francisco Montecillo Padilla | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala |
Dolisie, Congo | Diocese | 18 Apr 2020 | Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville |
Puerto Carreño, Colombia | Vicariate Apostolic | 22 Apr 2020 | Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. | Appointed, Bishop of Riohacha |
Asansol, India | Diocese | 4 May 2020 | Cyprian Monis | Retired |
Corocoro, Bolivia | Territorial Prelature | 23 May 2020 | Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores | Appointed, Archbishop of La Paz |
Kiayi, Taiwan | Diocese | 23 May 2020 | Thomas Chung An-zu | Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei |
Kuzhithurai, India | Diocese | 6 Jun 2020 | Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. | Resigned |
Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria | Archdiocese | 13 Jun 2020 | Théophile Philippe Barakat † | Died |
Benin | Nunciature | 13 Jun 2020 | Brian Udaigwe | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka |
Togo | Nunciature | 13 Jun 2020 | Brian Udaigwe | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka |
San José de Mayo, Uruguay | Diocese | 15 Jun 2020 | Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante | Appointed, Bishop of Salto |
Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil | Diocese | 16 Jun 2020 | Valério Breda, S.D.B. † | Died |
Kavieng, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 19 Jun 2020 | Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. | Appointed, Archbishop of Rabaul |
Carora, Venezuela | Diocese | 23 Jun 2020 | Luis Armando Tineo Rivera | Resigned |
Malaybalay, Philippines | Diocese | 23 Jun 2020 | José Araneta Cabantan | Appointed, Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro |
Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Diocese | 1 Jul 2020 | Severino Clasen, O.F.M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Maringá, Parana |
Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México | Diocese | 2 Jul 2020 | Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda † | Died |
Ukraine | Nunciature | 4 Jul 2020 | Claudio Gugerotti | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain |
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | Diocese | 6 Jul 2020 | José Mazuelos Pérez | Appointed, Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands} |
Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Diocese | 9 Jul 2020 | Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. | Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala |
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Diocese | 11 Jul 2020 | José Câmnate na Bissign | Resigned |
Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia | Diocese | 11 Jul 2020 | Petar Palić | Appointed, Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan) |
Poreč i Pula, Croatia | Diocese | 11 Jul 2020 | Dražen Kutleša | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska |
Chattogram, Bangladesh | Archdiocese | 13 Jul 2020 | Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † | Died |
Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine | Eparchy | 14 Jul 2020 | Milan Šašik, C.M. † | Died |
El Alto, Bolivia | Diocese | 15 Jul 2020 | Eugenio Scarpellini † | Died |
Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil | Diocese | 18 Jul 2020 | Henrique Soares da Costa † | Died |
New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | Diocese | 6 Aug 2020 | John Marvin LeVoir | Resigned |
Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina | Diocese | 7 Aug 2020 | Rubén Oscar Frassia | Resigned |
Moulins, France | Diocese | 11 Aug 2020 | Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou | Appointed, Bishop of Nantes |
Gdańsk, Poland | Archdiocese | 13 Aug 2020 | Sławoj Leszek Głódź | Retired |
Tunisia | Nunciature | 22 Aug 2020 | Luciano Russo | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama |
Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | Diocese | 29 Aug 2020 | Jean Marie Vũ Tất | Retired |
India | Nunciature | 29 Aug 2020 | Giambattista Diquattro | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
Nepal | Nunciature | 29 Aug 2020 | Giambattista Diquattro | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
Amiens, France | Diocese | 4 Sep 2020 | Olivier Claude Philippe Marie Leborgne | Appointed, Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer) |
Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Diocese | 7 Sep 2020 | Michel Joseph Mulloy | Resigned |
Japan | Nunciature | 8 Sep 2020 | Joseph Chennoth † | Died |
Rodrigues, Mauritius | Vicariate Apostolic | 10 Sep 2020 | Alain Harel | Appointed, Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles |
Gokwe, Zimbabwe | Diocese | 11 Sep 2020 | Rudolf Nyandoro | Appointed, Bishop of Gweru |
Goroka, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 12 Sep 2020 | Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F. | Appointed, Bishop of Bougainville |
San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México | Diocese | 12 Sep 2020 | Fidencio López Plaza | Appointed, Bishop of Querétaro |
Nicopoli, Bulgaria | Diocese | 14 Sep 2020 | Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. † | Died |
Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA | Diocese | 18 Sep 2020 | Herbert Armstrong Bevard | Resigned |
Viana do Castelo, Portugal | Diocese | 18 Sep 2020 | Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira † | Died |
Pala, Chad | Diocese | 25 Sep 2020 | Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. | Retired |
Sivagangai, India | Diocese | 25 Sep 2020 | Jebalamai Susaimanickam | Retired |
Awasa, Ethiopia | Vicariate Apostolic | 29 Sep 2020 | Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. | Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Gambella |
Burundi | Nunciature | 29 Sep 2020 | Wojciech Załuski | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia |
Sylhet, Bangladesh | Diocese | 30 Sep 2020 | Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. | Appointed, Archbishop of Dhaka |
Bilbao, Spain | Diocese | 6 Oct 2020 | Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa | Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos |
Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain | Diocese | 6 Oct 2020 | Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías | Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza |
Tibú, Colombia | Diocese | 12 Oct 2020 | Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. | Appointed, Archbishop of Popayán |
Albano, Italy | Suburbicarian See | 15 Oct 2020 | Marcello Semeraro | Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints |
Kalisz, Poland | Diocese | 17 Oct 2020 | Edward Janiak | Resigned |
Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada | Eparchy | 20 Oct 2020 | Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R. | Resigned |
Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain | Diocese | 21 Oct 2020 | Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F. | Appointed, Bishop of León |
São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Diocese | 21 Oct 2020 | Paulo Cezar Costa | Appointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal |
Ajaccio, France | Diocese | 22 Oct 2020 | Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine | Appointed, Archbishop of Lyon |
Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles | Diocese | 26 Oct 2020 | Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont | Retired |
Spiš, Slovakia | Diocese | 28 Oct 2020 | Štefan Sečka † | Died |
Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Diocese | 29 Oct 2020 | Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P. | Resigned |
Rossano-Cariati, Italy | Archdiocese | 29 Oct 2020 | Giuseppe Satriano | Appointed, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto |
Cartago, Colombia | Diocese | 31 Oct 2020 | José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. | Retired |
Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus | Archdiocese | 1 Nov 2020 | Youssef Antoine Soueif | Appointed, Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) |
Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | Diocese | 4 Nov 2020 | Mate Uzinić | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka |
Malanje, Angola | Archdiocese | 8 Nov 2020 | Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † | Died |
Sées {Séez}, France | Diocese | 10 Nov 2020 | Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert | Appointed, Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux) |
Amboina, Indonesia | Diocese | 11 Nov 2020 | Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. | Appointed, Archbishop of Merauke |
Allahabad, India | Diocese | 12 Nov 2020 | Raphy Manjaly | Appointed, Archbishop of Agra |
Rundu, Namibia | Vicariate Apostolic | 16 Nov 2020 | Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. | Resigned |
Myitkyina, Myanmar | Diocese | 18 Nov 2020 | Francis Daw Tang | Resigned |
Kurnool, India | Diocese | 19 Nov 2020 | Anthony Poola | Appointed, Archbishop of Hyderabad |
Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 21 Nov 2020 | Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu | Resigned |
Linares, Nuevo León, México | Diocese | 21 Nov 2020 | Hilario González García | Appointed, Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila |
Eshowe, South Africa | Diocese | 25 Nov 2020 | Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo | Appointed, Bishop of Witbank |
Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada | Diocese | 29 Nov 2020 | Robert Ovide Bourgon | Resigned |
Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 3 Dec 2020 | Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba | Resigned |
Cúcuta, Colombia | Diocese | 7 Dec 2020 | Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid | Appointed, Bishop of Colombia, Military |
Canada | Nunciature | 10 Dec 2020 | Luigi Bonazzi | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania |
Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy | Diocese | 12 Dec 2020 | Domenico Battaglia | Appointed, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples} |
Aguascalientes, México | Diocese | 14 Dec 2020 | José María de la Torre Martín † | Died |
Lilongwe, Malawi | Archdiocese | 14 Dec 2020 | Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye † | Died |
Loikaw, Myanmar | Diocese | 16 Dec 2020 | Stephen Tjephe † | Died |
Versailles, France | Diocese | 17 Dec 2020 | Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier | Resigned |
Ischia, Italy | Diocese | 19 Dec 2020 | Pietro Lagnese | Appointed, Bishop of Caserta |
Tanga, Tanzania | Diocese | 20 Dec 2020 | Anthony Mathias Banzi † | Died |
Istanbul, Turkey | Vicariate Apostolic | 22 Dec 2020 | Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. † | Died |
Chile, Military | Military Ordinariate | 23 Dec 2020 | Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales | Appointed, Bishop of Valdivia |
Jowai, India | Diocese | 28 Dec 2020 | Victor Lyngdoh | Appointed, Archbishop of Shillong |
Oita, Japan | Diocese | 28 Dec 2020 | Paul Sueo Hamaguchi † | Died |
Ragusa, Italy | Diocese | 28 Dec 2020 | Carmelo Cuttitta | Resigned |
Troyes, France | Diocese | 28 Dec 2020 | Marc Camille Michel Stenger | Resigned |
Ossory, Ireland | Diocese | 29 Dec 2020 | Dermot Pius Farrell | Appointed, Archbishop of Dublin |
Morogoro, Tanzania | Diocese | 30 Dec 2020 | Telesphore Mkude | Retired |
Switzerland | Nunciature | 31 Dec 2020 | Thomas Edward Gullickson | Resigned |
Liechtenstein | Nunciature | 31 Dec 2020 | Thomas Edward Gullickson | Resigned |
Christchurch, New Zealand | Diocese | 1 Jan 2021 | Paul Martin, S.M. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington |
Papua New Guinea | Nunciature | 1 Jan 2021 | Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria |
Solomon Islands | Nunciature | 1 Jan 2021 | Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria |
Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire | Diocese | 3 Jan 2021 | Ignace Bessi Dogbo | Appointed, Archbishop of Korhogo |
Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | Archdiocese | 3 Jan 2021 | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Retired |
Nairobi, Kenya | Archdiocese | 4 Jan 2021 | John Njue | Retired |
Haiti | Nunciature | 7 Jan 2021 | Eugene Martin Nugent | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait |
Teruel y Albarracín, Spain | Diocese | 8 Jan 2021 | Antonio Gómez Cantero | Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Almería |
Trujillo, Venezuela | Diocese | 8 Jan 2021 | Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. † | Died |
Belfort-Montbéliard, France | Diocese | 9 Jan 2021 | Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado | Appointed, Bishop of Créteil |
Avignon, France | Archdiocese | 11 Jan 2021 | Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz | Retired |
Santa Marta, Colombia | Diocese | 11 Jan 2021 | Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval † | Died |
Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala | Diocese | 11 Jan 2021 | Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed, Bishop of San Marcos |
Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania | Diocese | 12 Jan 2021 | Florentin Crihălmeanu † | Died |
Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil | Diocese | 13 Jan 2021 | Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos | Appointed, Bishop of Jequié, Bahia |
Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Diocese | 13 Jan 2021 | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias | Appointed, Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo |
Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain | Archdiocese | 13 Jan 2021 | Philip Tartaglia † | Died |
Monze, Zambia | Diocese | 13 Jan 2021 | Moses Hamungole † | Died |
Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy | Diocese | 15 Jan 2021 | Giovanni Santucci | Resigned |