Circumscriptions
(263, 92 with apostolic administrator) | Type | Vacant
since | Last Ordinary | Apostolic
Administrator |
 Kolomyia–Chernivtsi (Ukrainian Rite), Ukraine | Diocese | 2013.05.21 | Bishop Mykola Simkaylo
(died) | |
 Porto, Portugal | Diocese | 2013.05.18 |  Patriarch Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente (64)
(transferred) | |
 Campeche, Mexico | Diocese | 2013.05.15 |  Bishop Ramón Castro Castro (57)
(transferred) | |
 Songea, Tanzania | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2013.05.15 |  Archbishop Norbert Wendelin Mtega (67)
(resigned) | Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa (64)
|
 Arica, Chile | Diocese | 2013.05.14 | Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. (61)
(transferred) | |
 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | Diocese | 2013.05.06 | Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti (64)
(transferred) | |
 Harrisburg, United States | Diocese | 2013.05.02 | Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden
(died) | |
 Colón–Kuna Yala, Panama | Diocese | 2013.04.30 | Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar (49)
(transferred) | |
 Isernia–Venafro, Italy | Diocese | 2013.04.30 |  Archbishop Salvatore Visco (64)
(transferred) | |
 Kerema, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 2013.04.27 | Bishop Patrick Taval, M.S.C.
(died) | |
 Klerksdorp, South Africa | Diocese | 2013.04.26 |  Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve (71)
(resigned) | Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (65)
|
 Besançon, France | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2013.04.25 | Archbishop André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado (71)
(resigned) | |
 São José dos Campos, Brazil | Diocese | 2013.04.24 | Archbishop Moacir Silva (58)
(transferred) | |
| San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite Rite), Argentina | Diocese | 2013.04.17 | Bishop Charbel Georges Merhi, L.M. (75)
(resigned) |  Bishop Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (46)
|
 Aleppe, Syria | Apostolic Vicariate | 2013.04.15 | Bishop Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. (75)
(resigned) |  Fr. Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. (65)
|
 El Banco, Colombia | Diocese | 2013.04.14 | Bishop Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y.
(died) | |
| Facatativá, Colombia | Diocese | 2013.04.09 | Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha
(died) | |
 Boac, Philippines | Diocese | 2013.04.08 | Bishop Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista (53)
(transferred) | |
| Piana degli Abanesi (Italo-Albanese Rite), Italy | Diocese | 2013.04.08 | Bishop Sotìr Ferrara (75)
(resigned) |  Cardinal Paolo Romeo (75)
|
| Wichita, United States | Diocese | 2013.04.08 | Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels (59)
(transferred) | |
 Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas, Lithuania | Military Ordinariate | 2013.04.05 | Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (51)
(transferred) | |
| Santa Rosa, Argentina | Diocese | 2013.03.28 | Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli (65)
(transferred) | |
 Torit, South Sudan | Diocese | 2013.03.18 | Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek
(died) | |
 Liverpool, United Kingdom | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2013.02.27 | Archbishop Patrick Altham Kelly (74)
(resigned) | Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams (65)
|
| Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia, Italy | Diocese | 2013.02.26 | Bishop Claudio Giuliodori (55)
(transferred) | Bishop Claudio Giuliodori (55)
|
 Vitebsk, Belarus | Diocese | 2013.02.25 | Bishop Władisław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (58)
(resigned) | Msgr. Franciszek Kisiel
|
| Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2013.02.25 |  Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien (75)
(resigned) | Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (62)
|
| Reconquista, Argentina | Diocese | 2013.02.21 | Archbishop Ramón Alfredo Dus (57)
(transferred) | |
| Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico | Diocese | 2013.02.19 | Archbishop Fabio Martínez Castilla (62)
(transferred) | |
| Piazza Armerina, Italy | Diocese | 2013.02.08 | Archbishop Michele Pennisi (66)
(transferred) | |
 El Alto, Bolivia | Diocese | 2013.02.02 | Archbishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (69)
(transferred) | |
 Uyo, Nigeria | Diocese | 2013.02.02 | Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem (63)
(transferred) | |
 Allahabad, India | Diocese | 2013.01.31 | Bishop Isidore Fernandes (66)
(resigned) | Bishop Ignatius Menezes (77)
|
| Coutances, France | Diocese | 2013.01.31 | Bishop Stanislas Lalanne (64)
(transferred) | |
 Kirkuk (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2013.01.31 | Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako (Louis Sako) (64)
(transferred) | |
| Marquette, United States | Diocese | 2013.01.29 | Archbishop Alexander King Sample (52)
(transferred) | |
| Gumaca, Philippines | Diocese | 2013.01.25 | Bishop Buenaventura Malayo Famadico (56)
(transferred) | |
| Kalookan, Philippines | Diocese | 2013.01.25 | Bishop Deogracias S. Iñiguez Jr. (72)
(resigned) | Bishop Francisco Mendoza De Leon (65)
|
 Port-Gentil, Gabon | Diocese | 2013.01.19 | Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (52)
(transferred) | Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (52)
|
| Singida, Tanzania | Diocese | 2013.01.15 | Bishop Desiderius Rwoma (66)
(transferred) | Bishop Desiderius Rwoma (66)
|
 Loja, Ecuador | Diocese | 2013.01.12 | Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz (67)
(transferred) | |
 Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | Diocese | 2012.12.31 | Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez
(resigned) | |
| Jhabua, India | Diocese | 2012.12.21 | Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. (61)
(transferred) | Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. (61)
|
| Tefé, Brazil | Territorial Prelature | 2012.12.12 | Archbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (58)
(transferred) | |
| Ozieri, Italy | Diocese | 2012.12.10 | Bishop Sergio Pintor (75)
(resigned) | Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti (68)
|
 MacKenzie–Fort Smith, Canada | Diocese | 2012.12.06 | Archbishop Murray Chatlain (50)
(transferred) | Archbishop Murray Chatlain (50)
|
| San Marino–Montefeltro, Italy | Diocese | 2012.12.01 | Archbishop Luigi Negri (71)
(transferred) | |
| Jullundur, India | Diocese | 2012.11.30 | Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (58)
(transferred) | |
| Rafaela, Argentina | Diocese | 2012.11.10 | Archbishop Carlos María Franzini (61)
(transferred) | |
| Jardim, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.11.07 | Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (58)
(transferred) | |
| Shinyanga, Tanzania | Diocese | 2012.11.06 | Bishop Aloysius Balina
(died) | |
| Bontoc–Lagawe, Philippines | Apostolic Vicariate | 2012.10.30 | Bishop Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran (64)
(transferred) | |
 Pemba, Mozambique | Diocese | 2012.10.27 | Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (48)
(resigned) | Fr. Fernando Domingos Costa, C.P. (70)
|
| Machala, Ecuador | Diocese | 2012.10.22 | Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (69)
(resigned) | Bishop Hermenegildo Torres Asanza (46)
|
| Nardò–Gallipoli, Italy | Diocese | 2012.10.20 | Archbishop Domenico Caliandro (65)
(transferred) | |
 Porto Novo, Benin | Diocese | 2012.10.17 | Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.
(died) | |
| Duitama–Sogamoso, Colombia | Diocese | 2012.10.15 | Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (73)
(resigned) | Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (71)
|
| Iquique, Chile | Diocese | 2012.10.09 | Bishop Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández (48)
(resigned) | Archbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme (71)
|
| Toledo, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.10.03 | Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (59)
(transferred) | |
 Erfurt, Germany | Diocese | 2012.10.01 | Bishop Joachim Wanke (72)
(resigned) | |
| Passau, Germany | Diocese | 2012.10.01 | Bishop Wilhelm Schraml (77)
(resigned) | |
| Grosseto, Italy | Diocese | 2012.09.29 | Bishop Franco Agostinelli (69)
(transferred) | |
| Fort Worth, United States | Diocese | 2012.09.21 | Bishop Kevin William Vann (62)
(transferred) | |
| Rochester, United States | Diocese | 2012.09.21 | Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark (75)
(resigned) | Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham (69)
|
| Abaetetuba, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.09.19 | Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (58)
(transferred) | |
| Franca, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.09.19 | Bishop Pedro Luiz Stringhini (59)
(transferred) | |
 Zacapa, Guatemala | Diocese | 2012.09.14 | Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (68)
(transferred) | |
| Infanta, Philippines | Territorial Prelature | 2012.09.08 | Archbishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. (66)
(transferred) | |
| Mpanda, Tanzania | Diocese | 2012.08.28 | Bishop William Pascal Kikoti
(died) | Bishop Damian Kyaruzi (73)
|
 Manzini, Swaziland | Diocese | 2012.08.27 | Bishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M.
(died) | Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C. (52)
|
| Caicó, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.08.08 | Bishop Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. (58)
(transferred) | |
| Divinópolis, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.08.01 | Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (59)
(transferred) | |
| Magangué, Colombia | Diocese | 2012.07.30 | Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (70)
(resigned) | Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (76)
|
| Lutsk, Ukraine | Diocese | 2012.07.24 | Bishop Markijan Trofimiak (66)
(resigned) | Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (56)
|
| Paisley, United Kingdom | Diocese | 2012.07.24 | Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (62)
(transferred) | |
| Vigevano, Italy | Diocese | 2012.07.21 | Archbishop Vincenzo Di Mauro (61)
(resigned) |  Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (79)
|
| Shimoga, India | Diocese | 2012.07.16 | Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (63)
(transferred) | |
| Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.07.11 | Archbishop Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. (61)
(transferred) | |
 Tanjungkarang, Indonesia | Diocese | 2012.07.06 | Bishop Andreas Henrisusanta, S.C.I. (77)
(resigned) | Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. (67)
|
| Vijayawada, India | Diocese | 2012.07.03 | Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapup (64)
(transferred) | |
 Trnava, Slovakia | Archdiocese | 2012.07.02 | Archbishop Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. (53)
(resigned) | Bishop Ján Orosch (59)
|
| Dunkeld, United Kingdom | Diocese | 2012.06.30 | Bishop Vincent Paul Logan (71)
(resigned) | |
| Kigoma, Tanzania | Diocese | 2012.06.26 |  Archbishop Protase Rugambwa (52)
(transferred) | |
| Leeds, United Kingdom | Diocese | 2012.06.26 | Archbishop Arthur Roche (63)
(transferred) | |
| Terni–Narni–Amelia, Italy | Diocese | 2012.06.26 | Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia (68)
(transferred) | Bishop Ernesto Vecchi (77)
|
| Argentina (Greek-Melkite Rite), Argentina | Apostolic Exarchate | 2012.06.23 | Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. (60)
(transferred) | |
 Liepāja, Latvia | Diocese | 2012.06.20 | Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. (51)
(resigned) | Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis (62)
|
| Armenia, Colombia | Diocese | 2012.06.11 | Bishop Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (63)
(transferred) | |
| Portland in Maine, United States | Diocese | 2012.05.29 | Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (67)
(transferred) | Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (67)
|
| Abeokuta, Nigeria | Diocese | 2012.05.25 | Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (53)
(transferred) | |
 Lu’an 潞安, China | Diocese | 2012.05.24 | Bishop Hermengild Li Yi, O.F.M. (李毅)
(died) | |
| Trapani, Italy | Diocese | 2012.05.19 | Bishop Francesco Miccichè (69)
(resigned) | Archbishop Alessandro Plotti (80)
|
| Kannur, India | Diocese | 2012.05.15 | Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal (60)
(transferred) | Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal (60)
|
 Obuasi, Ghana | Diocese | 2012.05.15 | Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (52)
(transferred) | Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (52)
|
| San Marcos, Guatemala | Diocese | 2012.05.14 | Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (65)
(transferred) | |
 Bondoukou, Cote d’Ivoire | Diocese | 2012.05.06 | Bishop Félix Kouadjo
(died) | |
 Gweru, Zimbabwe | Diocese | 2012.04.28 | Bishop Martin Munyanyi (57)
(resigned) | Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (63)
|
 Canberra and Goulburn, Australia | Archdiocese | 2012.04.02 | Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (64)
(transferred) | |
| Bridgeport, United States | Diocese | 2012.03.20 | Archbishop William Edward Lori (62)
(transferred) | |
 San Pedro, Paraguay | Diocese | 2012.03.14 | Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (61)
(transferred) | |
 Gikongoro, Rwanda | Diocese | 2012.03.12 | Bishop Augustin Misago
(died) | Bishop Philippe Rukamba (64)
|
| Santo Domingo, Ecuador | Diocese | 2012.03.12 | Bishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil
(died) | |
| Dumaguete, Philippines | Diocese | 2012.02.25 | Archbishop John Forrosuelo Du (58)
(transferred) | |
| Crateús, Brazil | Diocese | 2012.02.22 | Archbishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho (65)
(transferred) | |
| Zamboanga, Philippines | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2012.02.11 | Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles (61)
(transferred) | |
 Faisalabad, Pakistan | Diocese | 2012.01.25 | Archbishop Joseph Coutts (67)
(transferred) | Bishop Rufin Anthony (73)
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| Passaic (Ruthenian Rite), United States | Diocese | 2012.01.19 | Archbishop William Charles Skurla (56)
(transferred) | |
 Mpika, Zambia | Diocese | 2012.01.12 | Archbishop Ignatius Chama (55)
(transferred) | Archbishop Ignatius Chama (55)
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| Paranatinga, Brazil | Territorial Prelature | 2011.12.28 | Bishop Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. (59)
(transferred) | |
| Sekondi–Takoradi, Ghana | Diocese | 2011.12.14 | Bishop John Martin Darko
(resigned) | Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (71)
|
| Polokwane, South Africa | Diocese | 2011.12.09 | Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe
(resigned) | Msgr. Jeremiah Madimetja Masela
|
 Hakha, Myanmar | Diocese | 2011.11.30 | Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (70)
(transferred) | Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (70)
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| Derry, United Kingdom | Diocese | 2011.11.23 | Bishop Séamus Hegarty (73)
(resigned) | |
| San Carlos, Philippines | Diocese | 2011.11.09 | Archbishop Jose F. Advincula (61)
(transferred) | |
| Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay | Apostolic Vicariate | 2011.11.08 | Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (68)
(transferred) | |
 La Guaira, Venezuela | Diocese | 2011.10.12 | Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (65)
(transferred) | Bishop Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (55)
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| San Francisco, Argentina | Diocese | 2011.10.12 | Bishop Carlos José Tissera (61)
(transferred) | |
| Carora, Venezuela | Diocese | 2011.08.27 | Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (62)
(transferred) | |
| Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Diocese | 2011.08.20 | Bishop Michael Gower Coleman
(resigned) | Msgr. James Brendan Deenihan
|
 San José de Amazonas, Peru | Apostolic Vicariate | 2011.08.08 | Bishop Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. (61)
(resigned) | Bishop Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. (50)
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| Jowai, India | Diocese | 2011.07.30 | Bishop Vincent Kympat
(died) | |
| Rumbek, South Sudan | Diocese | 2011.07.16 | Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I.
(died) | |
| East Anglia, United Kingdom | Diocese | 2011.07.11 | Bishop Michael Charles Evans
(died) | |
 Isangi, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2011.07.08 | Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli
(died) | |
 Jerusalem and Amman (Armenian Rite), Jordan | Patriarchal Exarchate | 2011.06.24 | Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian (66)
(transferred) | |
| Natitingou, Benin | Diocese | 2011.06.14 | Archbishop Pascal N’Koué (54)
(transferred) | |
 Ahvaz (Chaldean Rite), Iran | Archdiocese | 2011.06.10 | Archbishop Hanna Zora (74)
(transferred) | |
| Romblon, Philippines | Diocese | 2011.05.25 | Bishop Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc (62)
(transferred) | |
| Yichang 宜昌, China | Diocese | 2011.04.30 | Bishop Francis Lu Shou-wang (呂守旺)
(died) | |
| Luoyang 洛陽, China | Diocese | 2011.04.23 | Bishop Peter Li Hong-ye (李宏業)
(died) | |
| Caroní, Venezuela | Apostolic Vicariate | 2011.04.09 | Bishop Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. (62)
(transferred) | |
| Diphu, India | Diocese | 2011.04.09 | Archbishop John Moolachira (61)
(transferred) | |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2011.04.07 | Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha (76)
(resigned) | |
 Papeete, French Polynesia | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2011.03.31 | Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath (82)
(resigned) | Fr. Bruno Mai (54)
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| Stryj (Ukrainian Rite), Ukraine | Diocese | 2011.03.24 | Bishop Julian Gbur, S.V.D.
(died) | Bishop Taras Senkiv, O.M. (52)
|
| Uromi, Nigeria | Diocese | 2011.03.18 | Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (56)
(transferred) | |
| Bagdogra, India | Diocese | 2011.03.12 | Archbishop Thomas D’Souza (62)
(transferred) | |
| Xiwanzi 西灣子, China | Diocese | 2011.03.09 | Bishop Andrew Hao Jin-li (郝進禮)
(died) | |
| Shiqian 石阡, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 2011.02.17 | Archbishop Augustine Hu Da-guo (胡大國)
(died) | |
| Rourkela, India | Diocese | 2011.02.11 | Archbishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (57)
(transferred) | |
| Guapi, Colombia | Apostolic Vicariate | 2011.01.31 | Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano
(died) | Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López (75)
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| Bandung, Indonesia | Diocese | 2010.11.12 | Archbishop Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta (63)
(transferred) | Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (62)
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| Zaku (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Diocese | 2010.11.03 | Bishop Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli
(died) | Archbishop Bashar Warda, C.SS.R. (43)
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| San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador | Apostolic Vicariate | 2010.10.30 | Bishop Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D. (79)
(resigned) | Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. (78)
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| Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy | Territorial Abbacy | 2010.10.23 | Abbot Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B.
(resigned) | Abbot Giordano Rota, O.S.B. (43)
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| Kalemie–Kirungu, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2010.09.15 | Bishop Dominique Kimpinde Amando (79)
(resigned) | |
| Dassa-Zoumé, Benin | Diocese | 2010.08.21 | Archbishop Antoine Ganyé (74)
(transferred) | Archbishop Antoine Ganyé (74)
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 Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | Diocese | 2010.07.17 | Bishop Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane
(died) | |
 Anatolia, Turkey | Apostolic Vicariate | 2010.06.03 | Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap.
(died) | Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (73)
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| Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite), Argentina | Diocese | 2010.04.10 | Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (78)
(resigned) | Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto (61)
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 Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands | Diocese | 2010.04.06 | Bishop Tomas Aguon Camacho (79)
(resigned) | Fr. Ryan P. Jimenez
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 Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite), Lebanon | Archdiocese | 2010.03.03 | Archbishop George Riashi, B.C.
(resigned) | |
 Cairo (Chaldean Rite), Egypt | Diocese | 2009.12.31 | Bishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf
(died) | |
| Jiading 嘉定, China | Diocese | 2009.12.04 | Bishop Matthew Luo Du-xi (羅篤熹)
(died) | |
 Sapporo 札幌, Japan | Diocese | 2009.11.17 | Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ地主敏夫) (82)
(resigned) | |
| Guide 歸德, China | Diocese | 2009.09.16 | Bishop Nicholas Shi Jing-xian, O.S.A. (史景賢)
(died) | |
| Eluru, India | Diocese | 2009.08.16 | Bishop John Mulagada
(died) | Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapup (64)
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| Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian Rite), United States | Diocese | 2009.07.29 | Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal (75)
(resigned) | Bishop John Bura (68)
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| Jilin 吉林, China | Diocese | 2009.07.19 | Bishop Damas Zhang Han-min (張翰民)
(died) | |
| Wilcannia–Forbes, Australia | Diocese | 2009.06.09 | Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey (61)
(resigned) | Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy (45)
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 Trondheim, Norway | Territorial Prelature | 2009.06.08 | Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC. (61)
(resigned) | Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. (59)
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| Malakal, South Sudan | Diocese | 2009.05.16 | Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker (80)
(resigned) | Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa
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| Kasongo, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2009.04.21 | Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (72)
(transferred) | |
 West Sahara, Western Sahara | Apostolic Prefecture | 2009.02.25 | Fr. Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I.
(resigned) | Fr. Mario León Dorado, O.M.I.
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| Mansa, Zambia | Diocese | 2009.01.15 | Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha (79)
(resigned) | Fr. Michel Merizzi, M. Afr.
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| Kole, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2008.10.30 | Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. (63)
(resigned) | Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (53)
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| Yiduxian 益都縣, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 2008.10.23 | Bishop Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (孫智賓)
(died) | |
| Uvira, Congo-Kinshasa | Diocese | 2008.07.31 | Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (70)
(transferred) | |
| Zhaoxian 趙縣, China | Diocese | 2008.07.13 | Bishop Joseph Jiang Ming-yuan, C.D.D. (姜明遠)
(died) | |
| Guilin 桂林, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 2007.08.20 | Bishop Benedict Cai Xiu-feng (蔡秀峰)
(died) | |
| Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite), Iraq | Patriarchal Exarchate | 2007.06.23 | Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (82)
(resigned) | |
| Obispado Castrense de la Argentina, Argentina | Military Ordinariate | 2007.05.15 | Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. (81)
(resigned) | |
| Hankou 漢口, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2007.05.12 | Archbishop Bernardine Dong Guang-qing, O.F.M. (董光清)
(died) | |
| Fuzhou 福州, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2006.12.29 | Archbishop John Yang Shu-dao (楊樹道)
(resigned) | Bishop Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng (黃守誠) (90)
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| Bassorah (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Archdiocese | 2006.10.21 | Archbishop Djibrail Kassab (74)
(transferred) | |
| Hongdong 洪洞, China | Diocese | 2006.02.23 | Bishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨)
(died) | |
| Hanyang 漢陽, China | Diocese | 2005.10.12 | Bishop Peter Zhang Bo-ren (張伯仁)
(died) | Fr. Chen Tian-huai (陳天懷)
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| Ispahan (Armenian Rite), Iran | Diocese | 2005.04.02 | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (81)
(transferred) | |
| Anqing 安慶, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2005.02.26 | Archbishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇)
(died) | |
| Diarbekir (Chaldean Rite), Turkey | Archdiocese | 2005.01.16 | Archbishop Paul Karatas
(died) | Msgr. Joseph Pallikunnel
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| Daming 大名, China | Diocese | 2002.03.06 | Bishop Simon An Shi-en (安世恩)
(died) | |
| Chongqing 重慶, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 2001.03.26 | Archbishop Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻)
(died) | |
| Bengbu 蚌埠, China | Diocese | 2001 | Archbishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇)
(transferred) | |
 Greece (Armenian Rite), Greece | Ordinariate | 2000.09.27 | Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (81)
(transferred) | |
| Datong 大同, China | Diocese | 2000? | Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong (郭印宮)
(resigned) | |
| Aqrā (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Diocese | 1998.07.25 | Bishop Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H.
(died) | Fr. Youhanna Issa
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| Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite), Mexico | Diocese | 1994.06.07 | Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A.
(died) | Archimandrite Gabriel Ghanoum, B.S.
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 Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands, Netherlands | Military Ordinariate | 1993.03.13 | Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (84)
(resigned) | Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt (67)
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| Anguo 安國, China | Diocese | 1992.12.14 | Bishop Stephen Liu Di-fen (劉隸芬)
(died) | |
| Kamichlié (Armenian Rite), Syria | Diocese | 1992.04.10 | Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. (77)
(resigned) | Archbishop Boutros Marayati (65)
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 Mogadishu, Somalia | Diocese | 1989.07.09 | Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M.
(died) | Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. (66)
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| Lishui 麗水, China | Diocese | 1983.10.31 | Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. (譚爾鼐)
(died) | |
| Yingkou 營口, China | Diocese | 1983.01.10 | Bishop André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. (費聲遠)
(died) | |
| Zhengzhou 鄭州, China | Diocese | 1983 | Bishop Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. (丁玉守)
(resigned) | |
| Chengdu 成都, China | Diocese | 1983 | Bishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. (彭道传)
(resigned) | |
| Haizhou 海州, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1983 | Fr. Ferdinand Lacretelle, S.J. (洛維水)
(resigned) | |
| Jiamusi 佳木斯, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1983 | Fr. Isidor Hermenegild Hintringer da Losenstein, O.F.M. Cap. (興光啟)
(resigned) | |
| Qizhou 蘄州, China | Diocese | 1983 | Bishop Horace Ferruccio Ceól, O.F.M.
(resigned) | |
| Dali 大理, China | Diocese | 1983 | Bishop Lucien-Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. (鄭紹基)
(resigned) | |
| Wuzhou 梧州, China | Diocese | 1983 | Bishop Frederic Anthony Donaghy, M.M. (唐汝琪)
(resigned) | |
| Yangzhou 揚州, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1983 | Fr. Eugene Fahy, S.J. (費濟時)
(resigned) | |
| Zhaotong 昭通, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1982 | Fr. Stephan Fan Kai-ping (范介平)
(died) | |
| Linqing 臨清, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1981 | Fr. Paul Li Ben-liang (李本良)
(died) | |
| Hainan 海南, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1980.06.16 | Fr. Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. (德文彬)
(died) | |
| Nanjing 南京, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 1978.08.16 | Cardinal Paul Yü Pin (于斌)
(died) | Bishop Joseph Fan Zhong-liang, S.J. (范忠良) (94)
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| Yantai 煙台, China | Diocese | 1978 | Bishop Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo, O.F.M. (宗懷謨)
(died) | Bishop John Fang Xing-yao (房興耀) (59)
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 Luang Prabang, Laos | Apostolic Vicariate | 1975.11.29 | Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. (81)
(transferred) | Fr. Tito Banchong Thopanhong
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| Xiangyang 襄陽, China | Diocese | 1974 | Bishop Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化)
(died) | |
| Yongzhou 永州, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1973.12.13 | Bishop Biagio Sigibaldo Kurz, O.F.M.
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Kunming 昆明, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 1973.09.30 | Archbishop Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. (德為能)
(died) | |
| Ji’an 吉安, China | Diocese | 1973.01.29 | Bishop Gaetano Mignani, C.M. (梅雅誼)
(died) | |
| Puqi 蒲圻, China | Diocese | 1973 | Bishop Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南)
(died) | |
| Rehe 熱河, China | Diocese | 1971.01.19 | Bishop Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. (德化隆)
(died) | |
| Wuchang 武昌, China | Diocese | 1970.11.27 | Bishop Rombert Casimir Kowalski, O.F.M. (郭時濟)
(died) | |
| Nancheng 南城, China | Diocese | 1970.10.23 | Bishop Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. (利伯高)
(died) | |
| Rhodes, Greece | Archdiocese | 1970.03.10 | Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M.
(died) | Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos (76)
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| Xuzhou 徐州, China | Diocese | 1970.01.16 | Bishop Philip Côté, S.J. (郃軼歐)
(died) | |
| Weihaiwei 威海衛, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1970 | Fr. Edward Gabriel Quint, O.F.M. (甘霖)
(resigned) | |
| Ganzhou 贛州, China | Diocese | 1969.10.10 | Bishop John A. O’Shea, C.M. (和若望)
(died) | |
 Misurata, Libya | Apostolic Prefecture | 1969.06.26 | Bishop Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M.
(transferred) | |
| Xinjiang 新疆, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1969.06.23 | Fr. Ferdinando Loy, S.V.D. (卢裴德)
(died) | |
| Wuhu 蕪湖, China | Diocese | 1969.04.04 | Bishop Zenón Arámburu Urquiola, S.J. (蒲廬)
(died) | |
| Zhumadian 駐馬店, China | Diocese | 1969.01.30 | Bishop Joseph Mary Yuan Ke-zhi (Yüen K’ai-chih) (袁克治)
(died) | |
| Yuanling 沅陵, China | Diocese | 1968.05.13 | Bishop Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. (歐克瀾)
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite), Iraq | Diocese | 1968.03.07 | | Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C.
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| Laohekou 老河口, China | Diocese | 1966.03.10 | Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani, O.F.M. (費樂理)
(died) | |
| Changde 常德, China | Diocese | 1965.04.23 | Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (王德純)
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Xiangtan 湘潭, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1965 | Fr. Pacifico Calzolari, O.F.M.
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Shaowu 邵武, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1964.08.13 | Fr. Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. (王德俊)
(died) | |
| Yuezhou 岳州, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1964 | Fr. Angelo de la Calle Fontecha, O.S.A.
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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 Indias Occidentales, Spain | Titular Patriarchal See | 1963.07.31 | Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay
(died) | |
| Tingzhou 汀州, China | Diocese | 1963.04.26 | Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. (雷新基)
(died) | |
| Lizhou 澧州, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1963 | Fr. Ippolito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A.
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Baoqing 寶慶, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1963 | Fr. Ladislaus Lombos, O.F.M.
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Shaozhou 韶州, China | Diocese | 1962.10.21 | Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. (歐彌格)
(transferred) | |
| Kangding 康定, China | Diocese | 1962.01.07 | Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (華朗庭)
(died) | |
| Shashi 沙市, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1961.06.25 | Fr. Julian Edward Dillon, O.F.M. (狄隆)
(died) | |
| Hengzhou 衡州, China | Diocese | 1961.03 | Bishop Joseph Wan Ci-zhang, O.F.M. (萬次章)
(died) | Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (52)
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| Istanbul (Greek Rite), Turkey | Apostolic Exarchate | 1957.01.28 | Bishop Dionisio Leonida Varouhas
(died) | Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (73)
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| Hangzhou 杭州, China | Metropolitan Archdiocese | 1956.04.02 | Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. (梅占魁)
(died) | |
| Ningyuan 寧遠, China | Diocese | 1954.08.06 | Bishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. (包明揚)
(died) | |
| Caozhou 曹州, China | Diocese | 1954.03.24 | Bishop Franz Hoowaarts, S.V.D.
(died) | |
| Tunxi 屯溪, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1954.01.24 | Fr. José Fogued y Gil, C.M.F. (扶植義)
(died) | |
| Harbin 哈爾濱 (Russian Rite), China | Apostolic Exarchate | 1953.02.13 | Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, M.I.C.
(died) | |
| Xinyang 信陽, China | Diocese | 1953.02.06 | Fr. Antonio Pott, S.V.D.
(resigned) | |
 Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia | Apostolic Prefecture | 1953 | Fr. Agostino Isamu Seno
(resigned) | Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz (60)
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| Nanlong 南龍, China | Diocese | 1952.01.26 | Bishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. (賈祿)
(died) | |
| Russia (Russian Rite), Russia | Apostolic Exarchate | 1951.05.01 | Blessed Fr. Klymentiy Sheptytskyi, M.S.U.
(died) | |
| Suixian 隨縣, China | Apostolic Prefecture | 1951.03 | Fr. Patrick Maurice Connaughton, O.F.M. (龔成德)
(resigned) | |
| Yanji 延吉, China | Diocese | 1950.11.02 | Bishop Theodor Breher, O.S.B. (白化東 / 브레허 白화동 주교)
(died) | |
 Tŏkwon 덕원, North Korea | Territorial Abbacy | 1950.02.07 | Bishop Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B. (신상원 보니파시오)
(died) | Abbot Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u, O.S.B. (이형우 시몬베드로)
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| Shunde 順德, China | Diocese | 1950 | Bishop Inácio Krause, C.M. (葛樂才)
(transferred) | |
| Chifeng 赤峰, China | Diocese | 1949.04.21 | Fr. Luke Zhao Qing-hua (趙慶化)
(resigned) | |
| Derna, Libya | Apostolic Vicariate | 1948.06.21 | Bishop Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B.
(transferred) | |
| Yongping 永平, China | Diocese | 1948.03.06 | Bishop Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (劉士杰)
(transferred) | |
| Fushun 撫順, China | Diocese | 1946.08.07 | Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (林化東)
(transferred) | |
| Shinan 施南, China | Diocese | 1942.11.10 | Fr. John Baptist Hu Ruo-han (胡若翰)
(resigned) | |
| Hamhung 함흥, North Korea | Diocese | 1940.01.12 | Bishop Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B. (신상원 보니파시오)
(transferred) | Bishop Luke Kim Woon-hoe (김운회 루가) (68)
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| Chios, Greece | Diocese | 1939.07.01 | Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos
(died) | Archbishop Nikólaos Printesis (72)
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| Lviv (Armenian Rite), Ukraine | Archdiocese | 1938.12.05 | Archbishop Giuseppe Teodorowicz
(died) | |
| Crete, Greece | Diocese | 1935.05.05 | Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap.
(transferred) | Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. (76)
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 Romania (Armenian Rite), Romania | Ordinariate | 1930.06.05 | | Archbishop György-Miklós Jakubínyi (67)
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| Thessaloniki, Greece | Apostolic Vicariate | 1929.07.15 | Archbishop Alessandro Guidati
(transferred) | Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (72)
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