| 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 |
| Crete {Candia}, Greece | Diocese | 5 May 1935 | Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. † | Appointed, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi |
| 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 |
| 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) | Eparchy | 7 Jun 1994 | Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † | Died |
| 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 |
| Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine | Eparchy | 12 Nov 2002 | Ivan Semedi † | Retired |
| Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 8 Jan 2005 | Yacoub Denha Scher † | Died |
| Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey | Archeparchy | 16 Jan 2005 | Paul Karatas † | Died |
| 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 |
| Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | Diocese | 27 Aug 2006 | Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † | Died |
| Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 21 Oct 2006 | Djibrail Kassab | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean) |
| Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam | Diocese | 14 Apr 2007 | Joseph Nguyên Van Yên | Resigned |
| 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 |
| Kotido, Uganda | Diocese | 27 Jun 2007 | Denis Kiwanuka Lote | Appointed, Archbishop of Tororo |
| 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 |
| Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Diocese | 28 Aug 2007 | Kizito Bahujimihigo | Appointed, Bishop of Kibungo |
| Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Diocese | 12 Oct 2007 | Donald James Reece | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica |
| Batouri, Cameroon | Diocese | 3 Nov 2007 | Samuel Kleda | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala |
| Legazpi, Philippines | Diocese | 7 Nov 2007 | Nestor Celestial Cariño | Resigned |
| Miskolc (Byzantine), Hungary | Apostolic Exarchate | 10 Nov 2007 | Szilárd Keresztes | Retired |
| Warri, Nigeria | Diocese | 24 Dec 2007 | Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Appointed, Archbishop of Benin City |
| Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine | Archdiocese | 5 Jan 2008 | Georges Michel Bakar | Resigned |
| Kimbe, Papua New Guinea | Diocese | 19 Jan 2008 | Alphonse Liguori Chaupa | Resigned |
| Saurimo, Angola | Diocese | 18 Feb 2008 | Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. | Appointed, Bishop of Benguela |
| Hinche, Haïti | Diocese | 1 Mar 2008 | Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. | Appointed, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien |
| Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 12 Mar 2008 | Paulos Faraj Rahho † | Died |
| 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 |
| Nakuru, Kenya | Diocese | 19 Apr 2008 | Peter J. Kairo | Appointed, Archbishop of Nyeri |
| 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 |
| Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil | Diocese | 11 Jun 2008 | Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed, Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia |
| Jashpur, India | Diocese | 12 Jun 2008 | Victor Kindo † | Died |
| Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Diocese | 2 Jul 2008 | Paulo Antônio de Conto | Appointed, Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul |
| Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA | Diocese | 9 Jul 2008 | David Laurin Ricken | Appointed, Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 31 Jul 2008 | Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi |
| Ruteng, Indonesia | Diocese | 13 Oct 2008 | Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. † | Died |
| Cape Palmas, Liberia | Diocese | 15 Oct 2008 | Boniface Nyema Dalieh | Retired |
| Great Britain, Military | Military Ordinariate | 16 Oct 2008 | Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Menevia, Wales |
| Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Diocese | 17 Oct 2008 | Dennis Marion Schnurr | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Owando, Congo | Diocese | 22 Oct 2008 | Ernest Kombo, S.J. † | Died |
| Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said) | Vicariate Apostolic | 29 Oct 2008 | Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B. | Resigned |
| Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 30 Oct 2008 | Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. | Resigned |
| Córdoba, Spain | Diocese | 13 Nov 2008 | Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} |
| Witbank, South Africa | Diocese | 24 Nov 2008 | Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Pretoria |
| Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 28 Nov 2008 | Marcel Utembi Tapa | Appointed, Archbishop of Kisangani |
| Barrancabermeja, Colombia | Diocese | 1 Dec 2008 | Jaime Prieto Amaya | Appointed, Bishop of Cúcuta |
| Carúpano, Venezuela | Diocese | 10 Dec 2008 | Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez | Appointed, Archbishop of Calabozo |
| Essen, Germany | Diocese | 19 Dec 2008 | Felix Genn | Appointed, Bishop of Münster |
| San Vicente, El Salvador | Diocese | 27 Dec 2008 | José Luis Escobar Alas | Appointed, Archbishop of San Salvador |
| Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay | Diocese | 27 Dec 2008 | Sebelio Peralta Alvarez | Appointed, Bishop of San Lorenzo |
| Owensboro, Kentucky, USA | Diocese | 5 Jan 2009 | John Jeremiah McRaith | Resigned |
| Oviedo, Spain | Archdiocese | 8 Jan 2009 | Carlos Osoro Sierra | Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia |
| Mansa, Zambia | Diocese | 15 Jan 2009 | Andrew Aaron Chisha | Retired |
| Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA | Eparchy | 20 Jan 2009 | Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan | Appointed, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian) |
| Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Diocese | 28 Jan 2009 | Gil Antônio Moreira | Appointed, Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais |
| Celje, Slovenia | Diocese | 31 Jan 2009 | Anton Stres, C.M. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor |
| Damongo, Ghana | Diocese | 12 Feb 2009 | Philip Naameh | Appointed, Archbishop of Tamale |
| Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | Diocese | 13 Feb 2009 | Ismael Rueda Sierra | Appointed, Archbishop of Bucaramanga |
| Burundi | Nunciature | 19 Feb 2009 | Paul Richard Gallagher | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | Archdiocese | 23 Feb 2009 | Timothy Michael Dolan | Appointed, Archbishop of New York, New York |
| Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western Sahara | Prefecture Apostolic | 25 Feb 2009 | Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. | Retired |
| Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil | Archdiocese | 27 Feb 2009 | Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. | Appointed, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Cartagena (en España) | Diocese | 7 Mar 2009 | Juan Antonio Reig Pla | Appointed, Bishop of Alcalá de Henares |
| Jacmel, Haïti | Diocese | 9 Mar 2009 | Guire Poulard | Appointed, Bishop of Les Cayes |
| Cuba | Nunciature | 14 Mar 2009 | Luigi Bonazzi | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania |
| Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Apostolic Exarchate | 17 Mar 2009 | Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian) |
| Birmingham, England, Great Britain | Archdiocese | 3 Apr 2009 | Vincent Gerard Nichols | Appointed, Archbishop of Westminster, England |
| Vasai, India | Diocese | 4 Apr 2009 | Thomas Dabre | Appointed, Bishop of Poona |
| Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Diocese | 15 Apr 2009 | Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo |
| Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | Archdiocese | 16 Apr 2009 | Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio | Appointed, Archbishop of Lecce |
| Valladolid, Spain | Archdiocese | 16 Apr 2009 | Braulio Rodríguez Plaza | Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo |
| Radom, Poland | Diocese | 18 Apr 2009 | Zygmunt Zimowski | Appointed, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers |
| Tete, Mozambique | Diocese | 18 Apr 2009 | Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. | Retired |
| Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 21 Apr 2009 | Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka | Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Goma |
| Ogdensburg, New York, USA | Diocese | 21 Apr 2009 | Robert Joseph Cunningham | Appointed, Bishop of Syracuse, New York |
| Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | Diocese | 25 Apr 2009 | Pietro Farina | Appointed, Bishop of Caserta |
| Kasama, Zambia | Archdiocese | 30 Apr 2009 | James Mwewa Spaita | Retired |
| Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria | Diocese | 4 May 2009 | Camillus Archibong Etokudoh | Appointed, Bishop of Port Harcourt |
| Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso | Diocese | 13 May 2009 | Philippe Ouédraogo | Appointed, Archbishop of Ouagadougou |
| Galle, Sri Lanka | Diocese | 14 May 2009 | Harold Anthony Perera | Appointed, Bishop of Kurunegala |
| Bossangoa, Central African Republic | Diocese | 16 May 2009 | François-Xavier Yombandje | Resigned |
| Malakal, Sudan | Diocese | 16 May 2009 | Vincent Mojwok Nyiker | Retired |
| Bangui, Central African Republic | Archdiocese | 26 May 2009 | Paulin Pomodimo | Resigned |
| France | Nunciature | 2 Jun 2009 | Fortunato Baldelli | Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| Springfield in Illinois, USA | Diocese | 3 Jun 2009 | George Joseph Lucas | Appointed, Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska |
| Trondheim, Norway | Territorial Prelature | 8 Jun 2009 | Georg Müller, SS.CC. | Resigned |
| Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | Diocese | 9 Jun 2009 | Christopher Henry Toohey | Resigned |
| Austin, Texas, USA | Diocese | 12 Jun 2009 | Gregory Michael Aymond | Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México | Diocese | 18 Jun 2009 | Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez | Appointed, Bishop of Texcoco, México |
| Venezuela | Nunciature | 18 Jun 2009 | Giacinto Berloco | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium |
| Minas, Uruguay | Diocese | 1 Jul 2009 | Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira | Resigned |
| Sobral, Ceara, Brazil | Diocese | 1 Jul 2009 | Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. | Appointed, Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco |
| Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Diocese | 1 Jul 2009 | Jacinto Bergmann | Appointed, Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul |
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Diocese | 3 Jul 2009 | Albert LeGatt | Appointed, Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba |
| Spain | Nunciature | 3 Jul 2009 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops |