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Dioceses without Bishops

DioceseTypeDate VacantLast BishopEvent
Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite), EgyptArchdiocese25 Nov 1921Etienne Soukkarie †Died
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), UkraineArcheparchy5 Dec 1938Giuseppe Teodorowicz †Died
Chios (Scio), GreeceDiocese1 Jul 1939Nikolaos Charikiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) †Died
Pinsk, BelarusDiocese6 May 1946Kazimierz Bukraba †Died
Derna, LibyaVicariate Apostolic21 Jun 1948Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. †Appointed, Bishop of Isernia e Venafro
Istanbul (Byzantine), TurkeyApostolic Exarchate28 Jan 1957Dionisio Leonida Varouhas †Died
West Indies, SpainArchdiocese31 Jul 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)Eparchy7 Jun 1994Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †Died
Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), IraqDiocese25 Jul 1998Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. †Died
Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)Ordinariate27 Sep 2000Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Appointed, Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaDiocese9 Nov 2001James Matthew WingleAppointed, Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario
Mukacheve (Ruthenian), UkraineEparchy12 Nov 2002Ivan Semedi †Retired
Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), IraqArcheparchy8 Jan 2005Yacoub Denha Scher †Died
Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), TurkeyArcheparchy16 Jan 2005Paul Karatas †Died
Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), IranEparchy2 Apr 2005Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
Bridgetown, Barbados, AntillesDiocese31 May 2005Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp.Retired
Ebebiyin, Equatorial GuineaDiocese27 Aug 2006Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †Died
Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), IraqArcheparchy21 Oct 2006Djibrail KassabAppointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean)
Argentina, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate15 May 2007Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.Retired
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, AntillesDiocese19 Jul 2007Robert Rivas, O.P.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia
Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), UkraineEparchy28 Jul 2007Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.Resigned
Ruhengeri, RwandaDiocese28 Aug 2007Kizito BahujimihigoAppointed, Bishop of Kibungo
Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), AntillesDiocese12 Oct 2007Donald James ReeceAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica
Miskolc (Byzantine), HungaryApostolic Exarchate10 Nov 2007Szilárd KeresztesRetired
Warri, NigeriaDiocese24 Dec 2007Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Appointed, Archbishop of Benin City
Kimbe, Papua New GuineaDiocese19 Jan 2008Alphonse Liguori ChaupaResigned
Saurimo, AngolaDiocese18 Feb 2008Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P.Appointed, Bishop of Benguela
Oita, JapanDiocese19 Mar 2008Dominic Ryoji MiyaharaAppointed, Bishop of Fukuoka
Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, AntillesDiocese15 May 2008Ernest Mesmin Lucien CaboRetired
Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese31 Jul 2008Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi
Cape Palmas, LiberiaDiocese15 Oct 2008Boniface Nyema DaliehRetired
Owando, CongoDiocese22 Oct 2008Ernest Kombo, S.J. †Died
Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese30 Oct 2008Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.Resigned
Córdoba, SpainDiocese13 Nov 2008Juan José Asenjo PelegrinaAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese28 Nov 2008Marcel Utembi TapaAppointed, Archbishop of Kisangani
Carúpano, VenezuelaDiocese10 Dec 2008Manuel Felipe Díaz SánchezAppointed, Archbishop of Calabozo
Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, ParaguayDiocese27 Dec 2008Sebelio Peralta AlvarezAppointed, Bishop of San Lorenzo
Mansa, ZambiaDiocese15 Jan 2009Andrew Aaron ChishaRetired
Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USAEparchy20 Jan 2009Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanAppointed, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Celje, SloveniaDiocese31 Jan 2009Anton Stres, C.M.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor
Damongo, GhanaDiocese12 Feb 2009Philip NaamehAppointed, Archbishop of Tamale
Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western SaharaPrefecture Apostolic25 Feb 2009Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I.Retired
Jacmel, HaïtiDiocese9 Mar 2009Guire PoulardAppointed, Bishop of Les Cayes
Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), UkraineApostolic Exarchate17 Mar 2009Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian)
Valladolid, SpainArchdiocese16 Apr 2009Braulio Rodríguez PlazaAppointed, Archbishop of Toledo
Tete, MozambiqueDiocese18 Apr 2009Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S.Retired
Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Diocese21 Apr 2009Théophile Kaboy RubonekaAppointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Goma
Ogdensburg, New York, USADiocese21 Apr 2009Robert Joseph CunninghamAppointed, Bishop of Syracuse, New York
Alife-Caiazzo, ItalyDiocese25 Apr 2009Pietro FarinaAppointed, Bishop of Caserta
Kasama, ZambiaArchdiocese30 Apr 2009James Mwewa SpaitaRetired
Ikot Ekpene, NigeriaDiocese4 May 2009Camillus Archibong EtokudohAppointed, Bishop of Port Harcourt
Galle, Sri LankaDiocese14 May 2009Harold Anthony PereraAppointed, Bishop of Kurunegala
Bossangoa, Central African RepublicDiocese16 May 2009François-Xavier YombandjeResigned
Malakal, SudanDiocese16 May 2009Vincent Mojwok NyikerRetired
Bangui, Central African RepublicArchdiocese26 May 2009Paulin PomodimoResigned
Springfield in Illinois, USADiocese3 Jun 2009George Joseph LucasAppointed, Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Trondheim, NorwayTerritorial Prelature8 Jun 2009Georg Müller, SS.CC.Resigned
Wilcannia-Forbes, AustraliaDiocese9 Jun 2009Christopher Henry TooheyResigned
Minas, UruguayDiocese1 Jul 2009Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da SilveiraResigned
Sobral, Ceara, BrazilDiocese1 Jul 2009Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.Appointed, Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Tubarão, Santa Catarina, BrazilDiocese1 Jul 2009Jacinto BergmannAppointed, Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul
Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), FranceDiocese8 Jul 2009Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel JamesAppointed, Bishop of Nantes
Gbarnga, LiberiaDiocese11 Jul 2009Lewis ZeiglerAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia
Teruel y Albarracín, SpainDiocese18 Jul 2009José Manuel Lorca PlanesAppointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
Kalibo, PhilippinesDiocese21 Jul 2009Jose Romeo Orquejo LazoAppointed, Bishop of San Jose de Antique
Coari, Amazonas, BrazilTerritorial Prelature22 Jul 2009Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R.Resigned
Mindelo, Cape VerdeDiocese22 Jul 2009Arlindo Gomes FurtadoAppointed, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
AngolaNunciature23 Jul 2009Giovanni Angelo BecciuAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
Semarang, IndonesiaArchdiocese25 Jul 2009Ignatius Suharyo HardjoatmodjoAppointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta
Ngong, KenyaDiocese1 Aug 2009Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.Resigned
Eluru, IndiaDiocese16 Aug 2009John Mulagada †Died
Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)Archdiocese17 Aug 2009John Choi Young-su †Resigned
Arua, UgandaDiocese19 Aug 2009Frederick DranduaResigned
Mwanza, TanzaniaArchdiocese19 Aug 2009Anthony Peter Mayalla †Died
Nueva Pamplona, ColombiaArchdiocese29 Aug 2009Gustavo Martínez Frías †Died
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USADiocese31 Aug 2009Joseph Francis MartinoResigned
Balanga, PhilippinesDiocese8 Sep 2009Socrates Buenaventura VillegasAppointed, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan
Paranavaí, Parana, BrazilDiocese16 Sep 2009Sérgio Aparecido ColomboAppointed, Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo
Mitú, ColombiaVicariate Apostolic17 Sep 2009José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y.Retired
Atlacomulco, México, MéxicoDiocese29 Sep 2009Constancio Miranda WechmannAppointed, Archbishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Masbate, PhilippinesDiocese1 Oct 2009Joel Zamudio BaylonAppointed, Bishop of Legazpi
Gurué, MozambiqueDiocese9 Oct 2009Manuel Chuanguira MachadoResigned
Malindi, KenyaDiocese9 Oct 2009Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †Died
Cape Coast, GhanaArchdiocese24 Oct 2009Peter Kodwo Appiah TurksonAppointed, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Celaya, Guanajuato, MéxicoDiocese25 Oct 2009Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †Died
Verapoly, IndiaArchdiocese26 Oct 2009Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †Died
Kohima, IndiaDiocese30 Oct 2009Jose MukalaResigned
Palmira, ColombiaDiocese6 Nov 2009Abraham Escudero Montoya †Died
Nashik, IndiaDiocese10 Nov 2009Felix Anthony MachadoAppointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vasai
Ihosy, MadagascarDiocese13 Nov 2009Philippe RanaivomananaAppointed, Bishop of Antsirabé
Solwezi, ZambiaDiocese13 Nov 2009Alick BandaAppointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Ndola
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USADiocese14 Nov 2009Kevin Carl RhoadesAppointed, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USADiocese14 Nov 2009Jerome Edward ListeckiAppointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Queenstown, South AfricaDiocese16 Nov 2009Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.Resigned
Sapporo, JapanDiocese17 Nov 2009Peter Toshio JinushiRetired
Huesca, SpainDiocese21 Nov 2009Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Oviedo
Jaca, SpainDiocese21 Nov 2009Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.Appointed, Archbishop of Oviedo
Palencia, SpainDiocese21 Nov 2009José Ignacio Munilla AguirreAppointed, Bishop of San Sebastián
Tibú, ColombiaDiocese2 Dec 2009Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B.Appointed, Bishop of Barrancabermeja
United Arab EmiratesNunciature2 Dec 2009Paul-Mounged El-HachemRetired
YemenNunciature2 Dec 2009Paul-Mounged El-HachemRetired
Bafoussam, CameroonDiocese3 Dec 2009Joseph Atanga, S.J.Appointed, Archbishop of Bertoua
Southwark, England, Great BritainArchdiocese4 Dec 2009Kevin John Patrick McDonaldResigned
IndiaNunciature10 Dec 2009Pedro López QuintanaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
NepalNunciature10 Dec 2009Pedro López QuintanaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
Kimberley, South AfricaDiocese15 Dec 2009Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.Retired
South Africa, MilitaryMilitary Ordinariate15 Dec 2009Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.Resigned
Pretoria, South AfricaArchdiocese15 Dec 2009Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.Resigned
Limerick, IrelandDiocese17 Dec 2009Donal Brendan MurrayResigned
Kroonstad, South AfricaDiocese18 Dec 2009Stephen BrislinAppointed, Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Navrongo-Bolgatanga, GhanaDiocese23 Dec 2009Lucas Abadamloora †Died
Palmas, Tocatins, BrazilArchdiocese30 Dec 2009Alberto Taveira CorrêaAppointed, Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para
Umuarama, Parana, BrazilDiocese30 Dec 2009Vicente CostaAppointed, Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo
Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), EgyptEparchy31 Dec 2009Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †Died
Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), ArmeniaOrdinariate6 Jan 2010Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Retired
Yola, NigeriaDiocese9 Jan 2010Christopher Shaman Abba †Died
Port-au-Prince, HaïtiArchdiocese12 Jan 2010Joseph Serge Miot †Died
Namur {Namen}, BelgiumDiocese18 Jan 2010André-Joseph (Mutien) LéonardAppointed, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Bauchi, NigeriaDiocese20 Jan 2010John Francis Moore, S.M.A. †Died
Zadar (Zara), CroatiaArchdiocese25 Jan 2010Ivan Prendja †Died
Cesena-Sarsina, ItalyDiocese27 Jan 2010Antonio LanfranchiAppointed, Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola
Orense, SpainDiocese28 Jan 2010Luis Quinteiro FiuzaAppointed, Bishop of Tui-Vigo
Kibungo, RwandaDiocese29 Jan 2010Kizito BahujimihigoResigned
Arauca, ColombiaDiocese2 Feb 2010Carlos Germán Mesa RuizAppointed, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
San José del Guaviare, ColombiaDiocese2 Feb 2010Guillermo Orozco MontoyaAppointed, Bishop of Girardota
ComorosDelegation2 Feb 2010Augustine KasujjaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
MadagascarNunciature2 Feb 2010Augustine KasujjaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
MauritiusNunciature2 Feb 2010Augustine KasujjaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
SeychellesNunciature2 Feb 2010Augustine KasujjaAppointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
Note: China was intentionally excluded from this table. This table was last updated on 8 Feb 10.

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