| Diocese | Type | Date Vacant | Last Bishop | Event |
| Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon | Eparchy | 1 May 1894 | Ignacio Dionisio Efrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † | Appointed, Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian) |
| Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite Greek), Egypt | Patriarchal Exarchate | 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 | Józef Teofil Teodorowicz † | Died |
| Chios (Scio), Greece | Diocese | 1 Jul 1939 | Nikolaos 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 (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey | Apostolic Exarchate | 28 Jan 1957 | Dionisio Leonida Varouhas † | Died |
| West Indies, Spain | Patriarchate | 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 Greek) | Eparchy | 7 Jun 1994 | Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † | Died |
| Aqra {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) |
| 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, Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) |
| Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archeparchy | 21 Oct 2006 | Djibrail Kassab | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean) |
| Argentina, Military | Military Ordinariate | 15 May 2007 | Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. | Retired |
| Iraq (Melkite Greek) | Patriarchal Exarchate | 18 Jun 2007 | Georges El-Murr, B.C. | Retired |
| Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles | Diocese | 15 May 2008 | Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo | Retired |
| Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 31 Jul 2008 | Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi |
| Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 30 Oct 2008 | Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. | Resigned |
| Mansa, Zambia | Diocese | 15 Jan 2009 | Andrew Aaron Chisha | Retired |
| Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western Sahara | Prefecture Apostolic | 25 Feb 2009 | Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. † | Retired |
| Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 21 Apr 2009 | Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka | Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Goma |
| 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 |
| Trondheim, Norway | Territorial Prelature | 8 Jun 2009 | Georg Müller, SS.CC. | Resigned |
| Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | Diocese | 9 Jun 2009 | Christopher Henry Toohey | Resigned |
| Eluru, India | Diocese | 16 Aug 2009 | John Mulagada † | Died |
| Mitú, Colombia | Vicariate Apostolic | 17 Sep 2009 | José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. | Retired |
| Baku, Azerbaijan | Mission "Sui Iuris" | 5 Nov 2009 | Ján Čapla, S.D.B. | Resigned |
| Sapporo, Japan | Diocese | 17 Nov 2009 | Peter Toshio Jinushi | Retired |
| Limerick, Ireland | Diocese | 17 Dec 2009 | Donal Brendan Murray | Resigned |
| Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt | Eparchy | 31 Dec 2009 | Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf † | Died |
| Kibungo, Rwanda | Diocese | 29 Jan 2010 | Kizito Bahujimihigo | Resigned |
| Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | Archeparchy | 3 Mar 2010 | George Riashi, B.C. | Retired |
| Cloyne, Ireland | Diocese | 24 Mar 2010 | John Magee, S.P.S. | Resigned |
| Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Diocese | 6 Apr 2010 | Tomas Aguon Camacho | Retired |
| Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Diocese | 22 Apr 2010 | James Moriarty | Resigned |
| Anatolia, Turkey | Vicariate Apostolic | 3 Jun 2010 | Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. † | Died |
| Berbérati, Central African Republic | Diocese | 17 Jun 2010 | Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. | Retired |
| Paraguay, Military | Military Ordinariate | 25 Jun 2010 | Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios | Appointed, Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo |
| Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | Diocese | 17 Jul 2010 | Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane † | Died |
| Dassa-Zoumé, Benin | Diocese | 21 Aug 2010 | Antoine Ganyé | Appointed, Archbishop of Cotonou |
| Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria | Archdiocese | 6 Sep 2010 | Isidore Battikha, B.A. | Resigned |
| Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 15 Sep 2010 | Dominique Kimpinde Amando | Retired |
| Ahiara, Nigeria | Diocese | 16 Sep 2010 | Victor Adibe Chikwe † | Died |
| Palo, Philippines | Archdiocese | 15 Oct 2010 | Jose Serofia Palma | Appointed, Archbishop of Cebu |
| San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador | Vicariate Apostolic | 30 Oct 2010 | Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. | Retired |
| Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq | Diocese | 3 Nov 2010 | Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli † | Died |
| Amravati, India | Diocese | 11 Nov 2010 | Lourdes Daniel | Appointed, Bishop of Nashik |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Diocese | 12 Nov 2010 | Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta | Appointed, Archbishop of Semarang |
| Kokstad, South Africa | Diocese | 23 Dec 2010 | William Slattery, O.F.M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Pretoria |
| Timor-Leste | Nunciature | 13 Jan 2011 | Leopoldo Girelli | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore |
| Thiès, Senegal | Diocese | 18 Jan 2011 | Jacques Yandé Sarr † | Died |
| Baker, Oregon, USA | Diocese | 24 Jan 2011 | Robert Francis Vasa | Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California |
| Guapi, Colombia | Vicariate Apostolic | 31 Jan 2011 | Hernán Alvarado Solano † | Died |
| Quibdó, Colombia | Diocese | 2 Feb 2011 | Fidel León Cadavid Marin | Appointed, Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro |
| Rourkela, India | Diocese | 11 Feb 2011 | John Barwa, S.V.D. | Appointed, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar |
| Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Diocese | 16 Feb 2011 | Emanuel Messias de Oliveira | Appointed, Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais |
| Calicut, India | Diocese | 22 Feb 2011 | Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil | Appointed, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People |
| Riobamba, Ecuador | Diocese | 28 Feb 2011 | Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla | Retired |
| Nkongsamba, Cameroon | Diocese | 5 Mar 2011 | Dieudonné Watio | Appointed, Bishop of Bafoussam |
| Orvieto-Todi, Italy | Diocese | 5 Mar 2011 | Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. | Resigned |
| Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA | Diocese | 11 Mar 2011 | John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. | Resigned |
| Bagdogra, India | Diocese | 12 Mar 2011 | Thomas D’Souza | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta |
| Warangal, India | Diocese | 12 Mar 2011 | Thumma Bala | Appointed, Archbishop of Hyderabad |
| Uromi, Nigeria | Diocese | 18 Mar 2011 | Augustine Obiora Akubeze | Appointed, Archbishop of Benin City |
| Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | Eparchy | 25 Mar 2011 | Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Appointed, Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian) |
| Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) | Archdiocese | 31 Mar 2011 | Hubert Coppenrath | Retired |
| Pointe-Noire, Congo | Diocese | 31 Mar 2011 | Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe | Removed |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Archdiocese | 7 Apr 2011 | Lawrence John Saldanha | Retired |
| Caroní, Venezuela | Vicariate Apostolic | 9 Apr 2011 | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed, Bishop of Machiques |
| Diphu, India | Diocese | 9 Apr 2011 | John Moolachira | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati |
| Dundo, Angola | Diocese | 12 Apr 2011 | José Manuel Imbamba | Appointed, Archbishop of Saurimo |
| Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles | Diocese | 15 Apr 2011 | Charles Henry Dufour | Appointed, Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica |
| San Jose, Philippines | Diocese | 20 Apr 2011 | Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara | Appointed, Bishop of Pasig |
| Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Diocese | 27 Apr 2011 | Dario Campos, O.F.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo |
| Toowoomba, Australia | Diocese | 2 May 2011 | William Martin Morris | Removed |
| Steubenville, Ohio, USA | Diocese | 17 May 2011 | Robert Daniel Conlon | Appointed, Bishop of Joliet in Illinois |
| Romblon, Philippines | Diocese | 25 May 2011 | Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc | Appointed, Bishop of Kalibo |
| Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese), India | Diocese | 25 May 2011 | George Alencherry | Confirmed, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese) |
| Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil | Diocese | 8 Jun 2011 | Francesco Biasin | Appointed, Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro |
| Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran | Archeparchy | 10 Jun 2011 | Hanna Zora | Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean) |
| Kayes, Mali | Diocese | 11 Jun 2011 | Joseph Dao † | Retired |
| Natitingou, Benin | Diocese | 14 Jun 2011 | Pascal N’Koué | Appointed, Archbishop of Parakou |
| Laoag, Philippines | Diocese | 15 Jun 2011 | Sergio Lasam Utleg | Appointed, Archbishop of Tuguegarao |
| Teresina, Piaui, Brazil | Archdiocese | 15 Jun 2011 | Sérgio da Rocha | Appointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal |
| Ajaccio, France | Diocese | 24 Jun 2011 | Jean-Luc Brunin | Appointed, Bishop of Le Havre |
| Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine | Patriarchal Exarchate | 24 Jun 2011 | Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B. | Appointed, Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) |
| Jerusalem and Palestine {Gerusalemme e Palestina} (Maronite), Palestine | Patriarchal Exarchate | 25 Jun 2011 | Paul Nabil El-Sayah | Confirmed, Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite) |
| Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel | Archeparchy | 25 Jun 2011 | Paul Nabil El-Sayah | Confirmed, Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite) |
| Jordan {Giordania} (Maronite) | Patriarchal Exarchate | 25 Jun 2011 | Paul Nabil El-Sayah | Confirmed, Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite) |
| Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | Diocese | 2 Jul 2011 | Luciano Bux | Retired |
| Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil | Diocese | 6 Jul 2011 | Severino Clasen, O.F.M. | Appointed, Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina |
| Tyler, Texas, USA | Diocese | 6 Jul 2011 | Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. | Appointed, Bishop of Mayagüez |
| Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Diocese | 8 Jul 2011 | Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) † | Died |
| Khulna, Bangladesh | Diocese | 8 Jul 2011 | Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. | Appointed, Bishop of Sylhet |
| East Anglia, England, Great Britain | Diocese | 11 Jul 2011 | Michael Charles Evans † | Died |
| Quiché, Guatemala | Diocese | 14 Jul 2011 | Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. | Appointed, Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán |
| Florencia, Colombia | Diocese | 15 Jul 2011 | Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto | Appointed, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos |
| Garzón, Colombia | Diocese | 15 Jul 2011 | Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez | Appointed, Bishop of Pereira |
| Azerbaijan | Nunciature | 15 Jul 2011 | Claudio Gugerotti | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus |
| Rwanda | Nunciature | 15 Jul 2011 | Ivo Scapolo | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile |
| Montería, Colombia | Diocese | 16 Jul 2011 | Julio César Vidal Ortiz | Appointed, Bishop of Cúcuta |
| Rumbek, Sudan | Diocese | 16 Jul 2011 | Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. † | Died |
| Denver, Colorado, USA | Archdiocese | 19 Jul 2011 | Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Timmins, Ontario, Canada | Diocese | 24 Jul 2011 | Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † | Died |
| Izabal, Guatemala | Vicariate Apostolic | 26 Jul 2011 | Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez | Resigned |
| Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | Diocese | 27 Jul 2011 | Rudolf Baláž † | Died |
| Patos, Paraiba, Brazil | Diocese | 27 Jul 2011 | Manoel dos Reis de Farias | Appointed, Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco |
| Jowai, India | Diocese | 30 Jul 2011 | Vincent Kympat † | Died |
| San José del Amazonas, Peru | Vicariate Apostolic | 8 Aug 2011 | Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. | Resigned |
| Fort-Liberté, Haïti | Diocese | 15 Aug 2011 | Chibly Langlois | Appointed, Bishop of Les Cayes |
| Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Diocese | 20 Aug 2011 | Michael Gower Coleman † | Resigned |
| Carora, Venezuela | Diocese | 27 Aug 2011 | Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. | Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar |
| Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archdiocese | 28 Aug 2011 | Bruno Gamberini † | Died |
| Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Archdiocese | 29 Aug 2011 | Edwin Frederick O’Brien | Appointed, Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
| Jujuy, Argentina | Diocese | 18 Sep 2011 | Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I. † | Died |
| Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy | Diocese | 21 Sep 2011 | Giuseppe Versaldi | Appointed, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
| Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Archdiocese | 21 Sep 2011 | Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. | Resigned |
| São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territorial Prelature | 21 Sep 2011 | Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal |
| Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Diocese | 28 Sep 2011 | Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. | Appointed, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina |
| Sonsonate, El Salvador | Diocese | 8 Oct 2011 | José Adolfo Mojica Morales | Retired |
| Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | Diocese | 12 Oct 2011 | Paul-André Durocher | Appointed, Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec |
| La Guaira, Venezuela | Diocese | 12 Oct 2011 | José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo | Appointed, Bishop of Guanare |
| San Francisco, Argentina | Diocese | 12 Oct 2011 | Carlos José Tissera | Appointed, Bishop of Quilmes |
| Imus, Philippines | Diocese | 13 Oct 2011 | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Appointed, Archbishop of Manila |
| Botswana | Nunciature | 15 Oct 2011 | James Patrick Green | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
| Lesotho | Nunciature | 15 Oct 2011 | James Patrick Green | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
| Nambia | Nunciature | 15 Oct 2011 | James Patrick Green | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
| Swaziland | Nunciature | 15 Oct 2011 | James Patrick Green | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
| South Africa | Nunciature | 15 Oct 2011 | James Patrick Green | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
| Tarnów, Poland | Diocese | 29 Oct 2011 | Wiktor Paweł Skworc | Appointed, Archbishop of Katowice |
| Malawi | Nunciature | 29 Oct 2011 | Nicolas Girasoli | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda |
| Tepic, Nayarit, México | Diocese | 1 Nov 2011 | Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. † | Died |
| Dori, Burkina Faso | Diocese | 4 Nov 2011 | Joachim Ouédraogo | Appointed, Bishop of Koudougou |
| Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay | Vicariate Apostolic | 8 Nov 2011 | Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción |
| San Carlos, Philippines | Diocese | 9 Nov 2011 | Jose F. Advincula | Appointed, Archbishop of Capiz |
| Papua New Guinea | Nunciature | 10 Nov 2011 | Francisco Montecillo Padilla | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania |
| San Fernando de La Union, Philippines | Diocese | 13 Nov 2011 | Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D. † | Died |
| Brisbane, Australia | Archdiocese | 14 Nov 2011 | John Alexius Bathersby | Retired |
| Feldkirch, Austria | Diocese | 15 Nov 2011 | Elmar Fischer | Retired |
| Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Diocese | 21 Nov 2011 | Filippo Santoro | Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto |
| Derry, Ireland | Diocese | 23 Nov 2011 | Séamus Hegarty | Resigned |
| Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Diocese | 30 Nov 2011 | José Francisco Rezende Dias | Appointed, Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro |
| Hakha, Myanmar | Diocese | 30 Nov 2011 | Nicholas Mang Thang | Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mandalay |
| Santarém, Para, Brazil | Diocese | 30 Nov 2011 | Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado | Appointed, Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia |
| El Paso, Texas, USA | Diocese | 1 Dec 2011 | Armando Xavier Ochoa | Appointed, Bishop of Fresno, California |
| Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Archdiocese | 7 Dec 2011 | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Appointed, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| Polokwane, South Africa | Diocese | 9 Dec 2011 | Mogale Paul Nkhumishe | Resigned |
| Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | Diocese | 14 Dec 2011 | John Martin Darko | Resigned |
| Monaco | Nunciature | 15 Dec 2011 | André Pierre Louis Dupuy | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands |
| Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil | Diocese | 21 Dec 2011 | Jaime Vieira Rocha | Appointed, Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte |
| Parral, Chihuahua, México | Diocese | 24 Dec 2011 | José Andrés Corral Arredondo † | Died |
| Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Territorial Prelature | 28 Dec 2011 | Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. | Appointed, Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso |
| Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland | Diocese | 29 Dec 2011 | Wacław Tomasz Depo | Appointed, Archbishop of Częstochowa |
| Denmark | Nunciature | 5 Jan 2012 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
| Finland | Nunciature | 5 Jan 2012 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
| Iceland | Nunciature | 5 Jan 2012 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
| Norway | Nunciature | 5 Jan 2012 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
| Sweden | Nunciature | 5 Jan 2012 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
| Mpika, Zambia | Diocese | 12 Jan 2012 | Ignatius Chama | Appointed, Archbishop of Kasama |
| Beira, Mozambique | Archdiocese | 14 Jan 2012 | Jaime Pedro Gonçalves | Retired |
| Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA | Eparchy | 19 Jan 2012 | William Charles Skurla | Appointed, Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania |
| Tunis, Tunisia | Archdiocese | 19 Jan 2012 | Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} |
| Faisalabad, Pakistan | Diocese | 25 Jan 2012 | Joseph Coutts | Appointed, Archbishop of Karachi |
| La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy | Diocese | 31 Jan 2012 | Francesco Moraglia | Appointed, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice} |
| Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy | Diocese | 31 Jan 2012 | Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. | Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome} |
| Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada | Diocese | 2 Feb 2012 | Joseph Luc André Bouchard | Appointed, Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec |
| Cambodia | Nunciature | 10 Feb 2012 | Giovanni d’Aniello | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
| Laos | Delegation | 10 Feb 2012 | Giovanni d’Aniello | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
| Myanmar | Delegation | 10 Feb 2012 | Giovanni d’Aniello | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
| Thailand | Nunciature | 10 Feb 2012 | Giovanni d’Aniello | Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil |
| Zamboanga, Philippines | Archdiocese | 11 Feb 2012 | Romulo Geolina Valles | Appointed, Archbishop of Davao |
| São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil | Diocese | 13 Feb 2012 | Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. † | Died |