As of June 21, 2024, theCatholic Church comprises 3,172ecclesiastical jurisdictions worldwide, including over 652archdioceses and 2,250dioceses . It also includes various other jurisdictions such asapostolic vicariates ,apostolic exarchates ,apostolic administrations ,apostolic prefectures ,military ordinariates ,personal ordinariates ,personal prelatures ,territorial prelatures ,territorial abbacies , andmissionssui juris .
In addition, there are 2,100titular sees , encompassing bishoprics, archbishoprics, and metropolitanates.
This structural list outlines how eachdiocese is organized within itsecclesiastical province , under the framework ofepiscopal conferences , grouped by continent or region.
This map visualizes the provinces of the Catholic Church, as well as archdioceses (and other top-level entities) where provinces are not established, as of 2015.[needs update? Types of Catholic dioceses [ edit ] This refers to Catholic dioceses in the world, of all Latin or Eastern churches, as of 5 October 2021[update] [ 1] [self-published source?
Type Total Filled Vacant Holy See: St. Peter's Chair in Rome (papacy) 1 1 0 Ancient Patriarchal Sees of the East (Patriarchates) 6 6 0 Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archeparchies) 4 4 0 Latin Patriarchal Sees 3 3 0 Titular Patriarchal Sees 4 3 1 Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses& Eastern Archeparchies ) 566 544 22 Other Archiepiscopal Sees (Latin Archdioceses& Eastern Archeparchies ) 76 70 6 Episcopal Sees (Latin Dioceses& Eastern Eparchies ) 2,244 2,029 215 Titular Metropolitan Sees including Archeparchies 92 14 78 Titular Archiepiscopal Sees including Archeparchies 91 6 85 Titular Episcopal Sees including Eparchies 1,913 1,059 854 Territorial Prelatures 49 36 4 Territorial Abbacies (often Exempt) 11 9 2 Military Ordinariates (all Exempt) 36 24 12 Personal Prelature (exempt) 1 1 0 Apostolic Vicariates (generally Exempt, mission) 84 75 9 Apostolic Prefectures (generally Exempt, mission) 39 14 25 Apostolic Administrations 8 7 1 Independent Missions (Missionssui iuris ) 8 8 0
Additional types, exclusively for the Eastern Churches, Ordinariate Use and Extraordinary Form
Type Total Filled Vacant Metropolitan Sees (Eastern Archeparchies,Sui Juris ) 5 5 0 Apostolic Exarchates (Eastern mission, Exempt) 13 11 2 Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Churches (Eastern, Exempt) 9 6 3 Personal Ordinariates (Western Anglican Patrimony, Anglican/Ordinariate Use, Exempt) 3 3 0 Patriarchal Exarchates (Eastern missions) 10 8 2 Archiepiscopal Exarchates (Eastern) 5 4 1 Territories Dependent on the Patriarch (Eastern) 5 4 1 Personal Apostolic Administration (unique case, Exempt) 1 1 0
[ edit ] exempt from belonging to anyecclesiastical province , hence only the Vatican can exert the authority and coordinating functions normally falling to the Metropolitan Archbishop. They are grouped here geographically. Nevertheless, most belong to anepiscopal conference , in which case the more relevant mention is in its geographical region, as exempt dioceses as such do not have specific ties with each other.
Military Ordinariates are in pastoral charge of the troops of a state, but may be vested in a Metropolitan Archbishop, typically in the national capital.Also generally exempt are theapostolic prefectures andapostolic vicariates , which tend to be temporary missionary dioceses, expected to become part of an ecclesiastical province when promoted to regular (arch- or suffragan) bishopric. The Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans (who left theAnglican Communion for communion with the Holy See) are allowed to use theOrdinariate Use , which is counted as a variant usage of theRoman Rite (unlike the Eastern churches' five distinct rites). Eastern Ordinariates are in pastoral charge of all Eastern Churches, of only those of Byzantine Rite or even just of the Armenian Rite, in one or more states of various Catholic churches without any proper diocese there, but are usually vested in a Latin Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop, often in the capital. Disregarded are many episcopal or archiepiscopal prelates in theRoman Curia , as their dicasteries don't constitute dioceses, although many posts there require by law or custom a bishop or an archbishop (usually titular), just as the Vatican's diplomatic posts in nearly every national capital. [ edit ] European exempt dioceses [ edit ] inItaly :some (arch)bishoprics under the papal Metropolitan see at Rome, including Military Ordinariate of Italy , cumulated with varying seesArchdiocese of Lucca Territorial Abbey of Montecassino , whose cathedral see is a minor basilicaTerritorial Abbacy of Monte Oliveto Maggiore , with cathedral see in Siena, seat of the abbot-general of the Olivetans (a Benedictine congregation)formerly theTerritorial Abbey of San Paolo fuori le Mura (since 2005, just an abbey, territory incorporated into the diocese of Rome) Territorial Abbacy of Subiaco , whose cathedral see and co-cathedral are minor basilicasItalo-Albanese Territorial Abbacy of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata , only non-Latin Church territorial abbey: Italo-Albanese Catholic riteItalo-Albanese Diocese of Piana degli Albanesi , with cathedral see at Palermo, on SicilyItalo-Albanese Diocese of Lungro , with cathedral see at Lungro, near Cosenza in Calabria inAustria : inBelgium :Military Ordinariate of Belgium , vested in the primatial Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels inBosnia and Herzegovina :Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina , not vested in any see inBulgaria : inCroatia : in theCzech Republic : in and for allDenmark :Diocese of Copenhagen , including its overseas territoriesGreenland and theFaroe Islands in and for allEstonia :Roman Catholic Diocese of Tallinn (at Tallinn), Finland , including the autonomous region ofÅland :Diocese of Helsinki inFrance : inGermany in and for allGibraltar :Diocese of Gibraltar inGreece : inHungary : in and for allIceland :Diocese of Reykjavík inKosovo : in and for all the principality ofLiechtenstein :Archdiocese of Vaduz inLithuania :Military Ordinariate of Lithuania in and for all the Grand duchy ofLuxemburg :Archdiocese of Luxembourg in and for allMoldova (Moldavia):Diocese of Chişinău in and for all the principality ofMonaco :Archdiocese of Monaco inMontenegro :Archdiocese of Bar in theNetherlands :Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands , cumulated with varying sees inNorth Macedonia :Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje in Norway: inPoland : inPortugal :Military Ordinariate of Portugal , not vested in any see inRomania : inRussia (cfr. infra Eastern Europe & Asia ): inSweden :Diocese of Stockholm inSerbia :Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur , for Catholics of Byzantine Rite inSerbia Military Ordinariate of Slovakia , not vested in any seeMilitary Ordinariate of Spain , ranking as archbishop, cumulated with varying seesinSwitzerland , all diocesan sees (joined in a national episcopal conference, without province): in theUK : Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe , actually only forArmenia ,Georgia (country) ,Russia andUkraine inUkraine :Mukachevo (Munkách) Ruthenian Greek-Catholic Eparchy Asian exempt dioceses [ edit ] Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem , for all of theHoly Land (Palestine &Israel ),Jordan andCyprus Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo , for all ofSyria Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut , for all ofLebanon Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia , inKuwait City , for all ofKuwait ,Bahrain ,Saudi Arabia andQatar Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia , inAbu Dhabi (UAE), for all ofOman ,United Arab Emirates andYemen Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad , coveringIraq Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam , coveringBrunei all dioceses inCambodia (joined in a common episcopal conference with Laos): in China: in India: inIndonesia :Military Ordinariate of Indonesia in and for allIran (Persia):Archdiocese of Teheran-Isfahan Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (for former Anglicans in Australia and JapaninKorea (North and South): all dioceses inLaos (joined in a common episcopal conference with Cambodia): in thePhilippines : inPakistan :Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta in Russia (cfr. Europe ):Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk , on Sakhalin island off eastern Siberia in and for allSingapore :Archdiocese of Singapore inTurkey : New World exempt dioceses [ edit ] inArgentina : in Australia: inBolivia : inBrazil : in Canada: inChile : inColombia : inDominican Republic :Military Ordinariate of Dominican Republic inEcuador : inEl Salvador :Military Ordinariate of El Salvador Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands , for the Southern Atlantic UK overseas territoriesFalkland Islands (Malvinas) andSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in New Zealand:Military Ordinariate of New Zealand inParaguay : inPeru : inTonga : in the United States:Military Ordinariate of the United States:Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter , with see in Houston, Texas (for former Anglicans in the United States and in Canada)Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton , bishopric for the diaspora in North America (also Canada), with cathedral see inCanton, Ohio (USA)Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada , with cathedral see atElmont, New York Maronite Eparchiesof St. Maron of Brooklyn andof Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles inVenezuela : African exempt dioceses [ edit ] [ edit ] There are also 'meetings of episcopal conferences' for the (arch)bishops from countries belonging to:
Exempt dioceses in European countries without ecclesiastical province or national conference [ edit ] Exempt (arch)dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See, each for a whole small country Episcopal Conference of Austria [ edit ] Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg Ecclesiastical Province of Vienna Episcopal Conference of Belgium [ edit ] Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Military Ordinariate of Belgium , ranking as bishopric, vested in the primatial Metropolitan see of Mechelen-BrusselsFor the Ukrainian Catholics, see France Ecclesiastical Province of Mechelen-Brussels, covering Belgium [ edit ] Dioceses in England and Wales also comprises - without separate dioceses - three European insular crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey Exempt dioceses Ecclesiastical province of Birmingham Ecclesiastical province of Cardiff, forWales Ecclesiastical province of Liverpool Ecclesiastical province of Southwark Ecclesiastical province of Westminster Episcopal Conference of France [ edit ] (The ecclesiastical provinces' corresponding administrative regions are mentioned in parentheses)For overseas French dioceses, see under their continents and Episcopal conferences of Antilles (Central America) and Pacific (Oceania)
Exempt Latin dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See Eastern Church dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See (exempt) or to their particular church's Patriarch or Major Archbishop Armenian Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris , Eparchy with cathedral see inParis , in and for France, immediately subject to thePatriarch of Cilicia , but not part of his provinceMaronite Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris , with cathedral see Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province; alsoApostolic Visitor in Western and Northern Europe of the MaronitesUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (Ukrainian CatholicByzantine Rite Eparchy in France), with cathedral see in Paris, directly subject to the Major Archbishop, for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and SwitzerlandOrdinariate for Eastern Catholics in France , exempt, vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Paris, for Eastern Rites without proper ordinaryCatholic dioceses of metropolitan France . Provinces are demarcated by bold lines and their sees (Metropolitan archdioceses) written in bold letters.Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon (Franche-Comté and part ofLorraine ) Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux (Aquitaine ) Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont (Auvergne ) Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon (Burgundy ) Ecclesiastical Province of Lille (Nord-Pas-de-Calais ) Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon (Rhône-Alpes ) Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur andCorsica ) Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier (Languedoc-Roussillon ) Ecclesiastical Province of Paris (capital regionIle-de-France ) Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers (Poitou-Charentes andLimousin ) Ecclesiastical Province of Reims (Champagne-Ardenne andPicardy ) Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes (Brittany andPays de la Loire ) Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen (Upper - andLower Normandy ) Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse (Midi-Pyrénées ) Eccleasiastical Province of Tours (Centre-Val de Loire region) Episcopal Conference of Germany [ edit ] Provinces and Dioceses in Germany Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg Ecclesiastical province of Berlin [Lower] Rhenish ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Cologne) Upper Rhenish ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau) Northern German ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg) Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising, inBavaria Central German ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn) [ edit ] Catholic Dioceses in the island of Ireland. The colours indicate theecclesiastical provinces , and the dark areas arearchdioceses . Ecclesiastical province of Armagh — covers all ofNorthern Ireland (part of the UK) and part of theRepublic of Ireland Ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly (Republic of Ireland) Ecclesiastical province of Dublin (Republic of Ireland) Ecclesiastical province of Tuam (Republic of Ireland) [ edit ] Catholic provinces in Italy Ecclesiastical Province of Rome See: Diocese of Rome § Suffragan sees other exempt Italian (arch)dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See but not part of the province of Rome Ecclesiastical Province of Venice Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento, on Sicily Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari, onSardinia Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano Ecclesiastical Province of Catania, onSicily Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo Ecclesiastical Province of Florence Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, on Sicily Ecclesiastical Province of Milan Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola Ecclesiastical Province of Naples Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo, on Sicily Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari, on Sardinia Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa, on Sicily Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto Ecclesiastical Province of Turin Ecclesiastical Province of Trento Ecclesiastical Province of Udine Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli Episcopal Conference of Malta [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Malta Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Utrecht, covering theNetherlands proper [ edit ] Portuguese Catholic dioceses map Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Lisboa (Lisbon) Ecclesiastical Province of Braga Ecclesiastical Province of Évora Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia [ edit ] Scandinavian Bishops Conference
All exempt, each directly subject to the Holy See, no provincial or national conferences (and two more Nordic countries, not geographically part of Scandinavia proper, also both exempt) [ edit ] Map of Catholic dioceses in Scotland theMilitary Ordinariate for Great-Britain for UK-based troops, being joint with England & Wales, is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Glasgow Ecclesiastical province of St Andrews and Edinburgh Map of Dioceses of Spain [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona Ecclesiastical province of Burgos Ecclesiastical province of Granada Ecclesiastical province of Madrid Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela Ecclesiastical province of Seville, mainly comprisingAndalusia Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona Ecclesiastical province of Toledo Ecclesiastical province of Valencia, including the Balearic Isles Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza Episcopal Conference of Switzerland [ edit ] Swiss Bishops Conference
only exempt dioceses, each immediately subject to the Holy See Episcopal Conference of Albania [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Shkodër–Pult: Archdiocese of Shkodër–Pult
Diocese of Sapë
Diocese of Lezhë
Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës
Diocese of Rrëshen
Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania
Ecclesiastical Province of Shkodër-Pult (Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Tiranë-Durrës(mixed Churches) [ edit ] North Macedonia hasMontenegro has no national level, but two Latin diocesesthe exempt senior see:Archdiocese of Bar , directly subject to the Holy See Diocese of Kotor , suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Croatian Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split–MakarskaEcclesiastical Province of Beograd (Belgrado), Latin, coveringSerbia Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur , for Catholics ofByzantine Rite inSerbia Episcopal Conference of Belarus [ edit ] The Belarusian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite ) has no proper diocese presently, only anapostolic visitor for Belarus and another for abroad, neither vested in any see (Latin) Ecclesiastical Province of Miensk-Mahiloǔ Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina [ edit ] Latin Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Archdiocese of Vrhbosna
Diocese of Banja Luka
Diocese of Mostar-Duvno
Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan
Diocese of Gospić-Senj (Zavalje parish)
Diocese of Šibenik (village Uništa)
Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo, covering allBosnia and Herzegovina and ... Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci , the Croatian proper diocese of theByzantine rite EasternCroatian Catholic Church , suffragan of the Metropolitan of Zagreb, also covers Catholics of Byzantine Rite in all of Slovenia and Bosnia and HerzegovinaEpiscopal Conference of Bulgaria [ edit ] Bulgaria has no ecclesiastical province, only exempt Ordinariates, immediately subject to the Holy See, of two ChurchesEpiscopal Conference of Croatia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical hierarchy and provinces in countries of Adriatic Sea: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Đakovo-Osijek, also known as Simium (Sirmio) Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka Ecclesiastical Province of Split-Makarska Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb (Latin and Eastern Churches) Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province ofBohemia or Prague (after its Metropolitan see) Ecclesiastical Province ofMoravia or Olomouc (after its Metropolitan see) Episcopal Conference of Greece [ edit ] Catholic Dioceses in Greece Exempt Latin (arch)dioceses, immediately depending from the Holy See Exempt Eastern Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia (for Ionian islands) Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos (for various Aegean islands) [ edit ] Map of the Catholic dioceses in Hungary Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Eger Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom-Budapest Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém Hungarian Catholic church Metropolitanate sui iurisEpiscopal Conference of Latvia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Riga, coveringLatvia Episcopal Conference of Lithuania [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius Ecclesiastical Province of Kaunas Episcopal Conference of Poland [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Białystok Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno Ecclesiastical province of Katowice Ecclesiastical province of Kraków Ecclesiastical province of Łódź Ecclesiastical province of Lublin Ecclesiastical province of Poznań Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień Ecclesiastical province of Warmia Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa Ecclesiastical province of Wrocław Ukrainian Greek Catholic province of Przemyśl–Warszawa Episcopal Conference of Romania [ edit ] Administrative map of the Latin and Armenian Catholic hierarchies in Romania Exempt (immediately subject to Rome, no ecclesiastical province) Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest (Latin) Eastern Catholic (Byzantine Rite ) Major Archiepiscopal Romanian (Greek) Catholic Church's ecclesiastical (sole) province sui juris, covering Romania Episcopal Conference of the Russian Federation [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Moscow (partly in Asia- eastern Siberia) also includes, in Asia, one exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See: Episcopal Conference of Slovakia [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava (Latin) Ecclesiastical Province of Košice (Latin) Slovak Catholic Metropolitanate sui juris of Prešov (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine rite) Slovak Catholic Archeparchy of Prešov , the Metropolitan head of the particular church and its sole province's Metropolitan Archeparch (Archbishop), with suffragan Eparchies (bishoprics)Episcopal Conference of Slovenia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci , the Croatian proper diocese of theByzantine rite EasternCroatian Catholic Church , suffragan of the Metropolitan of Zagreb, also covers Catholics of Byzantine Rite in all of Slovenia and Bosnia and HerzegovinaEpiscopal Conference of Ukraine [ edit ] Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Lviv, covering the Latin church in allUkraine , including the Russian-annexed Crimea (Krym) Armenian Catholic (Armenian rite ) Ruthenian Catholic (Byzantine rite ) Ukrainian Catholic (Byzantine rite) Metropolitanates [ edit ] Episcopal Conference of Canada [ edit ] Map of Catholic dioceses in Canada Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton, comprising most of the province ofAlberta . Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau, comprising the western and northern parts of the province ofQuebec . Ecclesiastical province of Grouard–McLennan, comprising the northernmost parts of the provinces ofAlberta andBritish Columbia , as well as theYukon andNorthwest Territories . Ecclesiastical province of Halifax, comprising the provinces ofNova Scotia andPrince Edward Island . Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas, comprising the northern parts of the provinces ofSaskatchewan ,Manitoba , andOntario , and the territory ofNunavut . Ecclesiastical province of Kingston, comprising the central portions of the Canadian province ofOntario . Ecclesiastical province of Moncton, comprising the province ofNew Brunswick . Ecclesiastical province of Montréal, in Quebec, comprising theisland of Montreal and surrounding areas to the north and south. Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa, comprising the northeastern part of the province ofOntario and a small portion ofQuebec . Ecclesiastical province of Québec, comprising only the central part of the province ofQuebec , centering on the civil provincial capitalQuebec City . Ecclesiastical province of Regina, comprising the southern part of the province ofSaskatchewan . Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski, comprising theGaspé Peninsula and the areas across theSt. Lawrence River to the north, in the province ofQuebec . Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface, comprising the southwest part of the province ofManitoba . Ecclesiastical province of St. John's, Newfoundland, comprising the province ofNewfoundland and Labrador . Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke, comprising the part of the province ofQuebec to the southeast ofMontreal . Ecclesiastical province of Toronto, comprising the southwest part of the province ofOntario , with the non-contiguous Diocese of Thunder Bay in western Ontario. Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver, comprising most of the province ofBritish Columbia . Ukrainian Catholic province of Winnipeg Other Eastern church dioceses in Canada, immediately subject to their particular churches See also USA for joint Armenian Catholic and Romanian Catholic dioceses and the personal ordinariate for former Anglicans Episcopal Conference of Mexico [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Acapulco Ecclesiastical province of Tijuana (Baja California) Ecclesiastical province of Léon (Bajío) Ecclesiastical province of Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas) Ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua Ecclesiastical province of Durango Ecclesiastical province of Guadalajara Ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo Ecclesiastical province of Tulancingo (Hidalgo) Ecclesiastical province of Jalapa (Xalapa) Ecclesiastical province of México Ecclesiastical province of Monterrey Ecclesiastical province of Morelia Ecclesiastical province of (Antequera (de)) Oaxaca (Oaxaca) Ecclesiastical province of Puebla (de los Angeles) Ecclesiastical province of San Luis Potosí Ecclesiastical province of Tlalnepantla Ecclesiastical province of Toluca Ecclesiastical province of Yucatán Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica Episcopal Conference of El Salvador [ edit ] Exempt military ordinariate, immediately subject to the Holy See, Ecclesiastical province of San Salvador, coveringEl Salvador Episcopal Conference of Guatemala [ edit ] Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Guatemala Ecclesiastical province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán Episcopal Conference of Honduras [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa, coveringHonduras Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Managua, coveringNicaragua Episcopal Conference of Panama [ edit ] Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Panamá, coveringPanama [ edit ] theDiocese of Saint-Thomas , with see inCharlotte Amalie , on St. Thomas, on and for theU.S. Virgin Islands ,is a suffragan of the mainland-North AmericanMetropolitan Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.) Ecclesiastical province of Castries - comprising several current and former British colonies in theLesser Antilles . Ecclesiastical province of Fort-de-France - comprising the French territories in the Caribbean. Ecclesiastical province of Kingston in (and covering)Jamaica , also comprising several other former and current British colonies in the Western Caribbean. Ecclesiastical province of Nassau - comprising several current and former British territories to the north of the Caribbean. Ecclesiastical province of Port of Spain - comprising several former British or Dutch colonies in the southeastern Caribbean and northern South America. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain , on and forTrinidad and Tobago Diocese of Bridgetown , on and forBarbados Diocese of Willemstad , onCuraçao in theNetherlands Antilles , also forAruba ,Bonaire ,Saba ,Sint Eustatius andSint Maarten Diocese of Georgetown , inGuyana (in South America, formerly British)Diocese of Paramaribo , inSuriname (in South America, formerly Dutch Guyana)Episcopal Conference of Cuba [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of (San Cristóbal de) la Habana Ecclesiastical province of Camagüey Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Cuba Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic [ edit ] exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, but often held by the capital's archbishop Ecclesiastical province of Santo Domingo Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de los Caballeros Episcopal Conference of Haiti [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haïtien Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico, covering the Commonwealth ofPuerto Rico Episcopal Conference of the United States of America [ edit ] Exempt, immediately subject to the holy See and not part of a Bishops' Region Provinces and dioceses of the Latin Church in the United States. Each color represents one of the 32 Latin-rite provinces. Not depicted are the U.S. Virgin Islands, which constitute the Diocese of St. Thomas, the sole suffragan diocese in the Province of Washington, D.C. Note: TheUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) divides the non-exempt dioceses of the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) into fourteen geographical regions—termed "Bishops' Regions" for theLatin Church provinces—and a fifteenth "region" that consists of the Eastern Catholic eparchies. These regions are not the canonical "ecclesiastical regions" described in canon 433 and 434, but are operated by an elected regional chairman. [ 2] Anglicanorum Coetibus are members of their respective Bishops’ Conferences, and the USCCB lists the exemptPersonal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter as a part of Bishops’ Region X.
Bishops' Region I Ecclesiastical province of Boston, comprising the states ofMaine ,Massachusetts ,New Hampshire andVermont . Ecclesiastical province of Hartford, comprising the states ofConnecticut andRhode Island , as well asFishers Island in the state ofNew York . Bishops' Region II Ecclesiastical province of New York, comprising the state ofNew York except forFishers Island . Bishops' Region III Ecclesiastical province of Newark, comprising the state ofNew Jersey . Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia, comprising the state ofPennsylvania . Bishops' Region IV Ecclesiastical province of Baltimore, comprising most of the state ofMaryland as well as the states ofDelaware ,Virginia andWest Virginia . Ecclesiastical province of Washington, comprising theDistrict of Columbia , 5 counties in southernMaryland , and theUnited States Virgin Islands . Bishops' Region V Ecclesiastical province of Louisville, comprising the states ofKentucky andTennessee . Ecclesiastical province of Mobile, comprising the states ofAlabama andMississippi . Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans, comprising the state ofLouisiana . Bishops' Region VI Ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, comprising the state ofOhio . Ecclesiastical province of Detroit, comprising the state ofMichigan . Bishops' Region VII Ecclesiastical province of Chicago, comprising the state ofIllinois . Ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis, comprising the state ofIndiana . Ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, comprising the state ofWisconsin . Bishops' Region VIII Ecclesiastical province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, comprising the states ofMinnesota ,North Dakota andSouth Dakota . Bishops' Region IX Ecclesiastical province of Dubuque, comprising the state ofIowa . Ecclesiastical province of Kansas City, comprising the state ofKansas . Ecclesiastical province of Omaha, comprising the state ofNebraska . Ecclesiastical province of Saint Louis, comprising the state ofMissouri . Bishops' Region X Ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston, comprising the east and southeast parts of the state ofTexas . Ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, comprising the west and north of the state ofTexas . Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City, comprising the states ofArkansas andOklahoma . Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, comprising former Anglicans throughout the United States (and Canada). Bishops' Region XI Ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles, comprising the southern part of the state ofCalifornia . Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, comprising the northern part of the state ofCalifornia and the state ofHawaii (inOceania ) Bishops' Region XII Ecclesiastical province of Anchorage-Juneau, comprising the state ofAlaska . Ecclesiastical province of Portland in Oregon, comprising the states ofIdaho ,Montana andOregon ,except for the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana. Ecclesiastical province of Seattle, comprising the state ofWashington Bishops' Region XIII Ecclesiastical province of Denver, comprising the states ofColorado andWyoming , as well as the parts ofYellowstone National Park in the states ofIdaho andMontana . Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe, comprising the states ofArizona andNew Mexico . Ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprising the states ofNevada andUtah . Bishops' Region XIV Ecclesiastical province of Miami, comprising the state ofFlorida . Ecclesiastical province of Atlanta, comprising the states ofGeorgia ,North Carolina , andSouth Carolina . Bishops' Region XV This is not a geographical region and it does not consist of ecclesiastical provinces. Instead, it consists exclusively of US branches of various, generally Europe- or Asia-based, particular Eastern Catholic Churches. See theEastern Catholic Churches section (below) for their particular hierarchies.
Antiochian rites Maronite Church Syriac Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Armenian rite Armenian Catholic Church Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) rites Melkite Greek Catholic Church Romanian Catholic Church Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (only Church headquartered in the Americas) Ecclesiastical province of theRuthenian Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia
Syro-Oriental Rites Chaldean Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church [ edit ] Exempt diocese, directly subject to the Holy See Episcopal Conference of Argentina [ edit ] (Latin and Eastern Churches)
exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Bahía Blanca Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires Ecclesiastical province of Córdoba Ecclesiastical province of Corrientes Ecclesiastical province of La Plata Ecclesiastical province of Mendoza Ecclesiastical province of Mercedes-Luján Ecclesiastical province of Paraná
Ecclesiastical province of Resistencia Ecclesiastical province of Rosario Ecclesiastical province of Salta Ecclesiastical province of San Juan Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe Ecclesiastical province of Tucumán Episcopal Conference of Bolivia [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba Ecclesiastical province of La Paz Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Ecclesiastical province of Sucre Episcopal Conference of Brazil [ edit ] Catholic Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu Ecclesiastical province of Brasília Ecclesiastical province of Campinas Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel Ecclesiastical province of Chapecó Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia Ecclesiastical province of Joinville Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora Ecclesiastical province of Londrina Ecclesiastical province of Maceió Ecclesiastical province of Manaus Ecclesiastical province of Mariana Ecclesiastical province of Maringá Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros Ecclesiastical province of Natal Ecclesiastical province of Niterói Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife Ecclesiastical province of Palmas Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria Ecclesiastical province of Santarem Ecclesiastical province of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Catholic , aByzantine Rite ) Ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo (Roman and Byzantine rites) Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba Ecclesiastical province of Teresina Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba Ecclesiastical province of Vitória Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista Episcopal Conference of Chile [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta Ecclesiastical province of Concepción Ecclesiastical province of La Serena Ecclesiastical province of Puerto Montt Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile Episcopal Conference of Colombia [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga Ecclesiastical province of Cali Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena Ecclesiastical province of Florencia Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué Ecclesiastical province of Manizales Ecclesiastical province of Medellín Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona Ecclesiastical province of Popayán Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia Ecclesiastical province of Tunja Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio Episcopal Conference of Ecuador [ edit ] exempt missionary circonscriptions, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo Ecclesiastical province of Quito Episcopal Conference of Paraguay [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Asunción Episcopal Conference of Peru [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo Ecclesiastical province of Lima Ecclesiastical province of Piura Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo Episcopal Conference of Uruguay [ edit ] Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo Episcopal Conference of Venezuela [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar Ecclesiastical province of Coro Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela [ edit ] Exempt dioceses or mission sui juris in Asian countries without episcopal conferences or ecclesiastical provinces [ edit ] exempt, nation-covering diocesan circonscriptions, often not called after the see, each immediately subject to the Holy See Apostolic Prefecture of Baku , in and for allAzerbaijan Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan , inBishkek , for allKyrgyzstan Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal , inKathmandu , for allNepal Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan , inTashkent , for allUzbekistan Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia for Faithful of Byzantine Rite , inKaraganda , forKazakhstan ,Kyrgyzstan ,Tajikistan ,Turkmenistan andUzbekistan Missions sui juris (not requiring a prelate; just an ecclesiastical superior), immediately subject to the Holy See (includes parts of North and Eastern Africa) [ edit ] all Latin dioceses are exempt, i.e. no ecclesiastical province, but each immediately subject to the Holy See. They alone constitute the Episcopal conference proper, not the numerous Eastern Catholic Ordinaries,who are grouped in specific 'national' Assemblies below in Asian Middle East: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem , no suffragan, for all of theHoly Land (Palestine & Israel),Jordan andCyprus Archdiocese of Baghdad , no suffragan, for all ofIraq Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo , for all ofSyria Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut , for all ofLebanon Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia , inKuwait City , for all ofKuwait ,Bahrain ,Saudi Arabia andQatar Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia , inAbu Dhabi (UAE), for all ofOman ,United Arab Emirates andYemen in Africa: see there (for Egypt, Djibouti and Somalia) Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Egypt [ edit ] see Africa
[ edit ] Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Iraq [ edit ] Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Lebanon [ edit ] Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria [ edit ] Episcopal Conference of Iran [ edit ] No ecclesiastical province, the Latin Church has only the exemptRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Teheran-Isfahan , directly subject to the Holy See
The conference also includes Eastern Catholic bishops of two churches:
Chaldean Rite - four dioceses - archdioceses Ahvaz, Tehran (Metropolitan), Urmyā (Shahpur) and its sole suffragan, Salmas Armenian Rite - diocese of Isfahan Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Mary Most Holy in Astana, covering allKazakhstan Episcopal Conference of Turkey [ edit ] Latin Church dioceses in Turkey covering transcontinentalTurkey , which is not comprised in any Latin ecclesiastical province
Exempt Latin dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See Eastern (arch)dioceses, directly subject to their Patriarchs Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh [ edit ] Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh
Ecclesiastical Province of Dhaka Ecclesiastical Province of Chittagong Episcopal Conference of Myanmar [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Mandalay Ecclesiastical Province of Taunggyi Ecclesiastical Province of Yangon (Rangoon) Episcopal Conference of East Timor [ edit ] [ edit ] Latin Church provinces and dioceses of the Catholic church in India. The dioceses making up a province have different shades of the same colour. The Episcopal Conference of India includes dioceses in the country ofBhutan . Includes various Eastern Church dioceses, notably Syro-Malankara (anAntiochian Rite ) and Syro-Malabar (aSyro-Oriental Rite ), either in Eastern provinces of their ownparticular churches , exempt or (some Syro-Malabar) as suffragans of Latin Catholic Metropolitan Archbishops in their mixed-rite ecclesiastical provinces, are italicized..
Exempt Eastern Catholic eparchies (diocese), immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Agra Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Calicut (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur Ecclesiastical Province of Patna (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly (entirely Latin Church) Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam (entirely Latin Church) Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla Episcopal Conference of Indonesia [ edit ] Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Jakarta Ecclesiastical Province of Ende Ecclesiastical Province of Kupang Ecclesiastical Province of Makassar Ecclesiastical Province of Medan Ecclesiastical Province of Merauke Ecclesiastical Province of Palembang Ecclesiastical Province of Pontianak Ecclesiastical Province of Samarinda Ecclesiastical Province of Semarang Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia [ edit ] three exempt missionary dioceses inCambodia , no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome four exempt missionary dioceses inLaos , no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome [ edit ] Exempt (arch)dioceses in Brunei and Singapore (no provinces nor national episcopal conferences, immediately subject to Rome) Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur, inPeninsular Malaysia (Malaya) Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching, inSarawak state, onBorneo Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu, inSabah state, onBorneo Episcopal Conference of Pakistan [ edit ] Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (P.C.B.C.)
Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Karachi, inSindh province Ecclesiastical Province of Lahore, inPunjab province Episcopal Conference of the Philippines [ edit ] Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Caceres Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro Ecclesiastical Province of Capiz Ecclesiastical Province of Cebu Ecclesiastical Province of Cotabato Ecclesiastical Province of Davao Ecclesiastical Province of Jaro Ecclesiastical Province of Lingayen-Dagupan Ecclesiastical Province of Lipa Ecclesiastical Province of Manila Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Segovia Ecclesiastical Province of Ozamis Ecclesiastical Province of Palo Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando Ecclesiastical Province of Tuguegarao Ecclesiastical Province of Zamboanga [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo Episcopal Conference of Thailand [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok Ecclesiastical Province of Thare and Nonseng Episcopal Conference of Vietnam [ edit ] Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam), atHồ Chí Minh City
Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội Ecclesiastical Province of Huế Ecclesiastical Province of Hồ Chí Minh City Exempt without conference [ edit ] [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, coveringTaiwan [ edit ] Map of (Roman-rite) Catholic Dioceses in PRC as of February 2025 Apostolic prefectures ; many are truly vacant or under a temporaryApostolic administrator ; no Apostolic Vicariates)Ecclesiastical Province of Anking Ecclesiastical Province of Peking Ecclesiastical Province of Changsha Ecclesiastical Province of Chungking Ecclesiastical Province of Foochow Ecclesiastical Province of Canton Ecclesiastical Province of Kweyang Ecclesiastical Province of Hangchow Ecclesiastical Province of Hankow Ecclesiastical Province of Tsinan Ecclesiastical Province of Kaifeng Ecclesiastical Province of Kunming Ecclesiastical Province of Lanchow Ecclesiastical Province of Nanchang Ecclesiastical Province of Nanking Ecclesiastical Province of Nanning Ecclesiastical Province of Mukden Ecclesiastical Province of Hohhot Ecclesiastical Province of Taiyuan Ecclesiastical Province of Sian Episcopal Conference of Japan [ edit ] Exempt - the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (for former Anglicans in Australia and Japan) has its see in Australia. Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo [ edit ] exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Kwanju (Gwangju), inSouth Korea Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul, includingNorth Korea Ecclesiastical Province of Taegu, inSouth Korea [ edit ] Episcopal Conference of Australia [ edit ] Exempt (arch)dioceses (immediately subject to Rome, no province) Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, coveringQueensland Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne, coveringVictoria state Ecclesiastical Province of Perth, coveringWestern Australia
Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, covering most ofNew South Wales
Other Eastern eparchies (dioceses)
Episcopal Conference of New Zealand [ edit ] See under§ Episcopal Conference of Australia for the Chaldean Catholic, Melkite and Ukrainian Catholic dioceses competent for both countries, with sees in Sydney, Melbourne.
Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Wellington
Episcopal Conference of the Pacific [ edit ] An exempt diocese, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See: For Ukrainian Catholics, see§ Episcopal Conference of Australia , under Melbourne The "United States Minor Outlying Islands" (U.S. Minor Islands), such as Wake, Midway, Johnston, which are Unincorporated Territories of USA, are administered by theArchdiocese for the Military Services of the United States in Washington, D.C. TheDiocese of Honolulu (on and for Hawaii) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiasticalProvince of San Francisco in California, U.S. Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña
Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete This province covers all ofFrench Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) and thePitcairn Islands (UK).
Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia Ecclesiastical Province of Suva Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Madang Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen Ecclesiastical Province of Port Moresby Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul Ecclesiastical Province of Honaira, covering theSolomon Islands [ edit ] Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.E.C.A.M.)
Most national churches are also part of an episcopal conference and a regional (subcontinental) group of those, so we list them geographically:
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Egypt [ edit ] Latin Church Alexandrian Rite (Coptic originally means Egyptian)Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria , actually in Cairo, Metropolitan Archbishop of the church's only ecclesiastical provincesui juris covering Egypt (which has no other Catholic province), with these suffragan Eparchies:Byzantine Rite Antiochian Rite Armenian Rite Syro-Oriental Rite Mostly exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Alger, covering most ofAlgeria Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)
The West African subcontinent was previously covered by two language-distinct super-conferences:
Episcopal Conference of Nigeria [ edit ] Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province of Jos Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri Episcopal Conference of Gambia and Sierra Leone [ edit ] Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Freetown, coveringSierra Leone Episcopal Conference of Ghana [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Accra Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Coast Ecclesiastical Province of Kumasi Ecclesiastical Province of Tamale Episcopal Conference of Liberia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia Ecclesiastical Conference of Benin [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou Ecclesiastical Province of Parakou Ecclesiastical Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bobo-Dioulasso, inBurkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Koupéla, in Burkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey, coveringNiger Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Abidjan Ecclesiastical Province of Bouaké Ecclesiastical Province of Gagnoa Ecclesiastical Province of Korhogo Episcopal Conference of Guinea [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry, coveringGuinea Episcopal Conference of Mali [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako, coveringMali Episcopal Conference of Togo [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Lomé, coveringTogo [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Dakar, coveringSenegal neither of the above West African super-conferences however covered the dioceses, all directly subject to the Holy See, in three countries formerly under Portuguese or (Franco-)Spanish colonial administration, now participating in the same ecclesiastical conference as ex-French Senegal two exempt members (no ecclesiastical province, directly subject to the Holy See) of the Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops, see Asia: Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea [ edit ] Neither country has or is part of any Latin Church province.
Eritrea has no Latin hierarchy, even the post ofApostolic nuncio is held by the nuncio to Sudan in Khartoum.Ethiopia has the following exemptapostolic vicariates andapostolic prefecture , each immediately subject to the Holy SeeEastern Alexandrian rite particular churches (Metropolitanates sui juris) [ edit ] However, each country has anAlexandrian rite (like the Egyptian Copts, but in Geez language) Metropolitan particular church 'sui iuris', whose episcopates fully parttake in the joint Episcopal Conference, yet also has its own council of bishops
Ecclesiastical Province of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia , sui iuris) Ecclesiastical Province of Asmara (Eritrea , sui iuris) Episcopal Conference of Kenya [ edit ] Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Kisumu Ecclesiastical Province of Mombasa Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi Ecclesiastical Province of Nyeri Episcopal Conference of Malawi [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Juba, covering the Latin Church inSouth Sudan Ecclesiastical Province of Khartoum, covering the Latin Church inSudan Eastern church jurisdictions, covering both countries For the Armenian Catholics in Sudan, see Egypt Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria, a suffragan of the Patriarch of Cilicia)Episcopal Conference of Tanzania [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha Ecclesiastical Province of Dar-es-Salaam Ecclesiastical Province of Dodoma Ecclesiastical Province of Mbeya Ecclesiastical Province of Mwanza Ecclesiastical Province of Songea Ecclesiastical Province of Tabora Episcopal Conference of Uganda [ edit ] Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Gulu Ecclesiastical Province of Kampala Ecclesiastical Province of Mbarara Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo Episcopal Conference of Zambia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Kasama Ecclesiastical Province of Lusaka (?only Latin dioceses)This subcontinent is still covered by two distinct super-conferences:
Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa, covering the three countries formerly under Belgian colonial administration: Congo, Burundi and Rwanda Ecclesiastical Conference of Burundi [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga
Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa
Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani
Ecclesiastical Province of Lubumbashi
Ecclesiastical Province of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Episcopal Conference of Rwanda [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Kigali, coveringRwanda
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region, covering countries formerly under French or Spanish colonial administration Ecclesiastical Conference of Cameroon [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda
Ecclesiastical Province of Bertoua
Ecclesiastical Province of Douala
Ecclesiastical Province of Garoua
Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé
Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bangui, covering theCentral African republic
Episcopal Conference of Chad [ edit ] Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena
[ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville
Ecclesiastical Province of Owando
Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire
Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Malabo
Episcopal Conference of Gabon [ edit ] Exempt missionary circonscription, directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Libreville, covering the rest ofGabon
[ edit ] Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Huambo
Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda
Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango
Ecclesiastical Province of Malanje
Ecclesiastical Province of Saurímo
[ edit ] Only exempt dioceses, each for a whole country (or two) without national conference, directly subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Lesotho [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru
Episcopal Conference of Madagascar [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Antananarivo
Ecclesiastical Province of Antsiranana
Ecclesiastical Province of Toamasina
Ecclesiastical Province of Fianarantsoa
Ecclesiastical Province of Toliara
Episcopal Conference of Mozambique [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Beira
Ecclesiastical Province of Maputo
Ecclesiastical Province of Nampula
Episcopal Conference of Namibia [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Windhoek, coveringNamibia
[ edit ] covers the dioceses in the republic ofSouth Africa , and two neighbouring countries whose only dioceses belong to its provincesBotswana andEswatini
The wider Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.) also includes Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See :
Ecclesiastical Province of Bloemfontein
Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Town
Ecclesiastical Province of Durban
Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg
Ecclesiastical Province of Pretoria
Episcopal Conference of Zimbabwe [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Province of Bulawayo
Ecclesiastical Province of Harare
Eastern Catholic Churches by Rite [ edit ] The 23Eastern Catholic Churches retain many Orthodox traditions, even in the hierarchic terminology, such as calling dioceses Eparchies and archdioceses Archeparchies.
Their respective diocesan structures overlap with and are partially parallel to each other, to the Latin Church, often 'sharing' a see. In addition, exempt, mixed ordinariates for the Eastern churches without dioceses of their own are established in a few (European and Latin American) countries, directly subject to the Holy See.
They are presented grouped per ancient rite, or liturgical tradition. Following the name of each Church is given the nature of theirecclesiastical polity ; for instance, whether it is headed by a Patriarch, a Major Archbishop, a Metropolitan Archbishop, or has no unified structure and is instead composed of jurisdictions each individually subject to the Holy See.
[ edit ] Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Argentina , for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Buenos AiresOrdinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil , for all Eastern Churches, cumulated with varying Latin Church Metropolitan seesOrdinariate for Eastern Catholics in France , for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital ParisOrdinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland , for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital WarszawOrdinariate for Eastern Catholics in Spain , for all Eastern Churches,vested in theLatin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid [ edit ] In theArab World and Africa, the church hasdioceses in:
Throughout the rest of the world, the Melkite Catholic church has dioceses and exarchates for itsdiaspora in:
Furthermore, one of the Ordinaries is appointedApostolic visitor for the countries without proper ordinariates inWestern Europe , while in some countries the Melkite diaspora is served pastorally by anOrdinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful .
An ecclesiastical provincesui juris Romania :
Exempt, i.e. Immediately subject to the Holy See
Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ukrainian provinces and Metropolitan dependencies
Polish province
European dioceses These eparchies are immediately dependent on the Major Archbishop, not part of his province:
Overseas provinces and Metropolitan dependencies
Overseas Eparchies, suffragans of Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishops
A single ecclesiastical provincesui juris
The more general adjective "Byzantine" is often used instead of "Ruthenian" in North America.
Although its origins are, as the name suggests, inRuthenia , (now part of Slovakia and Ukraine) its sole exempt diocese (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See), covers the Czech Republic while all other dioceses depend from the US-based Metropolitan head of the church:
There is a sole ecclesiastical province, the Metropolitanatesui juris
A further directly dependent on the Metropolitan:
The Synod is the Council of the Slovak Church
All these are entirely exempt, i.e. each directly subject to the Holy See:
entirely exempt, i.e. each directly subject to the Holy See:
entirely exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See:
Alexandrian Rite churches [ edit ] A single ecclesiastical provincesui juris , coveringEthiopia (Synod styled Council of the Ethiopian Church)
A single ecclesiastical provincesui juris , covering all and onlyEritrea , which has no Latin Church diocese
Immediately subject to the Patriarch :
Subject to the Synod, partly exempt
The following are subject to the Synod in matters of Liturgical and Particular Law; otherwise they are exempt (i.e. immediately subject to theHoly See and itsRoman Congregation for the Eastern Churches ):
Suffragan Eparchies in theecclesiastical provinces of Latin Metropolitan Archbishops
Both eparchies are inSouth America :
Eparchies suffragan to a Latin Metropolitan
Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Patriarchal ecclesiastical province
Patriarchal exarchates
Other dioceses and archdioceses
None of these are Metropolitan; they are directly subject to the Patriarch (but not part of his province).
Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad , Archeparchy for centralIraq Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul , Archeparchy for northernIraq Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo , Archeparchy for part ofSyria (cfr. infra)Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké–Nisibi , Archeparchy for part ofSyria (cfr. infra)Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo , forEgypt Syriac Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan , no proper see, but vested in the Cairo Eparch as Protosynkellos forSudan andSouth Sudan Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark , with cathedral see atBayonne, New Jersey , for the United StatesNominal Metropolitans
These are without suffragans. Both are inSyria :
Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See :
Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum
Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla
Immediately subject to the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church
Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Patriarchal ecclesiastical province of Cilicia
The province was named after AncientCilicia , the part ofAsia Minor (modern Turkey's Anatolia) where its see was originally located.
Other eparchies
These eparchies are immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province.
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see inAleppo , in and for part ofSyria Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see inIstanbul (the former Constantinople), in and forTurkey Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see inBaghdad , in and forIraq Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see inLviv , in and for (part of)Ukraine Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus , Exarchate with cathedral see inDamascus , in and for part ofSyria Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman , Exarchate with cathedral see inJerusalem , in the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine ), also forJordan Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires , Eparchy with cathedral see inBuenos Aires , in and forArgentina Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale , Eparchy with cathedral see inBrooklyn, New York , in the United States, also for CanadaArmenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris , Eparchy with cathedral see inParis , in and for FranceChaldean Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon the patriarchal proper MetropolitanateChaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad , with its three suffragansChaldean Catholic Eparchy of Alquoch ,Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya ,Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aqra , Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk (Iraq),Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran (Iran),Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urmya with its sole suffraganChaldean Catholic Eparchy of Salmas ,Archdioceses ofChaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Ahwaz ,Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Basra (Iraq),Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Diyarbakir ,Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil ,Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (Iraq) Eparchies ofChaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo (Syria),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut (Lebanon),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (Egypt),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter The Apostle of San Diego (US),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (US),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto (Canada),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Australia),Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Sulaimaniya ,Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Zaku Territories dependent on the Patriarch:Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem ,Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam‑Angamaly
Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery
Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan
Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain
Archdiocese of Kottayam
Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga , for CanadaSt. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago , with cathedral see atBellwood, Illinois , for the USA; also Syro-MalabarApostolic visitator in CanadaSyro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain , with cathedral see at Preston, Lancashire, England; for England, Scotland & WalesSyro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne , for Australia, with cathedral see atMelbourne , Victoria state; also Syro-MalabarApostolic visitator in New ZealandOther and various types of Catholic sees and jurisdictions [ edit ]
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