This is a growing list of territorial

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diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...

s and ordinariates in communion with the

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. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the

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). * Those dioceses which are (metropolitan or nominal)

archdioceses In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

(including archeparchies) are marked in bold type and are also listed at List of Catholic archdioceses. * Those dioceses which belong to Eastern Catholic Churches (often called "eparchies") are ''italicized'' and their

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es and proper episcopal titulature are specified after the see name. * Missionary and other special types of circumscriptions (e.g., apostolic prefectures) are also specified before the country name.

Alphabetical list of geographic dioceses

List of Personal dioceses and ordinariates

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, the only

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with a cathedral see (Santa Maria della Pace ai Parioli) in Rome, ranking as bishopric'' ** '' São João Maria Vianney, the only Personal Apostolic Administration'' * ''

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s '' ** ''

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, for Canada and USA, with cathedral see in Houston, Texas'' ** '' Our Lady of the Southern Cross, for

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and

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'' ** ''

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, for England and Wales and for Scotland, i.e.

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List of Lists of Catholic dioceses

List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apos ...

(including episcopal conferences)

Lists of types of Catholic jurisdictions

* List of Roman Catholic archdioceses *

Military ordinariate A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called "military ...

* List of Roman Catholic apostolic administrations * List of Roman Catholic apostolic vicariates * List of Eastern Catholic exarchates * List of Roman Catholic apostolic prefectures * List of Roman Catholic territorial prelatures * List of Roman Catholic missions ''sui juris''

Dioceses (or (arch)eparchies) of the Eastern Catholic Churches

* List of Armenian dioceses * List of Chaldean dioceses * Coptic Catholic dioceses * Ethiopic Catholic dioceses * Melkite Catholic dioceses * Maronite dioceses * Ruthenian dioceses *

Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

Syriac Catholic dioceses Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...

* Ukrainian Greek Catholic dioceses

Lists of dioceses by country ''or continental region''

Europe

List of Catholic dioceses in Albania The Catholic Church in Albania is composed of: * two Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces, comprising two metropolitan archdioceses and three suffragan dioceses * one pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Albanian Greek Catholic Church, a particular ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Austria The Catholic Church in Austria is currently composed of : * two ecclesiastical provinces and 7 suffragan dioceses of the western Latin Church * an exemption (church), exempt military ordinate and a territorial abbey, both also Latin Rite. * ''an ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Belarus * List of Catholic dioceses in Belgium * List of Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia The Roman Catholic Church in Croatia is composed of four ecclesiastical provinces, 12 suffragan dioceses, one military ordinariate and one diocese immediately subject to the Holy See . List of Dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka * Archdio ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic *

List of Catholic dioceses in Great Britain The Catholic dioceses in Great Britain are organised by two separate hierarchies: the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and the Catholic Church in Scotland. Within Great Britain, the Catholic Church of England and Wales has five province ...

(UK) *

List of Catholic dioceses in France The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of * fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15) ** with a total of 80 su ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Germany The Catholic Church in Germany comprises 7 ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 20 dioceses and 7 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. List of Dioceses Episcopal C ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Greece The Roman Catholic Church in Greece is composed of * a Latin hierarchy, comprising two ecclesiastical provinces (including four suffragan dioceses and an apostolic vicariate) and two dioceses immediately subject to the Holy See) * two Eastern C ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary *

List of Catholic dioceses in Ireland This is a comprehensive list of Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic dioceses in Ireland, the island of Ireland. Roman Catholicism in Ireland comprises only a Latin rite hierarchy, encompassing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, ...

(including Northern Ireland, UK) *

List of Catholic dioceses in Italy The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. , the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most eccl ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Latvia * List of Catholic dioceses in Lithuania * List of Catholic dioceses in Montenegro * List of Catholic dioceses in the Netherlands * List of Catholic dioceses in Poland *

List of Catholic dioceses in Portugal The Roman Catholic Church in Portugal is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national episcopal conference of Portugal (Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa ), consisting of * three ecclesiastical provinces, headed by Metropolitan Arc ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Romania *

List of Catholic dioceses in Russia The Catholic Church in Russia, united in the Episcopal Conference of Russia, comprises * one Latin ecclesiastical province (the Metropolitan archdiocese of Moscow, with three Suffragan dioceses) and a missionary (hence exempt) apostolic prefectur ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Serbia The Catholic Church in Serbia consists of several Latin Catholic and one Eastern Catholic jurisdictions. The Latin Catholic hierarchy consists of one ecclesiastical province with archdiocese centered in national capital city of Belgrade, with two ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Slovakia There are two ecclesiastical provinces of the Latin Church of the Catholic church in Slovakia. Under 2 archdioceses, there are 6 suffragan dioceses. There is also a military ordinariate that is not part of either ecclesiastical province. In addi ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Slovenia * List of Catholic dioceses in Spain * List of Catholic dioceses in Switzerland *

List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine The Catholic Church in Ukraine comprises * one Latin ecclesiastical province headed by the Metropolitan archbishop of Lviv, with 6 suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop * a more extensive hierarchy of the Eastern Catholic consisting of ** a ...

Asia

* List of Catholic dioceses in Bangladesh * List of Catholic dioceses in Myanmar *

List of Catholic dioceses in China The Catholic Church in China comprises 152 Latin jurisdictions: * 21 ecclesiastical provinces (including one for Taiwan), consisting of 21 Metropolitan archdioceses and 100 suffragan dioceses * 29 Apostolic Prefectures * 1 exempt diocese, the di ...

(includes

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and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

) * List of Catholic dioceses in East Timor *

List of Catholic dioceses in India With the establishment of Syro Malabar eparchies of Shamshabad and Hosur in October 2017, the Catholic Church in India includes 174 dioceses, of which 132 are Roman, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara. These are organised into 29 ecc ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Indonesia * List of Catholic dioceses in Iran * List of Catholic dioceses in Japan * List of Catholic dioceses in Korea * List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia * List of Catholic dioceses in Pakistan *

List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines This is a list of the Catholic dioceses in the Philippines (Mga Katolikong diyosesis ng Pilipinas). The dioceses' bishops comprise the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), an episcopal conference. The dioceses are grouped into ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Sri Lanka and the Maldives {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Indian Ocean island states of Sri Lanka and Maldives is solely composed of * one Latin ecclesiastical province, comprising a Metropolitan archdiocese and twelve suffragan dioceses, all in Sri Lanka, ...

* List of Catholic dioceses in Thailand * List of Catholic dioceses in Vietnam

Americas and Oceania

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Australia * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia *

List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which e ...

List of Catholic dioceses in Canada The Catholic Church in Canada comprises * a Latin Church hierarchy, consisting of eighteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, with a total of 54 suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop, and a non-metropolit ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Chile *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia The diocesan system of Roman Catholic church government in Colombia comprises thirteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 52 dioceses and 13 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cuba * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in El Salvador A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Haiti * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Honduras * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in New Zealand The Catholic Church in New Zealand is composed of one ecclesiastical province with 5 suffragan dioceses (). Episcopal Conference of New Zealand The New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference is the national body of the bishops of New Zealand. Eccl ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Nicaragua * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North Korea * '' List of Catholic dioceses in North America'' * '' List of Catholic dioceses in Oceania'' * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Papua New Guinea * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Peru comprises seven ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 19 dioceses and seven archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. Ther ...

* List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela

Africa

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Angola * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Benin * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Botswana * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burundi {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Burundi is composed of 2 ecclesiastical provinces and 5 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura * Archdiocese of Buj ...

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in the Cameroon comprises 5 ecclesiastical provinces and 21 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Ecclesiastical Conference of Cameroon Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda * Archdiocese of Ba ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cape Verde * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Chad * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Djibouti * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Egypt * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea *

List of Catholic dioceses in Ethiopia {{Short description, noneThe Catholic Church in Ethiopia and Eritrea is joined in a single transnational episcopal conference which, also atypically, includes the Eastern Catholic (Coptic) churches, totaling of two metropolitan archeparchies, six di ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Gabon * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Gambia * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea-Bissau * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ivory Coast * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Kenya *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Lesotho {{No footnotes, date=September 2020 The Roman Catholic Church in Lesotho is composed of 1 ecclesiastical province and 3 suffragan dioceses. List of Roman Catholic dioceses Episcopal Conference of Lesotho Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru * Archd ...

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Liberia {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Liberia is composed of one ecclesiastical province with 2 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Liberia Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia * Archdiocese of Monrovia ** ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Libya * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Madagascar *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Malawi {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Malawi is composed of two ecclesiastical provinces and 6 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Malawi Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre * Archdiocese of Blantyre ** D ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mali * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mauritania * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mauritius *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Morocco {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara (which is occupied and claimed by Morocco; all three share a Franco-Spanish colonial past) is composed only of a Latin hierarchy (no Eastern Catholic), without ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mozambique * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Namibia *

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Niger {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, comprising three ecclesiastical provinces, led by Metropolitan Archbishops, which have a total of twelve suffragan dioceses. All and only Ni ...

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Nigeria * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Réunion * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Rwanda * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in São Tomé and Príncipe * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Senegal * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sierra Leone * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Somalia * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South Africa * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South Sudan * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sudan * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Swaziland * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Tanzania * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uganda * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Zambia

Notes

Sources and external links

*
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
– lists every diocese in the Catholic Church, and their bishops throughout history. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Dioceses (Alphabetical) Lists of Catholic dioceses, *Alphabetical Lists of Roman Catholic dioceses, *Alphabetical Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops, *