List Of Roman Catholic Dioceses (alphabetical)
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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)
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(including archeparchies) are marked in bold type and are also listed at
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. * 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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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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List of Lists of Catholic dioceses

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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, apost ...
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Lists of types of Catholic jurisdictions

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List of Roman Catholic archdioceses The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches). Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic po ...
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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 v ...
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Dioceses (or (arch)eparchies) of the Eastern Catholic Churches

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List of Chaldean dioceses The dioceses of the Church of the East are listed at: *Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 *Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 *Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552 Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552 were ...
* 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 ...
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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

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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 *
List of Catholic dioceses in Belarus The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, united in the Episcopal Conference of Belarus, a Slavic ex-Soviet country in Eastern Europe, is presently only composed of one Latin ecclesiastical province, comprising the Metropolitan of Minsk-Mohilev and hi ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Belgium A diocese, also known as a bishopric, is an administrative unit under the supervision of a bishop, of which there are currently 8 in the Roman Catholicism in Belgium, Belgian Catholic Church. The 8 dioceses are divided into 1 ecclesiastical provi ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina has one archdiocese, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, and the following three dioceses: * Diocese of Banja Luka * Diocese of Mostar-Duvno * Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan In addition to ...
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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 ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic {{short description, None The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, joint in the national Czech Episcopal Conference, comprises : * a Latin hierarchy, consisting of two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishopric, with a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Co ...
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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 ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary The Roman Catholic Church in Hungary is composed of: * A Latin hierarchy, comprising ** four ecclesiastical provinces, comprising their Metropolitan archdioceses and in total nine suffragan dioceses ** the exempt Military Ordinariate ** the ex ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Ireland This is a comprehensive list of Roman Catholic dioceses in the island of Ireland. Roman Catholicism in Ireland comprises only a Latin rite hierarchy, encompassing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, having been unaffected by the ...
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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 ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Latvia The Roman Catholic Church in Latvia is composed of one ecclesiastical provinces with three suffragan dioceses. List of Dioceses Episcopal Conference of Latvia Ecclesiastical Province of Riga *Archdiocese of Riga ** Diocese of Jelgava ** Diocese ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Lithuania {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Lithuania is currently entirely Latin and composed of * two ecclesiastical provinces, with a total of five suffragan dioceses. * the exempt military ordinariate. Episcopal Conference of Lithuania ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Montenegro {{short description, None The (Roman) Catholic Church in Montenegro only comprises two Latin dioceses, one of which is an exempt archdiocese, which has no ecclesiastical province. It has no national episcopal conference, but its episcopate partake ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in the Netherlands The Catholic Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is organised into two ecclesiastical provinces: the Archdiocese of Utrecht for the Netherlands proper and Port of Spain for the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Similarly, the ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Poland The Roman Catholic Church in Poland comprises mainly sixteen Latin ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan, whose Archdioceses have a total of 28 suffragan Dioceses, each headed by a bishop. They are all members of the Episcopal Co ...
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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 Archb ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Romania Unlike most European countries, the Catholic Church in Romania comprises in a single national episcopal conference both Latin and two Eastern Catholic churches (one of which being nation-specific): * A Latin hierarchy ** one ecclesiastical provinc ...
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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 prefecture ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Spain The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 70 territorial (arch)dioceses : * fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Tol ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Switzerland The Catholic Church in Switzerland, unlike most countries, does not consist of a distinct ecclesiastical province. Instead, all the dioceses are immediately subject to the Holy See. Currently, there are six Latin dioceses and two territorial Abbey ...
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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

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List of Catholic dioceses in Bangladesh The Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan), comprising only two Latin ecclesiastical provinces, under the Metropolitans of t ...
* 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 dio ...
(includes
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List of Catholic dioceses in East Timor The Catholic Church in East Timor, based only from Latin rites, currently consists of one archdiocese and two dioceses forming an ecclesiastical province. Previously, it only comprised three exempt dioceses, all immediately subjecting to the Holy ...
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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 ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Indonesia {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Indonesia is composed of 10 archdioceses and 27 dioceses which form 10 ecclesiastical provinces. Indonesia also has a military ordinariate. 500px List of dioceses in Indonesia The Bishops' Confere ...
* List of Catholic dioceses in Iran *
List of Catholic dioceses in Japan The episcopate of the Roman Catholicism in Japan, Catholic Church in Japan consists solely of a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. It comprises sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called (arch)dioceses, led by r ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Korea The Catholic Church of all Korea is united under a single episcopal conference for the entire politically divided peninsula. All territorial jurisdictions in Korea are part of the Latin Church, covering both South Korea and North Korea, comprising ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia {{Use dmy dates, date=February 2015 The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin (Roman Rite) hierarchy, joint in the transnational ''Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Pakistan The Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan is composed of 2 episcopal territories, 4 suffragan dioceses and an apostolic vicariate. List of dioceses in Pakistan Episcopal Conference of Pakistan Ecclesiastical Province of Karachi *Archdiocese of Karac ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Thailand The Episcopal Conference of Thailand is composed of 2 ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by an archbishop, and 9 suffragan dioceses. Episcopal Conference of Thailand Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok * Archdiocese of Bangkok **Diocese of C ...
* List of Catholic dioceses in Vietnam


Americas and Oceania

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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina The Catholic Church in Argentina comprises fourteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by a Metropolitan archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 48 dioceses and 14 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. Latin/rite- ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Australia Currently there are 33 Catholic dioceses in Australia, consist of 5 metropolitan archdioceses, 21 suffragan dioceses, 2 non-metropolitan archdioceses, and 5 Eastern Rite dioceses. In addition there is a military ordinariate and a personal ordina ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia The Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia comprises four ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 6 dioceses and 4 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. There are also 5 Apos ...
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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 em ...
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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-metropolitan ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Chile The Roman Catholic Church in Chile comprises five ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 19 dioceses and 6 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. There is also one Territori ...
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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 {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba comprises three ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 9 dioceses and 3 archdiocese each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. Li ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic comprises two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by an archbishop. Each province is subdivided into an archdiocese and dioceses (nine in total), each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. Str ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises: * four ecclesiastical provinces, each province is headed by the Metropolitanan archbishop of an archdiocese, and a total ...
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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 union ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala *
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Haiti The Roman Catholic Church in Haiti (Greater Antilles) consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Haiti, comprising two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of each ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Honduras The Roman Catholic Church in Honduras comprises only a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Episcopal Conference of Honduras, comprising a single ecclesiastical province (covering all and only Honduras), headed by the Metropolitan archbishop of the capit ...
* 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 *
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List of Catholic dioceses in North America The Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches in North America and Central America comprise 14 episcopal conferences, which together include 100 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is headed by a Metropolitan archbishop. The provinces are in turn su ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Oceania This is a List of the Roman Catholic (term), Roman and Eastern Catholic Church, Catholic dioceses in Oceania. Because Oceania is one of the more sparsely populated areas of the world, the majority of its dioceses are located in Australia and New ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Panama comprises one ecclesiastical province each headed by an archbishop. The province is in turn subdivided into 5 dioceses, 1 territorial prelature and 1 archdiocese each headed by a bishop ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Papua New Guinea 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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay The Diocese, diocesan system of Catholic church government in Paraguay comprises only a Latin hierarchy, joint in the nation episcopal conference, no Eastern Catholic jurisdiction : * one ecclesiastical province, headed by a Metropolitan archbisho ...
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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 ...
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List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States This is the list of the Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchi ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay The Diocese, diocesan system of Christian church government in Uruguay comprises one ecclesiastical province headed by an archbishop. The province is in turn subdivided into 8 dioceses and 1 archdioceses, archdiocese each headed by a bishop or an ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela 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 union ...


Africa

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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Angola 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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Benin The Roman Catholic Church in Benin is composed of 2 ecclesiastical provinces and 8 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Benin Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou *Archdiocese of Cotonou ** Diocese of Abomey ** Diocese ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Botswana {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Catholic hierarchy of South Africa is entirely Latin, composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 20 suffragan South African dioceses and an exempt pre-dioce ...
* 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 ...
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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 {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in the Central African Republic consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic, comprising a single ecclesiastical province, compose ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Chad {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Chad is composed of 1 ecclesiastical province with 6 suffragan dioceses. List of Dioceses Episcopal Conference of Chad Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena *Archdiocese of N'Djamena **Dioces ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in the Republic of the Congo consists of 3 ecclesiastical province comprising 6 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of the Republic of the Congo Ecclesiastical Province of ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 union ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Djibouti {{short description, None The Catholic hierarchy in Somalia and Djibouti, predominantly Muslim countries in the Horn of Africa, with ethnically akin population but different colonial heritage (Somalia British and Italian, Djibouti French), comprise ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Egypt The Catholic Church in Egypt is presently composed of an exempt Latin missionary jurisdiction and 14 Eastern Catholic (arch)eparchies (mainly the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate's province), but also yielded over 90 titular sees. Current dioceses ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea The Roman Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea (former Spanish colony in West Africa) is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in a national Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea, comprising one ecclesiastical province consisting of the Me ...
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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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Gabon {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Gabon is composed of one ecclesiastical province with 4 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Gabon Ecclesiastical Province of Libreville *Archdiocese of Librevill ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Gambia *
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Ghana (West Africa) is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Ghana, comprising a single pre-diocesan (exempt) apostolic vicariate and four ecclesi ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Guinea is composed of one ecclesiastical province and two suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Guinea Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry * Archdiocese of Conakry ** Dio ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea-Bissau * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ivory Coast *
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Kenya {{Short description, none The Roman Catholic Church in Kenya is composed of 4 Metropolitans and 22 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Kenya Metropolitan of Kisumu * Archdiocese of Kisumu ** Diocese of Bungoma ** Diocese of ...
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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 ...
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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 **D ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Libya {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Libya consists solely of Latin exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdictions, so there is no ecclesiastical province as they are all immediately subject to the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congre ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Madagascar {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in East Africa's major Indian Ocean island state Madagascar comprises only a Latin hierarchy, which is composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, whose Metropolitan Archbisdhoprics have a total of ...
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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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mali The Roman Catholic Church in Mali is composed of 1 ecclesiastical provinces and 5 suffragan dioceses. Its bishops form the Episcopal Conference of Mali. List of dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako * Archdiocese of Bamako ** Diocese ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mauritania *
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mauritius 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 union ...
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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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mozambique {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 The Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique is composed of three ecclesiastical provinces and 9 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Mozambique Ecclesiastical Province of Beira * Archdiocese ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Namibia {{short description, None The Catholic Church in Namibia, southwest Africa, is solely composed of a Latin hierarchy, united in the national Episcopal Conference of Namibia, comprising one ecclesiastical province, consisting of the Metropolitan Arch ...
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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 ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Nigeria The Catholic Church in Nigeria is mainly composed of a Latin Church, Latin hierarchy, joined in a national Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, and a single Eastern Catholic (transnational) see, comprising: * 9 Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces, ea ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Réunion The Roman Catholic Church in the lesser East African Indian Ocean states (not Madagascar) is composed of only a Latin hierarchy, without a proper ecclesiastical province but joined in a single episcopal conference, comprising five exempt jurisdict ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Rwanda {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda is composed of 1 ecclesiastical territory with 7 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali ** Diocese of Butare ** Diocese of Cyangugu ** Diocese of Giko ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in São Tomé and Príncipe 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 union ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Senegal {{short description, None The (Roman) Catholic Church in Senegal is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, comprising a single ecclesiastical province, coinciding with the country, consisting of the Metropolitan see (in the capital Dakar) and six su ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sierra Leone The Catholic Church in the Gambia and Sierra Leone, two Anglophone (ex-British) West African countries, is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, comprising : * one ecclesiastical province, covering all and only Sierra Leone, comprising the Metropol ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Somalia *
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South Africa {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Catholic hierarchy of South Africa is entirely Latin, composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 20 suffragan South African dioceses and an exempt pre-dioce ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South Sudan The Catholic Church in Sudan and South Sudan is composed of * one Latin hierarchy, united in one single episcopal conference, designated as ''Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference'', comprising an ecclesiastical province under a Metropolitan Archd ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Tanzania {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania is composed of 7 ecclesiastical provinces and 27 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Tanzania Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha *Archdiocese of Arusha * ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uganda {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Uganda is composed of 4 ecclesiastical provinces and 15 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Uganda Ecclesiastical Province of Gulu * Archdiocese of Gulu ** Diocese of ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Zambia


See also

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List of current patriarchs This is a list of current Christian popes and patriarchs who are notable. Pope and patriarchs in the Catholic Church In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (''Patriarcha Occidentis''). Titular The patriarchates ...


Other Christian denominations

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List of Anglican dioceses and archdioceses This is an alphabetical list of bishops and archbishops of the Anglican Communion, with links to articles about their dioceses or provinces where possible. As of 2020 the Anglican Communion (as recognised by the Anglican Consultative Council) con ...
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List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses This is a list of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses currently active, grouped by national (or regional) church, and showing the titles of the bishops of those dioceses. Where relevant, the metropolitan bishop or primate is listed first. As in ...
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List of Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses This is a list of Eastern Orthodox bishops and archbishops. See also Eastern Orthodox Church organization and Patriarch. Archbishops in the autocephalous churches Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople *Archbishop of Constantinople (also the ...


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Sources and external links

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