По состоянию на 21 июня 2024 года Католическая церковь в целом включает в себя 3172 церковные юрисдикции , в том числе более 652 архиепархий и 2249 епархий , а также апостольские викариаты , апостольские экзархаты , апостольские администрации , апостольские префектуры , военные ординариаты , персональные ординариаты , персональные прелатуры , территориальные прелатуры , территориальные аббатства и миссии sui juris по всему миру.
Помимо этих юрисдикций, существует 2100 титулярных кафедр (епископств, архиепископств и митрополий).
Это структурный список, показывающий взаимоотношения каждой епархии друг с другом, сгруппированный по церковным провинциям , в рамках каждой епископской конференции , в рамках каждого континента или другой географической области.
Карта На этой карте отображены провинции Католической церкви, а также архиепархии (и другие высшие образования), где провинции не созданы.
Типы католических епархий Это относится к католическим епархиям в мире, всех латинских или восточных церквей, по состоянию на 5 октября 2021 года [update] . [1]
Дополнительные типы, исключительно для Восточных Церквей, ординарного использования и экстраординарной формы
Освобожденные католические епархии (подчиняющиеся непосредственно Святому Престолу) освобождены от принадлежности к какой-либо церковной провинции , поэтому только Ватикан может осуществлять полномочия и координирующие функции, обычно принадлежащие митрополиту-архиепископу. Они сгруппированы здесь географически. Тем не менее, большинство из них принадлежат к епископской конференции , и в этом случае более уместно упомянуть ее географический регион, поскольку освобожденные епархии как таковые не имеют особых связей друг с другом.
Военные ординарии осуществляют пастырское руководство войсками штата, но могут быть переданы митрополиту-архиепископу, как правило, в столице страны.Также, как правило, освобождены от уплаты налога апостольские префектуры и апостольские викариаты , которые, как правило, являются временными миссионерскими епархиями, которые, как ожидается, станут частью церковной провинции после повышения до постоянного (архи- или викарного) епископства. Персональным ординариатам бывших англиканцев (покинувших англиканское сообщество ради общения со Святым Престолом) разрешено использовать ординариат , который считается вариантом использования Римского обряда (в отличие от пяти отдельных обрядов Восточных церквей). Восточные ординарии несут пастырскую ответственность за все Восточные Церкви, только за те, которые следуют византийскому обряду или даже только за те, которые следуют армянскому обряду, в одном или нескольких штатах различных католических церквей без какой-либо собственной епархии, но обычно находятся в ведении римско-католического митрополита-архиепископа, часто в столице. Многие епископские или архиепископские прелаты в Римской курии игнорируются , поскольку их дикастерии не являются епархиями, хотя многие должности там по закону или обычаю требуют епископа или архиепископа (обычно титулярного), так же как и дипломатические должности Ватикана почти в каждой национальной столице.
Универсальные или трансконтинентальные освобожденные епархии (не считая второстепенных зависимостей)
Европейские освобожденные епархии в Италии : в Австрии : в Бельгии : Военный ординариат Бельгии , наделенный первенствующим митрополитом-архиепископом Мехелен-Брюсселя в Боснии и Герцеговине : Военный ординариат Боснии и Герцеговины , не наделенный какой-либо кафедрой в Болгарии : в Хорватии : в Чешской Республике : в и для всей Дании : Копенгагенская епархия , включая ее заморские территории Гренландию и Фарерские острова в Эстонии и для всей Эстонии : Апостольская администрация Эстонии (в Таллинне), Финляндия , включая автономный регион Аландские острова : Хельсинкская епархия во Франции : в Германии в Гибралтаре и для всего Гибралтара : Епархия Гибралтара в Греции : в Венгрии : в и для всей Исландии : Епархия Рейкьявика в Косово : в и для всего княжества Лихтенштейн : Архиепархия Вадуца в Литве : Военный ординариат Литвы в Великом герцогстве Люксембург и для всего Великого герцогства Люксембург : Архиепископия Люксембурга в и для всей Молдовы (Молдавия): Кишиневская епархия в и для всего княжества Монако : Архиепископия Монако в Черногории : Архиепархия Бара в Нидерландах : Военный ординариат Нидерландов , объединенный с различными кафедрами в Северной Македонии : Македонская католическая епархия Успения Пресвятой Девы Марии в Струмице-Скопье в Норвегии: в Польше : в Португалии : Военный ординариат Португалии , не входящий ни в одну кафедру в Румынии : в России ( см. ниже Восточная Европа и Азия ): в Швеции : Стокгольмская епархия в Сербии : Византийская католическая епархия Святого Николая Русского Крштура , для католиков византийского обряда в Сербии Военный ординариат Словакии , не входящий ни в одну кафедруВоенный ординариат Испании , ранг архиепископа, совмещал различные кафедрыв Швейцарии все епархиальные кафедры (объединены в национальную епископскую конференцию, без провинций): в Великобритании : Ординариат для армяно-католиков Восточной Европы , фактически только для Армении , Грузии (страны) , России и Украины в Украине : Мукачевская (Мункачская) Русинская греко-католическая епархия.
Азиатские освобожденные епархии
Епархии Нового Света, освобожденные от уплаты налогов
Африканские освобожденные епархии
Европа (Латинская и Восточная Церкви) Также проводятся «встречи епископских конференций» для (архиепископов) из стран, входящих в:
Освобожденные епархии в европейских странах без церковной провинции или национальной конференции Освобожденные (архи)епархии, напрямую подчиненные Святому Престолу, каждая для целой небольшой страны
Епископская конференция Австрии Освобожденные епархии, непосредственно подчиняющиеся Святому Престолу Церковная провинция Зальцбурга Церковная провинция Вены
Епископальная конференция Бельгии Освобожден, немедленно подчиняется Святому Престолу Военный ординариат Бельгии , рангом равный епископству, находящийся в ведении первосвятительской митрополии Мехелена-БрюсселяДля украинских католиков см. Франция Церковная провинция Мехелен-Брюссель, охватывающая Бельгию
Епископальная конференция Англии и Уэльса (части Великобритании) Епархии в Англии и Уэльсе также включает в себя - без отдельных епархий - три европейских островных коронных владения: остров Мэн, Джерси и Гернси Освобожденные епархии Епископство вооруженных сил Великобритании (для войск, базирующихся в Великобритании, совместно с Шотландией) Персональный ординариат Богоматери Уолсингемской (для бывших англиканцев в Англии и Уэльсе, а также в Шотландии)Украинская католическая епархия Святого Семейства Лондона (для украинских католиков в Великобритании, с кафедральным собором в Лондоне, для всей Великобритании, включая Шотландию)Сиро-Малабарская католическая епархия Великобритании (для сиро-малабарских католиков Великобритании, с кафедральным собором в Престоне, для всей Великобритании, без Северной Ирландии)Епархия Гибралтара , для Гибралтара (британская коронная колония)Апостольская префектура Фолклендских островов , для южноатлантических заморских территорий Великобритании Фолклендских островов , Южной Георгии и Южных Сандвичевых островов Церковная провинция Бирмингема Церковная провинция Кардиффа, Уэльс Церковная провинция Ливерпуля Церковная провинция Саутуарк Церковная провинция Вестминстер
Епископальная конференция Франции (Соответствующие административные регионы церковных провинций указаны в скобках) Информацию о заморских французских епархиях см. в разделах по их континентам и епископским конференциям Антильских островов (Центральная Америка) и Тихоокеанского региона (Океания)
Освобожденные латинские епархии, напрямую подчиненные Святому Престолу Епархии Восточной Церкви, напрямую подчиняющиеся Святому Престолу (освобождены) или Патриарху или Верховному Архиепископу своей конкретной Церкви Армянская католическая епархия Сент-Круа-де-Пари , епархия с кафедральным собором в Париже , находящаяся во Франции и для Франции, непосредственно подчиняющаяся Патриарху Киликийскому , но не являющаяся частью его провинцииМаронитская епархия Нотр-Дам-дю-Либан в Париже , с собором см. Собор Нотр-Дам-дю-Либан в Париже, непосредственно подчиняется Патриарху Киликии, но не является частью его провинции; также апостольский визитатор маронитов в Западной и Северной ЕвропеУкраинская католическая епархия Святого Владимира Великого в Париже (Украинская католическая епархия византийского обряда во Франции), с кафедральным собором в Париже, подчиняется непосредственно Верховному архиепископу, для Франции, Бельгии, Люксембурга, Нидерландов и ШвейцарииОрдинариат для восточных католиков во Франции , освобожденный, возложенный на митрополита-архиепископа столицы Парижа, для восточных обрядов без надлежащего ординарияКатолические епархии метрополии Франции . Провинции обозначены жирными линиями, а их кафедры (митрополичьи архиепархии) написаны жирными буквами.Церковная провинция Безансон ( Франш-Конте и часть Лотарингии ) Церковная провинция Бордо ( Аквитания ) Церковная провинция Клермона ( Овернь ) Церковная провинция Дижона ( Бургундия ) Церковная провинция Лилль ( Нор-Па-де-Кале ) Церковная провинция Лиона ( Рона-Альпы ) Церковная провинция Марселя ( Прованс-Альпы-Лазурный берег и Корсика ) Церковная провинция Монпелье ( Лангедок-Руссильон ) Церковная провинция Парижа (столичный регион Иль-де-Франс ) Церковная провинция Пуатье ( Пуату-Шаранта и Лимузен ) Церковная провинция Реймса ( Шампань-Арденны и Пикардия ) Церковная провинция Ренн ( Бретань и страны Луары ) Церковная провинция Руана ( Верхняя и Нижняя Нормандия ) Церковная провинция Тулузы ( Юг-Пиренеи ) Церковная провинция Тура ( регион Центр-Долина Луары )
Епископская конференция Германии Провинции и епархии в Германии Освобожден, немедленно подчиняется Святому Престолу Церковная провинция Бамберг Церковная провинция Берлина [Нижняя] Рейнская церковная провинция (также известная как церковная провинция Кельна) Верхнерейнская церковная провинция (также известная как Церковная провинция Фрайбург-им-Брайсгау) Северогерманская церковная провинция (также известная как церковная провинция Гамбурга) Церковная провинция Мюнхена и Фрайзинга в Баварии Среднегерманская церковная провинция (также известная как церковная провинция Падерборн)
Епископальная конференция Ирландии, т.е. Республика Ирландия и Северная Ирландия Католические епархии на острове Ирландия. Цвета обозначают церковные провинции , а темные области — архиепархии . Церковная провинция Арма — охватывает всю Северную Ирландию (часть Великобритании) и часть Республики Ирландия. Церковная провинция Кашел и Эмли (Республика Ирландия) Церковная провинция Дублина (Республика Ирландия) Церковная провинция Туам (Ирландская Республика)
Епископская конференция Италии, включая Сан-Марино и Ватикан Католические провинции в Италии Церковная провинция Рима См.: Римская епархия § Викарные епископы другие освобожденные итальянские (архи)епархии, непосредственно подчиняющиеся Святому Престолу, но не входящие в провинцию Рима Церковная провинция Венеции Церковная провинция Агридженто на Сицилии Церковная провинция Анкона-Озимо Церковная провинция Бари-Битонто Церковная провинция Беневенто Церковная провинция Болоньи Церковная провинция Кальяри, Сардиния Церковная провинция Кампобассо-Бояно Церковная провинция Катании на Сицилии Церковная провинция Катандзаро-Сквиллаче Церковная провинция Кьети-Васто Церковная провинция Козенца-Бизиньяно Церковная провинция Фермо Церковная провинция Флоренции Церковная провинция Фоджа-Бовино Церковная провинция Генуи Церковная провинция Гориция Церковная провинция Л'Акуила Церковная провинция Лечче Церковная провинция Мессина-Липари-Санта-Лючия-дель-Мела на Сицилии Церковная провинция Милана Церковная провинция Модена-Нонантола Церковная провинция Неаполя Церковная провинция Ористано Церковная провинция Палермо, Сицилия Церковная провинция Перуджа-Читта-делла-Пьеве Церковная провинция Пезаро Церковная провинция Пескара-Пенне Церковная провинция Пизы Церковная провинция Потенца-Муро Лукано-Марсико Нуово Церковная провинция Равенна-Червиа Церковная провинция Реджо-Калабрия-Бова Церковная провинция Салерно-Кампанья-Ачерно Церковная провинция Сассари на Сардинии Церковная провинция Сиена-Колле-ди-Валь д'Эльза-Монтальчино Церковная провинция Сиракузы на Сицилии Церковная провинция Таранто Церковная провинция Турина Церковная провинция Тренто Церковная провинция Удине Церковная провинция Верчелли
Episcopal Conference of Malta Ecclesiastical Province of Malta
Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Utrecht, covering the Netherlands proper
Episcopal Conference of Portugal, incl. Azores and Madeira 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 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)
Episcopal Conference of Scotland (part of UK) Map of Catholic dioceses in Scotland the Military 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
Episcopal Conference of Spain (incl. African territories) and Andorra 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 comprising Andalusia 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 Swiss Bishops Conference
only exempt dioceses, each immediately subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Albania 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)
Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius - for Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia The Republic of Macedonia has Montenegro 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, covering Serbia Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur , for Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Serbia
Episcopal Conference of Belarus The Belarusian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite ) has no proper diocese presently, only an apostolic visitor for Belarus and another for abroad, neither vested in any see (Latin) Ecclesiastical Province of Miensk-Mahiloǔ
Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 all Bosnia and Herzegovina and ... Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci , the Croatian proper diocese of the Byzantine rite Eastern Croatian Catholic Church , suffragan of the Metropolitan of Zagreb, also covers Catholics of Byzantine Rite in all of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria Bulgaria has no ecclesiastical province, only exempt Ordinariates, immediately subject to the Holy See, of two Churches
Episcopal Conference of Croatia 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 Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Bohemia or Prague (after its Metropolitan see) Ecclesiastical Province of Moravia or Olomouc (after its Metropolitan see)
Episcopal Conference of Greece 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)
Episcopal Conference of Hungary (Latin and Eastern Churches) Map of the Roman 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 iuris
Episcopal Conference of Latvia Ecclesiastical Province of Riga, covering Latvia
Episcopal Conference of Lithuania Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius Ecclesiastical Province of Kaunas
Episcopal Conference of Poland 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 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 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 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci , the Croatian proper diocese of the Byzantine rite Eastern Croatian Catholic Church , suffragan of the Metropolitan of Zagreb, also covers Catholics of Byzantine Rite in all of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Episcopal Conference of Ukraine Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Lviv, covering the Latin church in all Ukraine , including the Russian-annexed Crimea (Krym) Armenian Catholic (Armenian rite ) Ruthenian Catholic (Byzantine rite ) Ukrainian Catholic (Byzantine rite) Metropolitanates
North America (Latin and Eastern Churches)
Episcopal Conference of Canada Map of Catholic dioceses in Canada Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton, comprising most of the province of Alberta . Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau, comprising the western and northern parts of the province of Quebec . Ecclesiastical province of Grouard–McLennan, comprising the northernmost parts of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia , as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories . Ecclesiastical province of Halifax, comprising the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas, comprising the northern parts of the provinces of Saskatchewan , Manitoba , and Ontario , and the territory of Nunavut . Ecclesiastical province of Kingston, comprising the central portions of the Canadian province of Ontario . Ecclesiastical province of Moncton, comprising the province of New Brunswick . Ecclesiastical province of Montréal, in Quebec, comprising the island of Montreal and surrounding areas to the north and south. Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa, comprising the northeastern part of the province of Ontario and a small portion of Quebec . Ecclesiastical province of Québec, comprising only the central part of the province of Quebec , centering on the civil provincial capital Quebec City . Ecclesiastical province of Regina, comprising the southern part of the province of Saskatchewan . Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski, comprising the Gaspé Peninsula and the areas across the St. Lawrence River to the north, in the province of Quebec . Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface, comprising the southwest part of the province of Manitoba . Ecclesiastical province of St. John's, Newfoundland, comprising the province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke, comprising the part of the province of Quebec to the southeast of Montreal . Ecclesiastical province of Toronto, comprising the southwest part of the province of Ontario , with the non-contiguous Diocese of Thunder Bay in western Ontario. Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver, comprising most of the province of British 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 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 Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica
Episcopal Conference of El Salvador Exempt military ordinariate, immediately subject to the Holy See, Ecclesiastical province of San Salvador, covering El Salvador
Episcopal Conference of Guatemala 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 Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa, covering Honduras
Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua Ecclesiastical province of Managua, covering Nicaragua
Episcopal Conference of Panama Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Panamá, covering Panama
Episcopal Conference of the (Lesser) Antilles (and Belize and Guyanas) the Diocese of Saint-Thomas , with see in Charlotte Amalie , on St. Thomas, on and for the U.S. Virgin Islands , is a suffragan of the mainland-North American Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.) Ecclesiastical province of Castries - comprising several current and former British colonies in the Lesser 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 for Trinidad and Tobago Diocese of Bridgetown , on and for Barbados Diocese of Willemstad , on Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles , also for Aruba , Bonaire , Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten Diocese of Georgetown , in Guyana (in South America, formerly British)Diocese of Paramaribo , in Suriname (in South America, formerly Dutch Guyana)
Episcopal Conference of Cuba Ecclesiastical province of (San Cristóbal de) la Habana Ecclesiastical province of Camagüey Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Cuba
Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic 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 Ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haïtien Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince
Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico, covering the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Episcopal Conference of the United States of America 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: The United 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 the Latin 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] However, the Ordinaries of Personal Ordinariates established under the auspices of Anglicanorum Coetibus are members of their respective Bishops’ Conferences, and the USCCB lists the exempt Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter as a part of Bishops’ Region X.
Bishops' Region I Ecclesiastical province of Boston, comprising the states of Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire and Vermont . Ecclesiastical province of Hartford, comprising the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island , as well as Fishers Island in the state of New York . Bishops' Region II Ecclesiastical province of New York, comprising the state of New York except for Fishers Island . Bishops' Region III Ecclesiastical province of Newark, comprising the state of New Jersey . Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia, comprising the state of Pennsylvania . Bishops' Region IV Ecclesiastical province of Baltimore, comprising most of the state of Maryland as well as the states of Delaware , Virginia and West Virginia . Ecclesiastical province of Washington, comprising the District of Columbia , 5 counties in southern Maryland , and the United States Virgin Islands . Bishops' Region V Ecclesiastical province of Louisville, comprising the states of Kentucky and Tennessee . Ecclesiastical province of Mobile, comprising the states of Alabama and Mississippi . Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans, comprising the state of Louisiana . Bishops' Region VI Ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, comprising the state of Ohio. Ecclesiastical province of Detroit, comprising the state of Michigan . Bishops' Region VII Ecclesiastical province of Chicago, comprising the state of Illinois . Ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis, comprising the state of Indiana . Ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, comprising the state of Wisconsin . Bishops' Region VIII Ecclesiastical province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, comprising the states of Minnesota , North Dakota and South Dakota . Bishops' Region IX Ecclesiastical province of Dubuque, comprising the state of Iowa. Ecclesiastical province of Kansas City, comprising the state of Kansas . Ecclesiastical province of Omaha, comprising the state of Nebraska . Ecclesiastical province of Saint Louis, comprising the state of Missouri . Bishops' Region X Ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston, comprising the east and southeast parts of the state of Texas . Ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, comprising the west and north of the state of Texas . Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City, comprising the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma . 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 of California . Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, comprising the northern part of the state of California and the state of Hawaii (in Oceania ) Bishops' Region XII Ecclesiastical province of Anchorage-Juneau, comprising the state of Alaska . Ecclesiastical province of Portland in Oregon, comprising the states of Idaho , Montana and Oregon , except for the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana. Ecclesiastical province of Seattle, comprising the state of Washington Bishops' Region XIII Ecclesiastical province of Denver, comprising the states of Colorado and Wyoming , as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana . Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe, comprising the states of Arizona and New Mexico . Ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprising the states of Nevada and Utah. Bishops' Region XIV Ecclesiastical province of Miami, comprising the state of Florida . Ecclesiastical province of Atlanta, comprising the states of Georgia , North Carolina , and South 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 the Eastern 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 the Ruthenian Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia
Syro-Oriental Rites Chaldean Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
South America (Latin and Eastern Churches) Exempt diocese, directly subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Argentina (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 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 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 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 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 , a Byzantine Rite ) 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 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 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 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 exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical province of Asunción
Episcopal Conference of Peru 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 Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo
Episcopal Conference of Venezuela 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
Asia (Latin and Eastern Churches)
Exempt dioceses or mission sui juris in Asian countries without episcopal conferences or ecclesiastical provinces 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 all Azerbaijan Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan , in Bishkek , for all Kyrgyzstan Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal , in Kathmandu , for all Nepal Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan , in Tashkent , for all Uzbekistan Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia for Faithful of Byzantine Rite , in Karaganda , for Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Missions sui juris (not requiring a prelate; just an ecclesiastical superior), immediately subject to the Holy See
Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops (includes parts of North and Eastern Africa) 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 the Holy Land (Palestine & Israel), Jordan and Cyprus Archdiocese of Baghdad , no suffragan, for all of IraqApostolic Vicariate of Aleppo , for all of Syria Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut , for all of Lebanon Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia , in Kuwait City , for all of Kuwait , Bahrain , Saudi Arabia and Qatar Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia , in Abu Dhabi (UAE), for all of Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen in Africa: see there (for Egypt, Djibouti and Somalia)
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Egypt see Africa
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Iraq
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Lebanon
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria
Episcopal Conference of Iran No ecclesiastical province, the Latin Church has only the exempt Roman 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Mary Most Holy in Astana, covering all Kazakhstan
Episcopal Conference of Turkey Latin Church dioceses in Turkey covering transcontinental Turkey , 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 Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh
Ecclesiastical Province of Dhaka Ecclesiastical Province of Chittagong
Episcopal Conference of Burma (Myanmar) Ecclesiastical Province of Mandalay Ecclesiastical Province of Taunggyi Ecclesiastical Province of Yangon (Rangoon)
Episcopal Conference of East Timor
Episcopal Conference of India, including Bhutan Latin Church provinces and dioceses of the Catholic church in India. The dioceses making up a province have different shades of the same colour includes (italicized) various Eastern Church dioceses, notably Syro-Malankara (an Antiochian Rite ) and Syro-Malabar (a Syro-Oriental Rite ), either in Eastern provinces of their own particular churches , exempt or (some Syro-Malabar) as suffragans of Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishops in their mixed-rite ecclesiastical provinces
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 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 Archeparchy of Kottayam Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla
Episcopal Conference of Indonesia 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 three exempt missionary dioceses in Cambodia , no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome four exempt missionary dioceses in Laos, no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome
Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Exempt (arch)dioceses in Brunei and Singapore (no provinces nor national episcopal conferences, immediately subject to Rome) Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur, in Peninsular Malaysia (Malaya) Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching, in Sarawak state, on Borneo Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah state, on Borneo
Episcopal Conference of Pakistan Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (P.C.B.C.)
Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Karachi, in Sindh province Ecclesiastical Province of Lahore, in Punjab province
Episcopal Conference of the Philippines 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
Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka, including the Maldives Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo
Episcopal Conference of Thailand Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok Ecclesiastical Province of Thare and Nonseng
Episcopal Conference of Vietnam Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam), at Hồ Chí Minh City
Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội Ecclesiastical Province of Huế Ecclesiastical Province of Hồ Chí Minh City
Exempt without conference
Episcopal Conference of Taiwan (officially Chinese Regional Bishops Conference) Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, covering Taiwan
Episcopal Conference of China (PR, including Hong Kong; not including Taiwan) Map of (Roman-rite) Catholic Dioceses in PRC as of February 2024 Apostolic prefectures ; many are truly vacant or under a temporary Apostolic 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 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
Episcopal Conference of Korea (North and South) exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Kwanju (Gwangju), in South Korea Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul, including North Korea Ecclesiastical Province of Taegu, in South Korea
Oceania (Latin and Eastern Churches)
Episcopal Conference of Australia Exempt (arch)dioceses (immediately subject to Rome, no province) Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, covering Queensland Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne, covering Victoria state Ecclesiastical Province of Perth, covering Western Australia
Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, covering most of New South Wales
Other Eastern eparchies (dioceses)
Episcopal Conference of New Zealand 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 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 the Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States in Washington, D.C. The Diocese of Honolulu (on and for Hawaii) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco in California, U.S. Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña
Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete This province covers all of French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) and the Pitcairn Islands (UK).
Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia Ecclesiastical Province of Suva
Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Ecclesiastical Province of Madang Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen Ecclesiastical Province of Port Moresby Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul Ecclesiastical Province of Honaira, covering the Solomon Islands
Africa (Latin and Eastern Churches) 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 Latin Church Alexandrian Rite (Coptic originally means Egyptian)Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria , actually in Cairo, Metropolitan Archbishop of the church's only ecclesiastical province sui 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 of Algeria 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 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 Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See Ecclesiastical Province of Freetown, covering Sierra Leone
Episcopal Conference of Ghana 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia
Ecclesiastical Conference of Benin Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou Ecclesiastical Province of Parakou
Ecclesiastical Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger Ecclesiastical Province of Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Koupéla, in Burkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey, covering Niger
Episcopal Conference of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Ecclesiastical Province of Abidjan Ecclesiastical Province of Bouaké Ecclesiastical Province of Gagnoa Ecclesiastical Province of Korhogo
Episcopal Conference of Guinea Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry, covering Guinea
Episcopal Conference of Mali Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako, covering Mali
Episcopal Conference of Togo Ecclesiastical Province of Lomé, covering Togo
Episcopal Conference of Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauritania and Guinée-Bissau Ecclesiastical Province of Dakar, covering Senegal 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 Neither country has or is part of any Latin Church province.
Eritrea has no Latin hierarchy, even the post of Apostolic nuncio is held by the nuncio to Sudan in Khartoum.Ethiopia has the following exempt apostolic vicariates and apostolic prefecture , each immediately subject to the Holy See
Eastern Alexandrian rite particular churches (Metropolitanates sui juris) However, each country has an Alexandrian 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 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe
Ecclesiastical Province of Juba, covering the Latin Church in South Sudan Ecclesiastical Province of Khartoum, covering the Latin Church in Sudan 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 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 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 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega
Episcopal Conference of the Congo (-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ex-Zaire) 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Kigali, covering Rwanda
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 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Bangui, covering the Central African republic
Episcopal Conference of Chad Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena
Episcopal Conference of the Congo (Brazzaville) Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville
Ecclesiastical Province of Owando
Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire
Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea Ecclesiastical Province of Malabo
Episcopal Conference of Gabon Exempt missionary circonscription, directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Libreville, covering the rest of Gabon
Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé e Principe 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
Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (minor African East coast island states) Only exempt dioceses, each for a whole country (or two) without national conference, directly subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Lesotho Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru
Episcopal Conference of Madagascar Ecclesiastical Province of Antananarivo
Ecclesiastical Province of Antsiranana
Ecclesiastical Province of Toamasina
Ecclesiastical Province of Fianarantsoa
Ecclesiastical Province of Toliara
Episcopal Conference of Mozambique Ecclesiastical Province of Beira
Ecclesiastical Province of Maputo
Ecclesiastical Province of Nampula
Episcopal Conference of Namibia Ecclesiastical Province of Windhoek, covering Namibia
Episcopal Conference of South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland covers the dioceses in the republic of South Africa , and two neighbouring countries whose only dioceses belong to its provinces Botswana and Swaziland
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 Ecclesiastical Province of Bulawayo
Ecclesiastical Province of Harare
Eastern Catholic Churches by Rite The 23 Eastern 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 Catholic church and to Orthodox churches, 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 their ecclesiastical 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.
Exempt, joint ordinariates for all the Eastern faithful 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 the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid
Byzantine Rite churches
In the Arab World and Africa, the church has dioceses in:
Throughout the rest of the world, the Melkite Catholic church has dioceses and exarchates for its diaspora in:
Furthermore, one of the Ordinaries is appointed Apostolic visitor for the countries without proper ordinariates in Western Europe , while in some countries the Melkite diaspora is served pastorally by an Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful .
An ecclesiastical province sui 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 province sui juris
The more general adjective "Byzantine" is often used instead of "Ruthenian" in North America.
Although its origins are, as the name suggests, in Ruthenia , (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 Metropolitanate sui 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 A single ecclesiastical province sui juris , covering Ethiopia (Synod styled Council of the Ethiopian Church)
A single ecclesiastical province sui juris , covering all and only Eritrea , which has no Latin Church diocese
West Syriac/Syro-Antiochene Rite churches 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 the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for the Eastern Churches ):
Suffragan Eparchies in the ecclesiastical provinces of Latin Metropolitan Archbishops
Both eparchies are in South America :
(Arch)eparchies immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province 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 central IraqSyriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul , Archeparchy for northern IraqSyriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo , Archeparchy for part of Syria (cfr. infra)Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké–Nisibi , Archeparchy for part of Syria (cfr. infra)Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo , for Egypt Syriac Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan , no proper see, but vested in the Cairo Eparch as Protosynkellos for Sudan and South Sudan Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark , with cathedral see at Bayonne, New Jersey , for the United StatesNominal Metropolitans
These are without suffragans. Both are in Syria :
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
Armenian Rite: Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal) 'Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Patriarchal ecclesiastical province of Cilicia
The province was named after Ancient Cilicia , the part of Asia 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 in Aleppo , in and for part of Syria Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see in Istanbul (the former Constantinople), in and for Turkey Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see in Baghdad , in and for IraqArmenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv , Archeparchy (not metropolitan) with cathedral see in Lviv, in and for (part of) Ukraine Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus , Exarchate with cathedral see in Damascus , in and for part of Syria Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman , Exarchate with cathedral see in Jerusalem , in the Holy Land (Israel/ Palestine ), also for Jordan Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires , Eparchy with cathedral see in Buenos Aires , in and for Argentina Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale , Eparchy with cathedral see in Brooklyn, New York , in the United States, also for CanadaArmenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris , Eparchy with cathedral see in Paris , in and for France
East Syriac / Syro-Oriental Rite churches Chaldean Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon the patriarchal proper Metropolitanate Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad , with its three suffragans Chaldean 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 suffragan Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Salmas ,Archdioceses of Chaldean 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 of Chaldean 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
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 at Bellwood, Illinois , for the USA; also Syro-Malabar Apostolic 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 at Melbourne , Victoria state; also Syro-Malabar Apostolic visitator in New ZealandEcclesiastical Province of Changanassery
Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
Archdiocese of Kottayam
Syro-Malabar eparchies These are suffragans of Roman Catholic (Latin Church ) Indian Metropolitan archbishops, hence part of their mixed-rite provinces.
under Agra under Bhopal under Bombay under Gandhinagar under Hyderabad under Nagpur under Raipur
Other and various types of Catholic sees and jurisdictions
See also
Eastern churches
References ^ "Dioceses by Type". ^ Beal, John P.; Coriden, James A.; Green, Thomas J. (2000). New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. Paulist Press. p. 571. ISBN 9780809140664 . Retrieved 18 Jun 2015 . ^ "Hispanic Ministry Network Region XI Leaders". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 14 Apr 2012 . ^ "Bishops and Dioceses". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 23 March 2013 .
External links Catholic-hierarchy.org GCatholic (here: dioceses by type) Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences Archived 2014-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
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