This refers to Catholic dioceses in the world, of all Latin or Eastern churches, .[1]
There are also 'meetings of episcopal conferences' for the (arch)bishops from countries belonging to:
See:
- other exempt Italian (arch)dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See but not part of the province of Rome
- Ecclesiastical Province of Venice
- Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento, on Sicily
- Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto
- Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna
- Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari, on Sardinia
- Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano
- Ecclesiastical Province of Catania, on Sicily
- Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace
- Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto
- Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano
- Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo
- Ecclesiastical Province of Florence
- Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino
- Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa
- Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia
- Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila
- Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce
- Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, on Sicily
- Ecclesiastical Province of Milan
- Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola
- Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
- Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano
- Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo, on Sicily
- Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve
- Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro
- Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne
- Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa
- Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
- Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia
- Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova
- Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
- Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari, on Sardinia
- Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
- Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa, on Sicily
- Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto
- Ecclesiastical Province of Turin
- Ecclesiastical Province of Trento
- Ecclesiastical Province of Udine
- Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli
Episcopal Conference of Malta
- Ecclesiastical Province of Malta
Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in the Kingdom 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Portugal.
- 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)
See also: List 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
Episcopal Conference of Spain (incl. African territories) and Andorra
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Spain.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Switzerland.
Swiss Bishops Conference
- only exempt dioceses, each immediately subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Albania
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Serbia.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Montenegro.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Macedonia.
- The Republic of Macedonia has
- Montenegro has no national level, but two Latin dioceses
- the 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–Makarska
- Ecclesiastical 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Bulgaria.
- Bulgaria has no ecclesiastical province, only exempt Ordinariates, immediately subject to the Holy See, of two Churches:
Episcopal Conference of Croatia
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of 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)
See also: List of 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Latvia.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Riga, covering Latvia
Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Lithuania.
- Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See:
- Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius
- Ecclesiastical Province of Kaunas
Episcopal Conference of Poland
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Russia.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: Catholic Church in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North America.
Episcopal Conference of Canada
See also: List 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica.
- Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica
Episcopal Conference of El Salvador
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in El Salvador.
- Exempt military ordinariate, immediately subject to the Holy See,
- Ecclesiastical province of San Salvador, covering El Salvador
Episcopal Conference of Guatemala
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Honduras.
- Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa, covering Honduras
Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Nicaragua.
- Ecclesiastical province of Managua, covering Nicaragua
Episcopal Conference of Panama
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Caribbean.
- 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Exempt, immediately subject to the holy See and not part of a Bishops' Region
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
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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: Catholic Church in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Paraguay.
- exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See:
- Ecclesiastical province of Asunción
Episcopal Conference of Peru
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Uruguay.
- Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo
Episcopal Conference of Venezuela
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in the Holy Land and Cyprus.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Lebanon.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Iraq.
See also: Catholic Church in Syria.
- 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 Iraq
- Apostolic 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 the Holy Land (Palestine/Israel & Jordan)
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Iraq
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Lebanon
Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria
Episcopal Conference of Iran
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Central Asia.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Mary Most Holy in Astana, covering all Kazakhstan
Episcopal Conference of Turkey
See also: Catholic Church 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Bangladesh.
Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh
- Ecclesiastical Province of Dhaka
- Ecclesiastical Province of Chittagong
Episcopal Conference of Burma (Myanmar)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Myanmar.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Mandalay
- Ecclesiastical Province of Taunggyi
- Ecclesiastical Province of Yangon (Rangoon)
Episcopal Conference of East Timor
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in East Timor.
Episcopal Conference of India, including Bhutan
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in India.
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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo
Episcopal Conference of Thailand
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Thailand.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok
- Ecclesiastical Province of Thare and Nonseng
Episcopal Conference of Vietnam
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: Catholic Church in Taiwan.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, covering Taiwan
Episcopal Conference of China (PR, including Hong Kong; not including Taiwan)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in China.
- Exempt, each directly subject to the Holy See, mainly missionary 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Korea.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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 also: List of Catholic dioceses in New Zealand. See under 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in South Pacific Conference states.
- An exempt diocese, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See:
- For Ukrainian Catholics, see, 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 PapeeteThis 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Morocco, Mauretania and Western Sahara.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Libya.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Alger, covering most of Algeria
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Gambia and Sierra Leone.
- Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See:
- Ecclesiastical Province of Freetown, covering Sierra Leone
Episcopal Conference of Ghana
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Liberia.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia
Ecclesiastical Conference of Benin
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Benin.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou
- Ecclesiastical Province of Parakou
Ecclesiastical Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Ivory Coast.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Abidjan
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bouaké
- Ecclesiastical Province of Gagnoa
- Ecclesiastical Province of Korhogo
Episcopal Conference of Guinea
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Guinea.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry, covering Guinea
Episcopal Conference of Mali
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Mali.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako, covering Mali
Episcopal Conference of Togo
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Togo.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Lomé, covering Togo
Episcopal Conference of Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauritania and Guinée-Bissau
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Senegal.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Guinea-Bissau.
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Cape Verde.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Malawi.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre
- Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe
Episcopal Conference of Sudan & South Sudan
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Burundi.
- Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura
- Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega
Episcopal Conference of the Congo (-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ex-Zaire)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic.
Ecclesiastical Province of Bangui, covering the Central African republic
Episcopal Conference of Chad
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Chad.
Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena
Episcopal Conference of the Congo (Brazzaville)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo. Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville
Ecclesiastical Province of Owando
Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire
Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea. Ecclesiastical Province of Malabo
Episcopal Conference of Gabon
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe. 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)
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Indian Ocean Episcopal Conference.
Only exempt dioceses, each for a whole country (or two) without national conference, directly subject to the Holy See
Episcopal Conference of Lesotho
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Lesotho. Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru
Episcopal Conference of Madagascar
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Mozambique. Ecclesiastical Province of Beira
Ecclesiastical Province of Maputo
Ecclesiastical Province of Nampula
Episcopal Conference of Namibia
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in Namibia. Ecclesiastical Province of Windhoek, covering Namibia
Episcopal Conference of South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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
See also: List of Catholic dioceses in 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 Aires
- Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil, for all Eastern Churches, cumulated with varying Latin Church Metropolitan sees
- Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Paris
- Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland, for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Warszaw
- Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Spain, for all Eastern Churches, vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid
Exempt, joint Ordinariates or Administrations for the Byzantine Rites faithful
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 Latin: sui juris, covering 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 diocesesThese 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 Latin: sui juris, entirely within the United Statesthe Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh:
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
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):
- In Europe:
- In North and Central America:
- In Oceania:
Suffragan Eparchies in the ecclesiastical provinces of Latin Metropolitan Archbishops
Both eparchies are in South America:
Eparchies suffragan to a Latin Metropolitan
Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Patriarchal ecclesiastical province
Patriarchal exarchates
Other dioceses and archdioceses
None of these are Metropolitan; they are directly subject to the Patriarch (but not part of his province).
- Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad, Archeparchy for central Iraq
- Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul, Archeparchy for northern Iraq
- Syriac 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 States
Nominal 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
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 Iraq
- Armenian 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 Canada
- Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, Eparchy with cathedral see in Paris, in and for France
- 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 EranakulamAngamaly
Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga, for Canada
- St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago, with cathedral see at Bellwood, Illinois, for the USA; also Syro-Malabar Apostolic visitator in Canada
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain, with cathedral see at Preston, Lancashire, England; for England, Scotland & Wales
- Syro-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 Zealand
Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery
Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
Archdiocese of Kottayam
Syro-Malabar eparchiesThese 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dioceses by Type.
- Book: New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law . 9780809140664 . 18 Jun 2015 . Beal . John P. . Coriden . James A. . Green . Thomas J. . 2000 . Paulist Press . 571.
- Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . Hispanic Ministry Network Region XI Leaders. 14 Apr 2012 .
- Web site: Bishops and Dioceses . United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 23 March 2013.