List of Catholic dioceses in Europe

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This is a list of the Catholic dioceses in Europe, i.e. dioceses of the Catholic Church. In Europe, there are a large number of dioceses principally centred in the countries of Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, and Poland. Italy has the largest number of dioceses per capita of any country, although Brazil has more in total.

An episcopal conference, or bishops' conference, is an official assembly of all the bishops in a defined geographic territory, usually a single country. Andorra and San Marino are part of neighboring foreign dioceses, and so are covered by the Spanish and Italian conferences, respectively. A single conference covers the five nordic countries, and dioceses in Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Monaco are not part of any episcopal conference. In the British Isles, one conference covers the whole of Ireland, a second covers England and Wales (and the crown dependencies), and a third conference covers Scotland.

Dioceses are usually organized into ecclesiastical provinces headed by the archbishop seated in the designated metropolitan archdiocese. Bishops and dioceses subordinated to the metropolitan archbishop are called suffragans. However, not all archbishops are metropolitans. Sometimes an archdiocesan see is suffragan to a metropolitan archbishop, but retains its rank for historical reasons. Some dioceses and archdioceses are not suffragan to a metropolitan see, but are directly subject to the Holy See in Rome.

List of Dioceses

Source:[1]

This list is organized (when applicable) by episcopal conference and ecclesiastical province. Latin Church dioceses are listed in regular font. Eastern Catholic dioceses are listed in italics, only when suffragan to a Latin jurisdiction. Dioceses of sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches are not listed.

  • Metropolitan archdiocese

Episcopal Conference of Albania

Episcopal Conference of Austria

Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Episcopal Conference of Bosnia

Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria

Episcopal Conference of Croatia

Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic

Episcopal Conference of England and Wales

Episcopal Conference of France

Episcopal Conference of Germany

(a.k.a. Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn)

(a.k.a. Ecclesiastical province of Cologne)

(a.k.a. Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau)

Episcopal Conference of Greece

Episcopal Conference of Hungary

Episcopal Conference of Ireland

Episcopal Conference of Italy

Episcopal Conference of Malta

Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Episcopal Conference of Poland

Episcopal Conference of Portugal

Episcopal Conference of Romania

Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia

Episcopal Conference of Scotland

Episcopal Conference of Serbia

Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Episcopal Conference of Spain

Swiss Bishop's Conference

Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Under the direct authority of the Holy See

References

  1. 1.Hanna, Alfred. "Union Between Christians".
  2. 2."Austrian". Austrian Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. 3."Wettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey". Austrian Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. 4.Jurisdiction includes the Isle of Man.