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List of Catholic dioceses

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As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions worldwide, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,250 dioceses. It also includes various other jurisdictions such as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies, and missions sui juris.

In addition, there are 2,100 titular sees, encompassing bishoprics, archbishoprics, and metropolitanates.

This structural list outlines how each diocese is organized within its ecclesiastical province, under the framework of episcopal conferences, grouped by continent or region.

Types of Catholic dioceses

This refers to Catholic dioceses in the world, of all Latin or Eastern churches, as of 5 October 2021.[1]

Type Total Filled Vacant
Holy See: St. Peter's Chair in Rome (papacy) 1 1 0
Ancient Patriarchal Sees of the East (Patriarchates) 9 9 0
Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archeparchies) 4 4 0
Latin Patriarchal Sees 3 3 0
Titular Patriarchal Sees 4 3 1
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses & Eastern Archeparchies) 566 544 22
Other Archiepiscopal Sees (Latin Archdioceses & Eastern Archeparchies) 76 70 6
Episcopal Sees (Latin Dioceses & Eastern Eparchies) 2,244 2,029 215
Titular Metropolitan Sees including Archeparchies 92 14 78
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees including Archeparchies 91 6 85
Titular Episcopal Sees including Eparchies 1,913 1,059 854
Territorial Prelatures 40 36 4
Territorial Abbacies (often Exempt) 11 9 2
Military Ordinariates (all Exempt) 36 24 12
Personal Prelature (exempt) 1 1 0
Apostolic Vicariates (generally Exempt, mission) 84 75 9
Apostolic Prefectures (generally Exempt, mission) 39 14 25
Apostolic Administrations 8 7 1
Independent Missions (Missions sui iuris) 8 8 0

Additional types, exclusively for the Eastern Churches, Ordinariate Use and Extraordinary Form

Type Total Filled Vacant
Metropolitan Sees (Eastern Archeparchies, Sui Juris) 5 5 0
Apostolic Exarchates (Eastern mission, Exempt) 13 11 2
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Churches (Eastern, Exempt) 9 6 3
Personal Ordinariates (Western Anglican Patrimony, Anglican/Ordinariate Use, Exempt) 3 3 0
Patriarchal Exarchates (Eastern missions) 10 8 2
Archiepiscopal Exarchates (Eastern) 5 4 1
Territories Dependent on the Patriarch (Eastern) 5 4 1
Personal Apostolic Administration (unique case, Exempt) 1 1 0

Exempt Catholic Dioceses (directly subject to the Holy See)

These (arch)dioceses are exempt from belonging to any ecclesiastical province, hence only the Vatican can exert the authority and coordinating functions normally falling to the Metropolitan Archbishop. They are grouped here geographically. Nevertheless, most belong to an episcopal conference, in which case the more relevant mention is in its geographical region, as exempt dioceses as such do not have specific ties with each other.

  • Military ordinariates are in pastoral charge of the troops of a state, but may be vested in a Metropolitan Archbishop, typically in the national capital.
  • Also generally exempt are the apostolic prefectures and apostolic vicariates, which tend to be temporary missionary dioceses, expected to become part of an ecclesiastical province when promoted to regular (arch- or suffragan) bishopric.
  • The Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans (who left the Anglican Communion for communion with the Holy See) are allowed to use the Ordinariate Use, which is counted as a variant usage of the Roman Rite (unlike the Eastern churches' five distinct rites).
  • Eastern Ordinariates are in pastoral charge of all Eastern Churches, of only those of Byzantine Rite or even just of the Armenian Rite, in one or more states of various Catholic churches without any proper diocese there, but are usually vested in a Latin Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop, often in the capital.
  • Disregarded are many episcopal or archiepiscopal prelates in the Roman Curia, as their dicasteries don't constitute dioceses, although many posts there require by law or custom a bishop or an archbishop (usually titular), just as the Vatican's diplomatic posts in nearly every national capital.

Universal or transcontinental exempt dioceses (not counting minor dependencies)

European exempt dioceses

Asian exempt dioceses

New World exempt dioceses

African exempt dioceses

Europe (Latin and Eastern Churches)

There are also 'meetings of episcopal conferences' for the (arch)bishops from countries belonging to:

Exempt dioceses in European countries without ecclesiastical province or national conference

Exempt (arch)dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See, each for a whole small country
  • Archdiocese of Vaduz (1997), for Liechtenstein
  • Archdiocese of Luxembourg (1870), for Luxembourg
  • Archdiocese of Monaco (1887), for Monaco
  • Apostolic Administration of Estonia (at Tallinn), for all Estonia
  • Diocese of Chißinău (2001), for all Moldova (Moldavia)
  • Diocese of Prizren-Pristina (2018), for all Kosovo & PreĆĄevo Valley

Episcopal Conference of Austria

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg (739), primatial see of Austria, a former prince-bishopric
    • Diocese of Feldkirch (1968)
    • Diocese of Graz-Seckau (1218)
    • Diocese of Gurk (1072)
    • Diocese of Innsbruck (1964)
Ecclesiastical Province of Vienna
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vienna (1469)
    • Diocese of Eisenstadt (1960)
    • Diocese of Linz (1785)
    • Diocese of Sankt Pölten (1785)

Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Military Ordinariate of Belgium (1986), ranking as bishopric, vested in the primatial Metropolitan see of Mechelen-Brussels
  • For the Ukrainian Catholics, see France
Ecclesiastical Province of Mechelen–Brussels, covering Belgium

Episcopal Conference of England and Wales (parts of the UK)

also comprises - without separate dioceses - three European insular crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey
Exempt dioceses
Ecclesiastical province of Birmingham
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Birmingham (1850)
    • Diocese of Clifton (1850)
    • Diocese of Shrewsbury (1850)
Ecclesiastical province of Cardiff, for Wales
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia (1850) (including Herefordshire in England; merged with Diocese of Menevia)
    • Diocese of Wrexham (1987)
Ecclesiastical province of Liverpool
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool (1850), also covers the isle of Man crown dependency
Ecclesiastical province of Southwark
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Southwark (1850)
    • Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (1965)
    • Diocese of Plymouth (1850)
    • Diocese of Portsmouth (1882), also covers both Anglo-Norman Channel Islands crown dependencies: Jersey and Guernsey
Ecclesiastical province of Westminster
  • Metropolitan Diocese of Westminster (1850)
    • Diocese of Brentwood (1917)
    • Diocese of East Anglia (1976)
    • Diocese of Northampton (1850)
    • Diocese of Nottingham (1850)

Episcopal Conference of France

(The ecclesiastical provinces' corresponding administrative regions are mentioned in parentheses) For overseas French dioceses, see under their continents and Episcopal conferences of Antilles (Central America) and Pacific (Oceania)

Exempt Latin dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See
Eastern Church dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See (exempt) or to their particular church's Patriarch or Major Archbishop
  • Armenian Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (1986), Eparchy with cathedral see in Paris, in and for France, immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province
  • Maronite Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (2012), with cathedral see CathĂ©drale Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province; also Apostolic Visitor in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites
  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (2013) (Ukrainian Catholic Byzantine Rite Eparchy in France), with cathedral see in Paris, directly subject to the Major Archbishop, for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland
  • Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, exempt, vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Paris, for Eastern Rites without proper ordinary
Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon (Franche-Comté and part of Lorraine)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon (4th century)
    • Diocese of Belfort-MontbĂ©liard (1979)
    • Diocese of Nancy (1777)
    • Diocese of Saint-Claude (1742)
    • Diocese of Saint-DiĂ© (1777)
    • Diocese of Verdun (4th century)
Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux (Aquitaine)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux (3rd century)
    • Diocese of Agen (4th century)
    • Diocese of Aire and Dax (5th century)
    • Diocese of Bayonne (5th century)
    • Diocese of PĂ©rigueux (4th century)
Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont (Auvergne)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Clermont (3rd century)
    • Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (4th century)
    • Diocese of Moulins (1822)
    • Diocese of Saint-Flour (1317)
Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon (Burgundy)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon (1731)
    • Archdiocese of Sens (4th century)
    • Diocese of Autun (3rd century)
    • Diocese of Nevers (5th century)
    • Territorial prelature of the Mission de France at Pontigny
Ecclesiastical Province of Lille (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille
    • Archdiocese of Cambrai
    • Diocese of Arras
Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon (RhĂŽne-Alpes)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon, primatial see
    • Archdiocese of ChambĂ©ry
    • Diocese of Annecy (includes territory in Switzerland)
    • Diocese of Belley-Ars
    • Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne
    • Diocese of Saint-Étienne
    • Diocese of Valence
    • Diocese of Viviers
Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille (Provence-Alpes-CĂŽte-d'Azur and Corsica)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille
Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier (Languedoc-Roussillon)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier
    • Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne
    • Diocese of Mende
    • Diocese of NĂźmes
    • Diocese of Perpignan-Elne (Rousillon)
Ecclesiastical Province of Paris (capital region Ile-de-France)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris
    • Diocese of CrĂ©teil
    • Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes
    • Diocese of Meaux
    • Diocese of Nanterre
    • Diocese of Pontoise
    • Diocese of Saint-Denis
    • Diocese of Versailles
Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers (Poitou-Charentes and Limousin)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers
    • Diocese of AngoulĂȘme
    • Diocese of La Rochelle, also covers the French Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    • Diocese of Limoges
    • Diocese of Tulle
Ecclesiastical Province of Reims (Champagne-Ardenne and Picardy)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims, primatial see
    • Diocese of Amiens
    • Diocese of Beauvais
    • Diocese of ChĂąlons
    • Diocese of Langres
    • Diocese of Soissons
    • Diocese of Troyes
Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes (Brittany and Pays de la Loire)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes
    • Diocese of Angers
    • Diocese of Laval
    • Diocese of Le Mans
    • Diocese of Luçon
    • Diocese of Nantes
    • Diocese of Quimper
    • Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
    • Diocese of Vannes
Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen (Upper - and Lower Normandy)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen
    • Diocese of Bayeux
    • Diocese of Coutances
    • Diocese of Évreux
    • Diocese of Le Havre
    • Diocese of SĂ©ez
Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse (Midi-Pyrénées)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse
    • Archdiocese of Albi
    • Archdiocese of Auch
    • Diocese of Cahors
    • Diocese of Montauban
    • Diocese of Pamiers
    • Diocese of Rodez
    • Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
Eccleasiastical Province of Tours (Centre-Val de Loire region)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours
    • Archdiocese of Bourges
    • Diocese of Blois
    • Diocese of Chartres
    • Diocese of OrlĂ©ans

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (1007)
    • Diocese of EichstĂ€tt (745)
    • Diocese of Speyer (4th century)
    • Diocese of WĂŒrzburg (741)
Ecclesiastical province of Berlin
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Berlin (1930)
    • Diocese of Dresden-Meissen (1921)
    • Diocese of Görlitz (1994)
[Lower] Rhenish ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Cologne)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cologne (4th century), formerly a prince-episcopal electorate
    • Diocese of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) (1930)
    • Diocese of Essen (1958)
    • Diocese of Limburg (1827)
    • Diocese of MĂŒnster (800)
    • Diocese of Trier (3rd century), formerly a Metropolitan Archdiocese and prince-episcopal electorate
Upper Rhenish ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg (1821)
    • Diocese of Mainz (4th century), formerly a Metropolitan archdiocese and prince-episcopal electorate
    • Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (1821)
Northern German ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg (1994)
    • Diocese of Hildesheim (815)
    • Diocese of OsnabrĂŒck (772)
Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising, in Bavaria
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (739)
    • Diocese of Augsburg (4th century)
    • Diocese of Passau (739)
    • Diocese of Regensburg (739)
Central German ecclesiastical province (aka Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (799)
    • Diocese of Erfurt (1994)
    • Diocese of Fulda (1752)
    • Diocese of Magdeburg (1994)

Episcopal Conference of Ireland, i.e. the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Ecclesiastical province of Armagh — covers all of Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and part of the Republic of Ireland
Ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly (Republic of Ireland)
Ecclesiastical province of Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
Ecclesiastical province of Tuam (Republic of Ireland)

Episcopal Conference of Italy, including San Marino and Vatican City

Ecclesiastical Province of Rome
See: Diocese of Rome § Suffragan sees
  • Metropolitan Diocese of Rome (1st century) (includes the Vatican City State), whose suffragans are the seven suburbicarian sees, held by the six cardinal-bishops
    • Suburbicarian See of Ostia (3rd century), held besides another suburbicarian see by the cardinal-dean
    • Suburbicarian See of Albano
    • Suburbicarian See of Frascati (3rd century)
    • Suburbicarian See of Palestrina
    • Suburbicarian See of Porto-Santa Rufina
    • Suburbicarian See of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto
    • Suburbicarian See of Velletri-Segni
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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
    • Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (no longer Metropolitan)
    • Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti
    • Diocese of Andria
    • Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli
    • Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi
Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento
Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bologna
    • Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio (no longer Metropolitan; united with the now titular Territorial Abbacy of Pomposa)
    • Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
    • Diocese of Imola
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari, on Sardinia
Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano
Ecclesiastical Province of Catania, on Sicily
Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto
    • Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (no longer Metropolitan)
Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano
Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo
Ecclesiastical Province of Florence
Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
    • Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo (no longer Metropolitan)
    • Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano
    • Diocese of Lucera-Troia
    • Diocese of San Severo
Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa
Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia
    • Diocese of Trieste
Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila
Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce
Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, on Sicily
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, united with the titular Territorial Abbacy of Santissimo Salvatore
Ecclesiastical Province of Milan
Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola
Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oristano
    • Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo, on Sicily
Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-CittĂ  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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taranto
Ecclesiastical Province of Turin
Ecclesiastical Province of Trento
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trento
    • Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen
Ecclesiastical Province of Udine
Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli

Episcopal Conference of Malta

Ecclesiastical Province of Malta
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malta (1st century)
    • Diocese of Gozo (1864)

Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Utrecht, covering the Netherlands proper
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Utrecht (1853)
    • Diocese of Breda (1853)
    • Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden (1956)
    • Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam (1853)
    • Diocese of Roermond (1853)
    • Diocese of Rotterdam (1955)
    • Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch (1853)

Episcopal Conference of Portugal, incl. Azores and Madeira

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Lisboa (Lisbon)
  • Patriarchate of Lisboa (1147), the province's Metropolitan Archdiocese at Lisbon
    • Diocese of Guarda (1199)
    • Diocese of Leiria-FĂĄtima (1545)
    • Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco (1550)
    • Diocese of SantarĂ©m (1975)
    • Diocese of SetĂșbal (1975)
    • Diocese of Angra (1534), on the Azores
    • Diocese of Funchal (1514), on and also known as Diocese of Madeira
Ecclesiastical Province of Braga
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Braga (4th century), primatial see of “the Spains”
    • Diocese of Aveiro
    • Diocese of Bragança-Miranda
    • Diocese of Coimbra
    • Diocese of Lamego
    • Diocese of Porto
    • Diocese of Viana do Castelo
    • Diocese of Vila Real
    • Diocese of Viseu
Ecclesiastical Province of Évora
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Évora
    • Diocese of Beja
    • Diocese of Faro, also known as Diocese of the Algarve

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)
  • Diocese of Helsinki (1955), for all of Finland and the autonomous region of Åland
  • Diocese of ReykjavĂ­k (1968), for all of Iceland

Episcopal Conference of Scotland (part of UK)

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

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona
Ecclesiastical province of Burgos
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos (1075)
    • Diocese of Bilbao (1949)
    • Diocese of Osma-Soria
    • Diocese of Palencia (1034)
    • Diocese of Vitoria (1861)
Ecclesiastical province of Granada
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada (1437)
    • Diocese of AlmerĂ­a (1492)
    • Diocese of Cartagena (1250)
    • Diocese of Guadix (1492)
    • Diocese of JaĂ©n
    • Diocese of MĂĄlaga, including the North African territory Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco
Ecclesiastical province of Madrid
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of MĂ©rida-Badajoz (1225)
    • Diocese of Coria-CĂĄceres
    • Diocese of Plasencia
Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo (811)
    • Diocese of Astorga
    • Diocese of LeĂłn
    • Diocese of Santander
Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela
    • Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño
    • Diocese of Jaca
    • Diocese of San SebastiĂĄn
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastical province of Seville, mainly comprising Andalusia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seville
    • Diocese of CĂĄdiz and Ceuta, including the North African territory Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco
    • Diocese of the Canaries (1406) (at Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria), geographically African
    • Diocese of CĂłrdoba
    • Diocese of Huelva
    • Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
    • Diocese of San CristĂłbal de La Laguna (1819) (on Tenerife), geographically African
Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona
    • Diocese of Girona
    • Diocese of Lleida
    • Diocese of Solsona
    • Diocese of Tortosa
    • Diocese of (Seo de) Urgell, including Andorra, where the bishop still shares the joint sovereign status of 'co-prince' with the French head of state, making him the last true prince-bishop besides the pope
    • Diocese of Vic
Ecclesiastical province of Toledo
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia, including the Balearic Isles
Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid (1595)
    • Diocese of Ávila
    • Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
    • Diocese of Salamanca
    • Diocese of Segovia
    • Diocese of Zamora
Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza
    • Diocese of Barbastro-MonzĂłn
    • Diocese of Huesca
    • Diocese of Tarazona
    • Diocese of Teruel and AlbarracĂ­n

Episcopal Conference of Switzerland

Swiss Bishops Conference

only exempt dioceses, each immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Diocese of Basel (7th century)
  • Diocese of Chur (5th century)
  • Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (6th century)
  • Diocese of Lugano
  • Diocese of Sankt Gallen
  • Diocese of Sion (Sitten)
  • Territorial Abbacy of Maria Einsiedeln
  • Territorial Abbacy of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune
  • part of the French diocese of Annecy (in the ecclesiastical province of Lyon) is also on Swiss territory

Episcopal Conference of Albania

Ecclesiastical Province of Shkodër-Pult (Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of ShkodĂ«r-Pult (Scutari-Pulati) (4th century)
Ecclesiastical Province of Tiranë-Durrës (mixed Churches)

Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius - for North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia

North 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

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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev
    • Diocese of Grodno
    • Diocese of Pinsk
    • Diocese of Vitebsk

Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo, covering all Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (1881)
  • the province also comprises the Diocese of Skopje, which covers North Macedonia and belongs to the episcopal conference of Saints Cyril and Method (Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
Croatian Catholic Eparchy of KriĆŸevci, 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
  • Latin Church:
    • Diocese of Nicopoli
    • Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
  • Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia, the only proper ordinariate of the Byzantine Rite particular Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church

Episcopal Conference of Croatia

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Đakovo-Osijek, also known as Simium (Sirmio)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek
  • the province also comprises the Diocese of Srijem, which is in Serbia and hence belongs to the episcopal conference of Saints Cyril and Method (Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rijeka
    • Diocese of Gospić–Senj
    • Diocese of Krk
    • Diocese of Poreč-Pula
Ecclesiastical Province of Split-Makarska
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split-Makarska
  • the province also comprises the Diocese of Kotor, which is in and covers Montenegro and hence belongs to the episcopal conference of Saints Cyril and Method (Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb (Latin and Eastern Churches)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb (Roman Catholic)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-KriĆŸevci
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of VaraĆŸdin
    • Croatian Catholic Eparchy of KriĆŸevci, the only proper diocese of the Byzantine rite Eastern Croatian Catholic Church, covering all of Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic (Byzantine rite)
Ecclesiastical Province of Bohemia or Prague (after its Metropolitan see)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague
    • Diocese of ČeskĂ© Budějovice
    • Diocese of Hradec KrĂĄlovĂ©
    • Diocese of Litoměƙice
    • Diocese of Plzeƈ
Ecclesiastical Province of Moravia or Olomouc (after its Metropolitan see)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc
    • Diocese of Brno
    • Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

Episcopal Conference of Greece

Exempt Latin (arch)dioceses, immediately depending from the Holy See
  • Archdiocese of Athens (1875)
  • Archdiocese of Rhodos (1928)
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki
Exempt Eastern Catholic
Ecclesiastical Province of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia (for Ionian islands)
  • Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia (nominal Metropolitan, no suffragan)
Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos (for various Aegean islands)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
    • Diocese of Chios
    • Diocese of Crete
    • Diocese of Santorini
    • Diocese of Syros and Milos

Episcopal Conference of Hungary (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Eger
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger
    • Diocese of Debrecen–NyĂ­regyhĂĄza
    • Diocese of VĂĄc
Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom-Budapest
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
    • Diocese of GyƑr
    • Diocese of SzĂ©kesfehĂ©rvĂĄr
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa-KecskemĂ©t
    • Diocese of PĂ©cs
    • Diocese of Szeged–CsanĂĄd
Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of VeszprĂ©m
    • Diocese of KaposvĂĄr
    • Diocese of Szombathely
Hungarian Catholic church Metropolitanate sui iuris

Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Ecclesiastical Province of Riga, covering Latvia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga
    • Diocese of Jelgava
    • Diocese of Liepāja
    • Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona

Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius (1390)
    • Diocese of KaiĆĄiadorys
    • Diocese of PanevÄ—ĆŸys
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaunas

Episcopal Conference of Poland

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of BiaƂystok
  • Archdiocese of BiaƂystok
    • Diocese of Drohiczyn
    • Diocese of ƁomĆŒa
Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa
  • Archdiocese of Częstochowa
    • Diocese of Radom
    • Diocese of Sosnowiec
Ecclesiastical province of GdaƄsk
  • Archdiocese of GdaƄsk
    • Diocese of Pelplin
    • Diocese of ToruƄ
Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno
  • Archdiocese of Gniezno
    • Diocese of Bydgoszcz
    • Diocese of WƂocƂawek
Ecclesiastical province of Katowice
  • Archdiocese of Katowice
    • Diocese of Gliwice
    • Diocese of Opole
Ecclesiastical province of KrakĂłw
  • Archdiocese of KrakĂłw
    • Diocese of Bielsko-Ć»ywiec
    • Diocese of Kielce
    • Diocese of TarnĂłw
Ecclesiastical province of ƁódĆș
  • Archdiocese of ƁódĆș
    • Diocese of Ɓowicz
Ecclesiastical province of Lublin
  • Archdiocese of Lublin
    • Diocese of Sandomierz
    • Diocese of Siedlce
Ecclesiastical province of PoznaƄ
  • Archdiocese of PoznaƄ
    • Diocese of Kalisz
Ecclesiastical province of Przemyƛl
  • Archdiocese of Przemyƛl
    • Diocese of RzeszĂłw
    • Diocese of Zamoƛć-LubaczĂłw
Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-KamieƄ
  • Archdiocese of Szczecin-KamieƄ
    • Diocese of Koszalin-KoƂobrzeg
    • Diocese of Zielona GĂłra-GorzĂłw
Ecclesiastical province of Warmia
Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa
Ecclesiastical province of WrocƂaw
  • Archdiocese of WrocƂaw
    • Diocese of Legnica
    • Diocese of Úwidnica
Ukrainian Greek Catholic province of Przemyƛl–Warszawa

Episcopal Conference of Romania

Exempt (immediately subject to Rome, no ecclesiastical province)
  • Latin: Archdiocese of Alba Iulia/GyulafehĂ©rvĂĄr
  • Eastern Catholic: Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Romania
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)
  • Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow, in Moscow
    • Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov, at Saratov
    • Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk, in Novosibirsk (in western Siberia)
    • and an Asian diocese: Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, at Irkutsk (in eastern Siberian Far East)
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)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava
    • Archdiocese of Trnava (not Metropolitan)
    • Diocese of BanskĂĄ Bystrica
    • Diocese of Nitra
    • Diocese of Ćœilina
Ecclesiastical Province of KoĆĄice (Latin)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of KoĆĄice
    • Diocese of RoĆŸĆˆava
    • Diocese of SpiĆĄ
Slovak Catholic Metropolitanate sui juris of PreĆĄov (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine rite)

Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana
    • Diocese of Koper
    • Diocese of Novo Mesto
Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maribor
    • Diocese of Celje
    • Diocese of Murska Sobota
Croatian Catholic Eparchy of KriĆŸevci, 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)
  • Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve, directly dependent to the Holy See. Is regarded as the maternal circumscription of the Ruthenian Catholic Church
Ukrainian Catholic (Byzantine rite) Metropolitanates

North America (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Episcopal Conference of Canada

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton, comprising most of the province of Alberta.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton (1871)
Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau, comprising the western and northern parts of the province of Quebec.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau (1963)
    • Diocese of Amos (1938)
    • Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda (1973)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan (1967)
    • Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (1967)
    • Diocese of Whitehorse (1967)
Ecclesiastical province of Halifax, comprising the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth (1842)
    • Diocese of Antigonish (1844)
    • Diocese of Charlottetown (1829)
Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas, comprising the northern parts of the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, and the territory of Nunavut.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas (1967)
    • Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay (1967)
Ecclesiastical province of Kingston, comprising the central portions of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Ecclesiastical province of Moncton, comprising the province of New Brunswick.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton (1936)
    • Diocese of Bathurst (in Canada) (1860)
    • Diocese of Edmundston (1944)
    • Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (1842)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall
    • Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
    • Diocese of Pembroke
    • Diocese of Timmins
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rimouski
    • Diocese of Baie-Comeau
    • Diocese of GaspĂ©
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface, comprising the southwest part of the province of Manitoba.
  • Archdiocese of Saint Boniface (1847) (no suffragan)
Ecclesiastical province of St. John's, Newfoundland, comprising the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland
    • Diocese of Grand Falls
    • Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador
Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke, comprising the part of the province of Quebec to the southeast of Montreal.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke
    • Diocese of Nicolet
    • Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver
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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acapulco (1958)
    • Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa (1863)
    • Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano (1964)
    • Diocese of Tlapa
Ecclesiastical province of Tijuana (Baja California)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tijuana
    • Diocese of Ensenada
    • Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
    • Diocese of Mexicali
Ecclesiastical province of Léon (Bajío)
Ecclesiastical province of Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla GutiĂ©rrez
    • Diocese of San CristĂłbal de Las Casas
    • Diocese of Tapachula
Ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua
    • Diocese of Ciudad JuĂĄrez
    • Diocese of CuauhtĂ©moc-Madera
    • Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes
    • Diocese of Parral
    • Diocese of Tarahumara
Ecclesiastical province of Durango
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango
    • Diocese of GĂłmez Palacio
    • Diocese of MazatlĂĄn
    • Diocese of TorreĂłn
    • Territorial Prelature of El Salto
Ecclesiastical province of Guadalajara
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara
    • Diocese of Aguascalientes
    • Diocese of AutlĂĄn
    • Diocese of Ciudad GuzmĂĄn
    • Diocese of Colima
    • Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
    • Diocese of Tepic
    • Territorial Prelature of JesĂșs MarĂ­a del Nayar
Ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo
Ecclesiastical province of Tulancingo (Hidalgo)
Ecclesiastical province of Jalapa (Xalapa)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa
    • Diocese of Coatzacoalcos
    • Diocese of CĂłrdoba
    • Diocese of Orizaba
    • Diocese of Papantla
    • Diocese of San AndrĂ©s Tuxtla
    • Diocese of Tuxpan
    • Diocese of Veracruz
Ecclesiastical province of México
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mexico (1530)
    • Diocese of Azcapotzalco (2019)
    • Diocese of Iztapalapa (2019)
    • Diocese of Xochimilco (2019)
Ecclesiastical province of Monterrey
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey
Ecclesiastical province of Morelia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia
    • Diocese of Apatzingan
    • Diocese of Ciudad LĂĄzaro CĂĄrdenas
    • Diocese of TacĂĄmbaro
    • Diocese of Zamora
Ecclesiastical province of (Antequera (de)) Oaxaca (Oaxaca)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Antequera (de)) Oaxaca
    • Diocese of Puerto Escondido
    • Diocese of Tehuantepec
    • Diocese of Tuxtepec
    • Territorial Prelature of Huautla
    • Territorial Prelature of Mixes
Ecclesiastical province of Puebla (de los Angeles)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla
    • Diocese of Huajuapan de LeĂłn
    • Diocese of TehuacĂĄn
    • Diocese of Tlaxcala
Ecclesiastical province of San Luis PotosĂ­
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis PotosĂ­
    • Diocese of Ciudad Valles
    • Diocese of Matehuala
    • Diocese of Zacatecas
Ecclesiastical province of Tlalnepantla
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla
    • Diocese of CuautitlĂĄn
    • Diocese of Ecatepec
    • Diocese of Izcalli
    • Diocese of NetzahualcĂłyotl
    • Diocese of Teotihuacan
    • Diocese of Texcoco
    • Diocese of Valle de Chalco
Ecclesiastical province of Toluca
Ecclesiastical province of YucatĂĄn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of YucatĂĄn
    • Diocese of Campeche
    • Diocese of Tabasco
    • Diocese of CancĂșn-Chetumal

Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San JosĂ© de Costa Rica (1850)
    • Diocese of Alajuela
    • Diocese of Cartago
    • Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
    • Diocese of LimĂłn
    • Diocese of Puntarenas
    • Diocese of San Isidro de El General
    • Diocese of TilarĂĄn-Liberia

Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Exempt military ordinariate, immediately subject to the Holy See,
Ecclesiastical province of San Salvador, covering El Salvador
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador (1842)
    • Diocese of Chalatenango
    • Diocese of San Miguel
    • Diocese of San Vicente
    • Diocese of Santa Ana
    • Diocese of Santiago de MarĂ­a
    • Diocese of Sonsonate
    • Diocese of Zacatecoluca

Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Guatemala
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala (1534), in Ciudad de Guatemala
    • Diocese of Escuintla
    • Diocese of Jalapa
    • Diocese of San Francisco de AsĂ­s de Jutiapa
    • Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima
    • Diocese of Verapaz, CobĂĄn (1935)
    • Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
Ecclesiastical province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-TotonicapĂĄn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-TotonicapĂĄn (1921)
    • Diocese of Huehuetenango
    • Diocese of QuichĂ©
    • Diocese of San Marcos
    • Diocese of SololĂĄ-Chimaltenango
    • Diocese of SuchitepĂ©quez-Retalhuleu

Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa, covering central and southern Honduras
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Ecclesiastical province of San Pedro Sula, covering northern and western Honduras

Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Ecclesiastical province of Managua, covering Nicaragua
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Managua
    • Diocese of Bluefields
    • Diocese of EstelĂ­
    • Diocese of Granada
    • Diocese of Jinotega
    • Diocese of Juigalpa
    • Diocese of LeĂłn in Nicaragua
    • Diocese of Matagalpa
    • Diocese of Siuna

Episcopal Conference of Panama

Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of PanamĂĄ, covering Panama
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of PanamĂĄ (1513)
    • Diocese of ChitrĂ©
    • Diocese of ColĂłn-Kuna Yala
    • Diocese of David
    • Diocese of PenonomĂ©
    • Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
    • Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (1956), with see at Castries on Saint Lucia
    • Diocese of Kingstown (1989), on and for Saint Vincent and Grenadines
    • Diocese of Roseau (1850), with see at Roseau on Dominica
    • Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada (1956), with see on Grenada
    • Diocese of Saint John's - Basseterre (1971), with see at Saint John on Antigua and Barbuda, also for Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ecclesiastical province of Fort-de-France - comprising the French territories in the Caribbean.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France (1850), on and for Martinique
    • Diocese of Basse-Terre(-Pointe-Ă -Pitre) (1850), on Guadeloupe, also for Saint-BarthĂ©lemy and Saint-Martin
    • Diocese of Cayenne (Cajenna) (1956), in and for French Guiana (in South America)
Ecclesiastical province of Kingston in (and covering) Jamaica, also comprising several other former and current British colonies in the Western Caribbean.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica (1956), on Jamaica
    • Diocese of Mandeville (1997), also on Jamaica
    • Diocese of Montego Bay (1967), also on Jamaica
    • Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands, on and for the Cayman Islands
    • Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan (1956), in and for Belize (in Central America, formerly British Honduras)
Ecclesiastical province of Nassau - comprising several current and former British territories to the north of the Caribbean.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nassau (1960) on the Bahamas
    • Diocese of Hamilton (in Bermuda) (1967), on Bermuda
    • Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos, on and for the Turks and Caicos Islands
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 (1850), on and for Trinidad and Tobago
    • Diocese of Bridgetown (1970), on and for Barbados
    • Diocese of Willemstad (1958), on Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, also for Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten
    • Diocese of Georgetown (1956), in Guyana (in South America, formerly British)
    • Diocese of Paramaribo (1958), in Suriname (in South America, formerly Dutch Guyana)

Episcopal Conference of Cuba

Ecclesiastical province of (San CristĂłbal de) la Habana
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of (San CristĂłbal de) la Habana (1787), at La Havana
    • Diocese of Matanzas (1912)
    • Diocese of Pinar del RĂ­o (1903)
Ecclesiastical province of CamagĂŒey
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of CamagĂŒey (1912)
    • Diocese of Ciego de Avila (1996)
    • Diocese of Cienfuegos (1903)
    • Diocese of Santa Clara (1995)
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Cuba
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (1518)
    • Diocese of GuantĂĄnamo-Baracoa (1998)
    • Diocese of HolguĂ­n (1979)
    • Diocese of SantĂ­simo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo (1995)

Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic

exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, but often held by the capital's archbishop
  • Military Ordinariate of Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province of Santo Domingo
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de los Caballeros
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Episcopal Conference of Haiti

Ecclesiastical province of Cap-HaĂŻtien
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-HaĂŻtien
    • Diocese of Fort-LibertĂ©
    • Diocese of Hinche
    • Diocese of Les GonaĂŻves
    • Diocese of Port-de-Paix
Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
    • Diocese of Anse-Ă -Veau and MiragoĂąne
    • Diocese of Jacmel
    • Diocese of JĂ©rĂ©mie
    • Diocese of Les Cayes

Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico

Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico, covering the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (1511)
    • Diocese of Arecibo
    • Diocese of Caguas
    • Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao
    • Diocese of MayagĂŒez
    • Diocese of Ponce

Episcopal Conference of the United States of America

Exempt, immediately subject to the holy See and not part of a Bishops' Region
  • Military Ordinariate of Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States
  • Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (former Anglicans)

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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston (1808)
    • Diocese of Burlington (1853)
    • Diocese of Fall River (1904)
    • Diocese of Manchester (1884)
    • Diocese of Portland (1853)
    • Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts (1870)
    • Diocese of Worcester (1950)
Ecclesiastical province of Hartford, comprising the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as Fishers Island in the state of New York.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford (1843)
    • Diocese of Bridgeport (1953)
    • Diocese of Norwich (1953)
    • Diocese of Providence (1872)
Bishops' Region II
Ecclesiastical province of New York, comprising the state of New York except for Fishers Island.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of New York (1808)
    • Diocese of Albany (1847)
    • Diocese of Brooklyn (1853)
    • Diocese of Buffalo (1847)
    • Diocese of Ogdensburg (1872)
    • Diocese of Rochester (1868)
    • Diocese of Rockville Centre (1957)
    • Diocese of Syracuse (1886)
Bishops' Region III
Ecclesiastical province of Newark, comprising the state of New Jersey.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark (1853)
    • Diocese of Camden (1937)
    • Diocese of Metuchen (1981)
    • Diocese of Paterson (1937)
    • Diocese of Trenton (1881)
Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia, comprising the state of Pennsylvania.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (1808)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore (1789)
    • Diocese of Arlington
    • Diocese of Richmond (1820)
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (1850)
    • Diocese of Wilmington (1868)
Ecclesiastical province of Washington, comprising the District of Columbia, 5 counties in southern Maryland, and the United States Virgin Islands.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington (1939)
    • Diocese of Saint Thomas, with see in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (the bishops of the diocese are members of the USCCB and have observer status in the Antilles Episcopal Conference)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile (1829)
    • Diocese of Biloxi
    • Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
    • Diocese of Jackson
Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans, comprising the state of Louisiana.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans (1793)
    • Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana
    • Diocese of Baton Rouge
    • Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
    • Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
    • Diocese of Lake Charles
    • Diocese of Shreveport
Bishops' Region VI
Ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, comprising the state of Ohio.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati (1821)
    • Diocese of Cleveland (1847)
    • Diocese of Columbus (1868)
    • Diocese of Steubenville
    • Diocese of Toledo
    • Diocese of Youngstown
Ecclesiastical province of Detroit, comprising the state of Michigan.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit (1833)
    • Diocese of Gaylord
    • Diocese of Grand Rapids
    • Diocese of Kalamazoo
    • Diocese of Lansing
    • Diocese of Marquette
    • Diocese of Saginaw
Bishops' Region VII
Ecclesiastical province of Chicago, comprising the state of Illinois.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago (1843)
    • Diocese of Belleville
    • Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
    • Diocese of Peoria (1877)
    • Diocese of Rockford
    • Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis, comprising the state of Indiana.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis (1834)
    • Diocese of Evansville
    • Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
    • Diocese of Gary
    • Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana
Ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, comprising the state of Wisconsin.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee (1843)
    • Diocese of Green Bay
    • Diocese of La Crosse
    • Diocese of Madison
    • Diocese of Superior
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque (1837)
    • Diocese of Davenport
    • Diocese of Des Moines
    • Diocese of Sioux City
Ecclesiastical province of Kansas City, comprising the state of Kansas.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (1877)
    • Diocese of Dodge City
    • Diocese of Salina
    • Diocese of Wichita
Ecclesiastical province of Omaha, comprising the state of Nebraska.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha (1888)
    • Diocese of Grand Island
    • Diocese of Lincoln
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Louis, comprising the state of Missouri.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Louis (1826)
    • Diocese of Jefferson City
    • Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
    • Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Bishops' Region X
Ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston, comprising the east and southeast parts of the state of Texas.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (1847)
    • Diocese of Austin
    • Diocese of Beaumont
    • Diocese of Brownsville
    • Diocese of Corpus Christi
    • Diocese of Tyler
    • Diocese of Victoria in 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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (1905)
    • Diocese of Little Rock
    • Diocese of Tulsa (1972)
Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, comprising former Anglicans throughout the United States (and Canada).
  • Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
Bishops' Region XI
Ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles, comprising the southern part of the state of California.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1840)
Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, comprising the northern part of the state of California and the state of Hawaii (in Oceania).
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco (1853)
    • Diocese of Oakland
    • Diocese of Sacramento
    • Diocese of San Jose in California
    • Diocese of Santa Rosa in California
    • Diocese of Stockton
    • also Diocese of Honolulu, in Polynesia, i.e. in Oceania
Bishops' Region XII
Ecclesiastical province of Anchorage-Juneau, comprising the state of Alaska.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (1951)
    • Diocese of Fairbanks (1962)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (1846)
    • Diocese of Baker
    • Diocese of Boise
    • Diocese of Great Falls-Billings
    • Diocese of Helena
Ecclesiastical province of Seattle, comprising the state of Washington
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seattle (1850)
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.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver (1887)
    • Diocese of Cheyenne
    • Diocese of Colorado Springs
    • Diocese of Pueblo
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe, comprising the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
  • Archdiocese of Santa Fe (1853)
    • Diocese of Gallup
    • Diocese of Las Cruces
    • Diocese of Phoenix
    • Diocese of Tucson
Ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprising the states of Nevada and Utah.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Las Vegas (1995)
    • Diocese of Reno (1931)
    • Diocese of Salt Lake City[3]
Bishops' Region XIV
Ecclesiastical province of Miami, comprising the state of Florida.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami (1958)
    • Diocese of Orlando (1968)
    • Diocese of Palm Beach
    • Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
    • Diocese of St. Augustine (1870)
    • Diocese of Saint Petersburg (1968)
    • Diocese of Venice in Florida
Ecclesiastical province of Atlanta, comprising the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta (1956)
    • Diocese of Charleston (1820)
    • Diocese of Charlotte
    • Diocese of Raleigh
    • Diocese of Savannah (1850)
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
  • Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Armenian rite
Armenian Catholic Church
Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) rites
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Catholic Church
  • Eparchy of St. George's in Canton for Romanians
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (only sui iuris 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
  • St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago

South America (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Exempt diocese, directly subject to the Holy See
  • Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands (Malvinas), for Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (southern Atlantic UK overseas territories); part of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales

Episcopal Conference of Argentina

(Latin and Eastern Churches)

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Military Ordinariate of Argentina
  • Melkite Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina, a Byzantine rite, with cathedral see San Jorge in Cordoba
  • Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek in Buenos Aires, with cathedral see in Buenos Aires, Armenian Rite; presently vested in the Armenian Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico
  • Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Argentina, for all other Eastern particular churches (Byzantine and other rites), vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Buenos Aires
Ecclesiastical province of BahĂ­a Blanca
Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (1620)
    • Diocese of Avellaneda-LanĂșs
    • Diocese of Gregorio de LaferrĂšre
    • Diocese of Lomas de Zamora
    • Diocese of MorĂłn
    • Diocese of Quilmes
    • Diocese of San Isidro
    • Diocese of San Justo
    • Diocese of San MartĂ­n
    • Diocese of San Miguel
    • Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires, an Antiochene Rite eparchy (diocese)
    • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa MarĂ­a del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires, Ukrainian Catholic eparchy for the Byzantine Rite Ukrainian Catholic Church in all Argentina, with cathedral see in Buenos Aires
Ecclesiastical province of CĂłrdoba
Ecclesiastical province of Corrientes
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes (1910)
Ecclesiastical province of La Plata
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata (1897)
    • Diocese of Azul (1934)
    • Diocese of ChascomĂșs
    • Diocese of Mar del Plata
Ecclesiastical province of Mendoza
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mendoza (1934)
    • Diocese of NeuquĂ©n
    • Diocese of San Rafael
Ecclesiastical province of Mercedes-LujĂĄn
  • Archdiocese of Mercedes-LujĂĄn (1934)
    • Diocese of Merlo-Moreno
    • Diocese of Nueve de Julio
    • Diocese of ZĂĄrate-Campana

Ecclesiastical province of ParanĂĄ

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of ParanĂĄ (1859)
    • Diocese of Concordia
    • Diocese of GualeguaychĂș
Ecclesiastical province of Resistencia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Resistencia
    • Diocese of Formosa
    • Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque SĂĄenz Peña
Ecclesiastical province of Rosario
Ecclesiastical province of Salta
Ecclesiastical province of San Juan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (1834)
    • Diocese of La Rioja
    • Diocese of San Luis
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (1897)
    • Diocese of Rafaela
    • Diocese of Reconquista
Ecclesiastical province of TucumĂĄn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of TucumĂĄn (1897)
    • Diocese of Añatuya
    • Diocese of ConcepciĂłn
    • Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero

Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cochabamba
    • Diocese of Oruro
    • Territorial Prelature of Aiquille
Ecclesiastical province of La Paz
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz (1605)
    • Diocese of Coroico
    • Diocese of El Alto
    • Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
    • Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
Ecclesiastical province of Sucre
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre (1552)
    • Diocese of PotosĂ­
    • Diocese of Tarija

Episcopal Conference of Brazil

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Military Ordinariate of Brazil
  • Personal Apostolic Administration of SĂŁo JoĂŁo Maria Vianney, with cathedral see Igreja Principal do Imaculado Coração de Nossa Senhora do RosĂĄrio de FĂĄtima, in Campos dos Goytacazes
  • Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, with cathedral see in SĂŁo Paulo; also covering Mexico and Uruguay (with co-cathedral in Montevideo)
  • Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil, for Eastern Catholics of all rites without proper see; cumulated with varying Latin Church Metropolitan sees
Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida
    • Diocese of Caraguatatuba
    • Diocese of Lorena
    • Diocese of SĂŁo JosĂ© dos Campos
    • Diocese of TaubatĂ©
Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju
    • Diocese of EstĂąncia
    • Diocese of PropriĂĄ
Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Parå
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of BelĂ©m do ParĂĄ
    • Diocese of Abaetetuba
    • Diocese of Bragança do ParĂĄ
    • Diocese of CametĂĄ
    • Diocese of Castanhal
    • Diocese of MacapĂĄ
    • Diocese of MarabĂĄ
    • Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
    • Diocese of (SantĂ­ssima) Conceição do Araguaia
    • Territorial Prelature of MarajĂł
Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
    • Diocese of DivinĂłpolis
    • Diocese of Luz
    • Diocese of Oliveira
    • Diocese of Sete Lagoas
Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu
    • Diocese of Araçatuba
    • Diocese of Assis
    • Diocese of Bauru
    • Diocese of Lins
    • Diocese of MarĂ­lia
    • Diocese of Ourinhos
    • Diocese of Presidente Prudente
Ecclesiastical province of BrasĂ­lia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of BrasĂ­lia
    • Diocese of Formosa
    • Diocese of LuziĂąnia
    • Diocese of Uruaçu
Ecclesiastical province of Campinas
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas
Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande
    • Diocese of CorumbĂĄ
    • Diocese of Coxim
    • Diocese of Dourados
    • Diocese of Jardim
    • Diocese of NaviraĂ­
    • Diocese of TrĂȘs Lagoas
Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel
    • Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
    • Diocese of Palmas-Francisco BeltrĂŁo
    • Diocese of Toledo
Ecclesiastical province of ChapecĂł
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of ChapecĂł
    • Diocese of Caçador
    • Diocese of Joaçaba
    • Diocese of Lages
Ecclesiastical province of CuiabĂĄ
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of CuiabĂĄ
    • Diocese of Barra do Garças
    • Diocese of Diamantino
    • Diocese of JuĂ­na
    • Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga
    • Diocese of RondonĂłpolis-Guiratinga
    • Diocese of SĂŁo LuĂ­z de CĂĄceres
    • Territorial Prelature of SĂŁo FĂ©lix
Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba
Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina
    • Diocese of Almenara
    • Diocese of AraçuaĂ­
    • Diocese of GuanhĂŁes
    • Diocese of TeĂłfilo Otoni
Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Feira de Santana
    • Diocese of Barra do Rio Grande
    • Diocese of Barreiras
    • Diocese of Bonfim
    • Diocese of IrecĂȘ
    • Diocese of Juazeiro
    • Diocese of Paulo Afonso
    • Diocese of Ruy Barbosa
    • Diocese of Serrinha
Ecclesiastical province of FlorianĂłpolis
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of FlorianĂłpolis
    • Diocese of CriciĂșma
    • Diocese of TubarĂŁo
Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza
    • Diocese of CrateĂșs
    • Diocese of Crato
    • Diocese of IguatĂș
    • Diocese of Itapipoca
    • Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
    • Diocese of QuixadĂĄ
    • Diocese of Sobral
    • Diocese of TianguĂĄ
Ecclesiastical province of GoiĂąnia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of GoiĂąnia
    • Diocese of AnĂĄpolis
    • Diocese of GoiĂĄs
    • Diocese of Ipameri
    • Diocese of Itumbiara
    • Diocese of JataĂ­
    • Diocese of Rubiataba-MozarlĂąndia
    • Diocese of SĂŁo LuĂ­s de Montes Belos
Ecclesiastical province of Joinville
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Joinville
    • Diocese of Blumenau
    • Diocese of Rio do Sul
Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
    • Diocese of Leopoldina
    • Diocese of SĂŁo JoĂŁo del Rei
Ecclesiastical province of Londrina
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Londrina
    • Diocese of Apucarana
    • Diocese of CornĂ©lio ProcĂłpio
    • Diocese of Jacarezinho
Ecclesiastical province of MaceiĂł
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of MaceiĂł
    • Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
    • Diocese of Penedo
Ecclesiastical province of Manaus
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus
    • Diocese of Alto SolimĂ”es
    • Diocese of Borba
    • Diocese of Coari
    • Diocese of Parintins
    • Diocese of Roraima
    • Diocese of SĂŁo Gabriel da Cachoeira
    • Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
    • Territorial Prelature of TefĂ©
Ecclesiastical province of Mariana
Ecclesiastical province of MaringĂĄ
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of MaringĂĄ
    • Diocese of Campo MourĂŁo
    • Diocese of ParanavaĂ­
    • Diocese of Umuarama
Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montes Claros
    • Diocese of JanaĂșba
    • Diocese of JanuĂĄria
    • Diocese of Paracatu
Ecclesiastical province of Natal
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal
    • Diocese of CaicĂł
    • Diocese of MossorĂł
Ecclesiastical province of NiterĂłi
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of NiterĂłi (Nictheroy)
    • Diocese of Campos
    • Diocese of Nova Friburgo
    • Diocese of PetrĂłpolis
Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
    • Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
    • Diocese of Caruaru
    • Diocese of Floresta
    • Diocese of Garanhuns
    • Diocese of NazarĂ©
    • Diocese of Palmares
    • Diocese of Pesqueira
    • Diocese of Petrolina
    • Diocese of Salgueiro
Ecclesiastical province of Palmas
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palmas
    • Diocese of CristalĂąndia
    • Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
    • Diocese of Porto Nacional
    • Diocese of TocantinĂłpolis
Ecclesiastical province of ParaĂ­ba
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of ParaĂ­ba
    • Diocese of Cajazieras
    • Diocese of Campina Grande
    • Diocese of Guarabira
    • Diocese of Patos
Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo
    • Diocese of Erexim
    • Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
    • Diocese of Vacaria
Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
    • Diocese of Caxias do Sul
    • Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul
    • Diocese of Montenegro
    • Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
    • Diocese of OsĂłrio
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho
    • Diocese of GuajarĂĄ-Mirim
    • Diocese of HumaitĂĄ
    • Diocese of Ji-ParanĂĄ
    • Diocese of Rio Branco
    • Territorial Prelature of LĂĄbrea
Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre
Ecclesiastical province of RibeirĂŁo Preto
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of RibeirĂŁo Preto
    • Diocese of Franca
    • Diocese of Jaboticabal
    • Diocese of SĂŁo JoĂŁo da Boa Vista
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Maria
    • Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
    • Diocese of Cruz Alta
    • Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
    • Diocese of Santo Ângelo
    • Diocese of Uruguaiana
Ecclesiastical province of Santarem
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of SantarĂ©m
    • Diocese of Óbidos
    • Diocese of Xingu-Altamira
    • Territorial Prelature of Alto Xingu-TucumĂŁ
    • Territorial Prelature of Itaituba
Ecclesiastical province of SĂŁo JoĂŁo Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Catholic, a Byzantine Rite)
Ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto Metropolitan Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto Diocese of Barretos; Diocese of Catanduva; Diocese of Jales; Diocese of Votuporanga
Ecclesiastical province of SĂŁo LuĂ­s do MaranhĂŁo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of SĂŁo LuĂ­s do MaranhĂŁo
    • Diocese of Bacabal
    • Diocese of Balsas
    • Diocese of Brejo
    • Diocese of Carolina
    • Diocese of Caxias do MaranhĂŁo
    • Diocese of CoroatĂĄ
    • Diocese of GrajaĂș
    • Diocese of Imperatriz
    • Diocese of Pinheiro
    • Diocese of Viana
    • Diocese of ZĂ©-Doca
Ecclesiastical province of SĂŁo Paulo (Roman and Byzantine rites)
Ecclesiastical province of SĂŁo Salvador da Bahia
Ecclesiastical province of SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo do Rio de Janeiro
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo do Rio de Janeiro
    • Diocese of Barra do PiraĂ­-Volta Redonda
    • Diocese of Duque de Caxias
    • Diocese of ItaguaĂ­
    • Diocese of Nova Iguaçu
    • Diocese of Valença
Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba
Ecclesiastical province of Teresina
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina
    • Diocese of Bom Jesus do GurguĂ©ia
    • Diocese of Campo Maior
    • Diocese of Floriano
    • Diocese of Oeiras
    • Diocese of ParnaĂ­ba
    • Diocese of Picos
    • Diocese of SĂŁo Raimundo Nonato
Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba
    • Diocese of Ituiutaba
    • Diocese of Patos de Minas
    • Diocese of UberlĂąndia
Ecclesiastical province of VitĂłria
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of VitĂłria
    • Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
    • Diocese of Colatina
    • Diocese of SĂŁo Mateus
Ecclesiastical province of VitĂłria da Conquista
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of VitĂłria da Conquista
    • Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
    • Diocese of CaetitĂ©
    • Diocese of JequiĂ©
    • Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Episcopal Conference of Chile

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta
Ecclesiastical province of ConcepciĂłn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of ConcepciĂłn
    • Diocese of ChillĂĄn
    • Diocese of Los Ángeles
    • Diocese of Temuco
    • Diocese of Valdivia
    • Diocese of Villarrica
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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barranquilla
    • Diocese of El Banco
    • Diocese of Riohacha
    • Diocese of Santa Marta
    • Diocese of Valledupar
Ecclesiastical province of BogotĂĄ
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of BogotĂĄ
    • Diocese of EngativĂĄ
    • Diocese of FacatativĂĄ
    • Diocese of FontibĂłn
    • Diocese of Girardot
    • Diocese of Soacha
    • Diocese of ZipaquirĂĄ
Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
    • Diocese of Barrancabermeja
    • Diocese of MĂĄlaga-SoatĂĄ
    • Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
    • Diocese of VĂ©lez
Ecclesiastical province of Cali
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali
    • Diocese of Buenaventura
    • Diocese of Buga
    • Diocese of Cartago
    • Diocese of Palmira
Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena
Ecclesiastical province of Florencia
Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of IbaguĂ©
    • Diocese of Espinal
    • Diocese of GarzĂłn
    • Diocese of LĂ­bano–Honda
    • Diocese of Neiva
Ecclesiastical province of Manizales
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales
    • Diocese of Armenia
    • Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas
    • Diocese of Pereira
Ecclesiastical province of MedellĂ­n
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of MedellĂ­n
    • Diocese of Caldas
    • Diocese of Girardota
    • Diocese of JericĂł
    • Diocese of SonsĂłn-Rionegro
Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
    • Diocese of Arauca
    • Diocese of CĂșcuta
    • Diocese of Ocaña
    • Diocese of TibĂș
Ecclesiastical province of PopayĂĄn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of PopayĂĄn
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
    • Diocese of ApartadĂł
    • Diocese of Ismina-TadĂł
    • Diocese of QuibdĂł
    • Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos
Ecclesiastical province of Tunja
Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio
    • Diocese of Granada en Colombia
    • Diocese of San JosĂ© del Guaviare

Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

exempt missionary circonscriptions, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuenca
Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil
    • Diocese of Babahoyo
    • Diocese of Daule
    • Diocese of San Jacinto
    • Diocese of Santa Elena
Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo
    • Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Ecclesiastical province of Quito
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito
    • Diocese of Ambato
    • Diocese of Guaranda
    • Diocese of Ibarra
    • Diocese of Latacunga
    • Diocese of Riobamba
    • Diocese of TulcĂĄn

Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of AsunciĂłn
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of AsunciĂłn (1547)
    • Diocese of BenjamĂ­n Aceval
    • Diocese of CaacupĂ©
    • Diocese of CanindeyĂș
    • Diocese of CarapeguĂĄ
    • Diocese of Ciudad del Este
    • Diocese of ConcepciĂłn en Paraguay
    • Diocese of Coronel Oviedo
    • Diocese of EncarnaciĂłn
    • Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
    • Diocese of San Lorenzo
    • Diocese of San Pedro
    • Diocese of Villarrica del EspĂ­ritu Santo

Episcopal Conference of Peru

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa
Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho (1609)
    • Diocese of HuancavĂ©lica
    • Territorial Prelature of CaravelĂ­
Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco
Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo
Ecclesiastical province of Lima
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima (1541)
Ecclesiastical province of Piura
Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo

Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo (1878)
    • Diocese of Canelones
    • Diocese of Florida
    • Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas
    • Diocese of Melo
    • Diocese of Mercedes
    • Diocese of Salto
    • Diocese of San JosĂ© de Mayo
    • Diocese of TacuarembĂł

Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
    • Diocese of Acarigua–Araure
    • Diocese of Carora
    • Diocese of Guanare
    • Diocese of San Felipe
Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabozo
    • Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
    • Diocese of Valle de la Pascua
Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1637)
    • Diocese of Guarenas
    • Diocese of La Guaira
    • Diocese of Los Teques
    • Diocese of Petare
Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad BolĂ­var
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad BolĂ­var
    • Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
    • Diocese of MaturĂ­n
Ecclesiastical province of Coro
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coro
    • Diocese of Punto Fijo
Ecclesiastical province of CumanĂĄ
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of CumanĂĄ
    • Diocese of Barcelona
    • Diocese of CarĂșpano
    • Diocese of El Tigre
    • Diocese of Margarita
Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo
    • Diocese of Cabimas
    • Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia
    • Diocese of Machiques
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of MĂ©rida in Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
    • Diocese of Maracay
    • Diocese of Puerto Cabello
    • Diocese of San Carlos de 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
Missions sui juris (not requiring a prelate; just an ecclesiastical superior), immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Mission sui juris of Afghanistan, in Kabul, for all Afghanistan
  • Mission sui juris of Tajikistan, for all Tajikistan
  • Mission sui juris of Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat, for all Turkmenistan

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:
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

  • Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo, Archeparchy for part of Syria (cfr. infra)
  • Syriac Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus
  • Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké–Nisibi, Archeparchy for part of Syria (cfr. infra)
  • Syriac Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs

Episcopal Conference of Iran

No ecclesiastical province, the Latin Church has only the exempt Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teheran-Isfahan (1629), 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

covering transcontinental Turkey, which is not comprised in any Latin ecclesiastical province

  • Archdiocese of İzmir (1818) (in Asia Minor), nominally Metropolitan but no suffragan
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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka (1886)
    • Diocese of Dinajpur
    • Diocese of Mymensingh
    • Diocese of Rajshahi
    • Diocese of Sylhet (2011)
Ecclesiastical Province of Chittagong

Episcopal Conference of Myanmar

Ecclesiastical Province of Mandalay
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mandalay (1955)
    • Diocese of Banmaw
    • Diocese of Hakha
    • Diocese of Kalay
    • Diocese of Lashio
    • Diocese of Myitkyina
Ecclesiastical Province of Taunggyi
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taunggyi (1961)
    • Diocese of Kengtung
    • Diocese of Loikaw
    • Diocese of Pekhon
    • Diocese of Taungngu
Ecclesiastical Province of Yangon (Rangoon)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yangon (Rangoon) (1955)
    • Diocese of Hpa-an
    • Diocese of Mawlamyine
    • Diocese of Pathein
    • Diocese of Pyay

Episcopal Conference of East Timor

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of DĂ­li (1940)
    • Diocese of Baucau
    • Diocese of Maliana

Episcopal Conference of India, including Bhutan

The Episcopal Conference of India includes dioceses in the country of Bhutan. Includes 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 Latin Catholic Metropolitan Archbishops in their mixed-rite ecclesiastical provinces, are italicized.

Exempt Eastern Catholic eparchies (diocese), immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Agra
Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore (1886)
Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal
Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay
Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta (1886)
    • Diocese of Asansol
    • Diocese of Bagdogra
    • Diocese of Baruipur
    • Diocese of Darjeeling, including all Bhutan
    • Diocese of Jalpaiguri
    • Diocese of Krishnagar
    • Diocese of Raiganj
Ecclesiastical Province of Calicut (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
    • Diocese of Balasore
    • Diocese of Berhampur
    • Diocese of Rayagada
    • Diocese of Rourkela
    • Diocese of Sambalpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi
    • Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar
    • Diocese of Jalandhar
    • Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
    • Diocese of Ahmedabad
    • Diocese of Baroda
Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guwahati
    • Diocese of Bongaigaon
    • Diocese of Dibrugarh
    • Diocese of Diphu
    • Diocese of Itanagar
    • Diocese of Miao
    • Diocese of Tezpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad
    • Diocese of Cuddapah
    • Diocese of Khammam
    • Diocese of Kurnool
    • Diocese of Nalgonda
    • Diocese of Warangal
Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai
    • Diocese of Dindigul
    • Diocese of Kottar
    • Diocese of Kuzhithurai
    • Diocese of Palayamkottai
    • Diocese of Sivagangai
    • Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
    • Diocese of Tuticorin
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur
    • Diocese of Amravati
    • Diocese of Aurangabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Patna (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Patna
Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
    • Diocese of Dharmapuri
    • Diocese of Kumbakonam
    • Diocese of Salem
    • Diocese of Tanjore
Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Raipur
    • Diocese of Ambikapur
    • Diocese of Jashpur
    • Diocese of Raigarh
Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi
    • Diocese of Daltonganj
    • Diocese of Dumka
    • Diocese of Gumla
    • Diocese of Hazaribag
    • Diocese of Jamshedpur
    • Diocese of Khunti
    • Diocese of Port Blair, on the Andaman and Nicobar islands
    • Diocese of Simdega
Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong
    • Diocese of Agartala
    • Diocese of Aizawl
    • Diocese of Jowai
    • Diocese of Nongstoin
    • Diocese of Tura
Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram
    • Diocese of Alleppey
    • Diocese of Neyyattinkara
    • Diocese of Punalur
    • Diocese of Quilon
Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly
    • Diocese of Cochin
    • Diocese of Kottapuram
    • Diocese of Vijayapuram
Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam (entirely Latin Church)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
    • Diocese of Eluru
    • Diocese of Guntur
    • Diocese of Nellore
    • Diocese of Srikakulam
    • Diocese of Vijayawada
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Eranakulam-Angamaly, the Major Archeparchy, head of the Eastern particular church, and Metropolitan Archeparchy of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery
  • Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanassery
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kanjirappally
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thuckalay
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Faridabad, see near Delhi, also serves Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Uttar Pradesh
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bijnor
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kalyan, see located near Bombay, but serves all of Maharashtra state
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Shamshabad
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
  • Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tellicherry
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bhadravathi
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mananthavady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thamarassery
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
  • Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archeparchy of Thrissur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Hosur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palghat
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ramanathapuram
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Ujjain
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Sagar
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Satna
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam (Archeparchy of Kottayam, no suffragan)
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla

Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Jakarta
Ecclesiastical Province of Ende
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ende (1961)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Labuan Bajo
Ecclesiastical Province of Kupang
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kupang (1967)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Atambua
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Weetebula
Ecclesiastical Province of Makassar
Ecclesiastical Province of Medan
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan (1961)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Padang
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Sibolga
Ecclesiastical Province of Merauke
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Merauke (1966)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Agats
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Jayapura
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Manokwari-Sorong
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Timika
Ecclesiastical Province of Palembang
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palembang (1961)
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjungkarang
Ecclesiastical Province of Pontianak
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pontianak
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Ketapang
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Sanggau
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Sintang
Ecclesiastical Province of Samarinda
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samarinda
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Banjarmasin
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Palangkaraya
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjung Selor
Ecclesiastical Province of Semarang
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Malang
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Purwokerto
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya

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)
  • Archdiocese of Singapore (1972), covering Singapore
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam, covering Brunei (on Borneo)
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur, in Peninsular Malaysia (Malaya)
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
    • Diocese of Melaka-Johor (1888)
    • Diocese of Penang
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching, in Sarawak state, on Borneo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching
    • Diocese of Miri
    • Diocese of Sibu
Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah state, on Borneo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
    • Diocese of Keningau
    • Diocese of Sandakan

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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore, in Punjab
    • Diocese of Rawalpindi, in Punjab
    • Diocese of Multan, in Punjab
    • Diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab

Episcopal Conference of the Philippines

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Caceres
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres
    • Diocese of Daet
    • Diocese of Legazpi
    • Diocese of Libmanan
    • Diocese of Masbate
    • Diocese of Sorsogon
    • Diocese of Virac
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
    • Diocese of Butuan
    • Diocese of Malaybalay
    • Diocese of Prosperidad
    • Diocese of Surigao
    • Diocese of Tandag
Ecclesiastical Province of Capiz
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Capiz
    • Diocese of Kalibo
    • Diocese of Romblon
Ecclesiastical Province of Cebu
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu
    • Diocese of Dumaguete
    • Diocese of Maasin
    • Diocese of Tagbilaran
    • Diocese of Talibon
Ecclesiastical Province of Cotabato
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotabato
    • Diocese of Kidapawan
    • Diocese of Marbel
Ecclesiastical Province of Davao
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao
    • Diocese of Digos
    • Diocese of Mati
    • Diocese of Tagum
Ecclesiastical Province of Jaro
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jaro
    • Diocese of Bacolod
    • Diocese of Kabankalan
    • Diocese of San Carlos
    • Diocese of San Jose de Antique
Ecclesiastical Province of Lingayen-Dagupan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
    • Diocese of Alaminos
    • Diocese of Cabanatuan
    • Diocese of San Fernando de La Union
    • Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija
    • Diocese of Urdaneta
Ecclesiastical Province of Lipa
Ecclesiastical Province of Manila
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila
    • Diocese of Antipolo
    • Diocese of Cubao
    • Diocese of Imus
    • Diocese of Kalookan
    • Diocese of Malolos
    • Diocese of Novaliches
    • Diocese of Parañaque
    • Diocese of Pasig
    • Diocese of San Pablo
Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Segovia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia
    • Diocese of Baguio
    • Diocese of Bangued
    • Diocese of Laoag
Ecclesiastical Province of Ozamis
Ecclesiastical Province of Palo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo
    • Diocese of Borongan
    • Diocese of Calbayog
    • Diocese of Catarman
    • Diocese of Naval
Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Fernando
    • Diocese of Balanga
    • Diocese of Iba
    • Diocese of Tarlac
Ecclesiastical Province of Tuguegarao
Ecclesiastical Province of Zamboanga
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zamboanga
    • Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipil
    • Territorial Prelature of Isabela

Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka, including the Maldives

Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo, including all the Maldives
    • Diocese of Anuradhapura
    • Diocese of Badulla
    • Diocese of Batticaloa
    • Diocese of Chilaw
    • Diocese of Galle
    • Diocese of Jaffna
    • Diocese of Kandy
    • Diocese of Kurunegala
    • Diocese of Mannar
    • Diocese of Ratnapura
    • Diocese of Trincomalee

Episcopal Conference of Thailand

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangkok
    • Diocese of Chanthaburi
    • Diocese of Chiang Mai
    • Diocese of Chiang Rai
    • Diocese of Nakhon Sawan
    • Diocese of Ratchaburi
    • Diocese of Surat Thani
Ecclesiastical Province of Thare and Nonseng
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
    • Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima
    • Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani
    • Diocese of Udon Thani

Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (Hội đồng GiĂĄm mỄc Việt Nam), at Hồ ChĂ­ Minh City

Ecclesiastical Province of HĂ  Nội
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of HĂ  Nội
    • Diocese of BáșŻc Ninh
    • Diocese of BĂči Chu
    • Diocese of HáșŁi PhĂČng
    • Diocese of HĂ  TÄ©nh
    • Diocese of Hưng HĂła
    • Diocese of LáșĄng SÆĄn and Cao Báș±ng
    • Diocese of PhĂĄt Diệm
    • Diocese of ThĂĄi BĂŹnh
    • Diocese of Thanh HĂła
    • Diocese of Vinh
Ecclesiastical Province of Huáșż
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huáșż
    • Diocese of Ban MĂȘ Thuột
    • Diocese of Đà Náș”ng
    • Diocese of Kon Tum
    • Diocese of Nha Trang
    • Diocese of Quy NhÆĄn
Ecclesiastical Province of Hồ ChĂ­ Minh City
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hồ ChĂ­ Minh City (ThĂ nh phố Hồ ChĂ­ Minh; formerly Saigon)
    • Diocese of BĂ  Rịa
    • Diocese of Cáș§n ThÆĄ
    • Diocese of Đà LáșĄt
    • Diocese of Long XuyĂȘn
    • Diocese of Má»č Tho
    • Diocese of Phan Thiáșżt
    • Diocese of PhĂș Cường
    • Diocese of VÄ©nh Long
    • Diocese of XuĂąn Lộc

Exempt without conference

Episcopal Conference of Taiwan (officially Chinese Regional Bishops Conference)

Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, covering Taiwan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei
    • Diocese of Hsinchu
    • Diocese of Hwalien (Hualien)
    • Diocese of Kaohsiung
    • Diocese of Kiayi (Chiayi)
    • Diocese of Taichung
    • Diocese of Tainan
    • Apostolic Administration of Kinmen-Matsu

Episcopal Conference of China (PR, including Hong Kong; not including Taiwan)

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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Anqing ćź‰æ…¶ / Huaining æ‡·ćŻ§ / Huai-ning / Anking
    • Diocese of Bengbu èšŒćŸ 
    • Diocese of Wuhu è•Șæč–
Ecclesiastical Province of Peking
Ecclesiastical Province of Changsha
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changsha 長æČ™/ Changsha
    • Diocese of Changde ćžžćŸ·
    • Diocese of Hengzhou èĄĄć·ž
    • Diocese of Yuanling æČ…é™”
Ecclesiastical Province of Chungking
Ecclesiastical Province of Foochow
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou çŠć·ž/ Min-Hou/ Minhou é–©äŸŻ/ Foochow
    • Diocese of Funing 穏毧
    • Diocese of Tingzhou æ±€ć·ž
    • Diocese of Xiamen ć»ˆé–€
Ecclesiastical Province of Canton
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guangzhou 滣淞/ Canton
    • Diocese of Beihai ćŒ—æ”·
    • Diocese of Hong Kong éŠ™æžŻ
    • Diocese of Jiangmen 江門
    • Diocese of Jiaying ć˜‰æ‡‰
    • Diocese of Shantou 汕頭
    • Diocese of Shaozhou éŸ¶ć·ž
Ecclesiastical Province of Kweyang
Ecclesiastical Province of Hangchow
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hangzhou æ­ć·ž/ Hangchow
    • Diocese of Lishui éș—æ°Ž
    • Diocese of Ningbo ćŻ§æłą
    • Diocese of Taizhou ć°ć·ž
    • Diocese of Yongjia æ°žć˜‰
Ecclesiastical Province of Hankow
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hankou æŒąćŁ/ Hankow
Ecclesiastical Province of Tsinan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan æżŸć—/ Tsinan
    • Diocese of Caozhou æ›čć·ž
    • Diocese of Qingdao é’ćł¶
    • Diocese of Yanggu 陜穀
    • Diocese of Yantai 煙揰
    • Diocese of Yanzhou ć…–ć·ž
    • Diocese of Yizhou æČ‚ć·ž
    • Diocese of Zhoucun ć‘šæ‘
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaifeng
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng 開氁/ Kaifeng
    • Diocese of Guide æ­žćŸ·
    • Diocese of Luoyang 掛陜
    • Diocese of Nanyang ć—é™œ
    • Diocese of Weihui èĄ›èŒ
    • Diocese of Xinyang äżĄé™œ
    • Diocese of Zhengzhou é„­ć·ž
    • Diocese of Zhumadian 駐銏ćș—
Ecclesiastical Province of Kunming
Ecclesiastical Province of Lanchow
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanchang
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang ć—æ˜Œ/ Nanchang
    • Diocese of Ganzhou èŽ›ć·ž
    • Diocese of Ji’an 搉漉
    • Diocese of Nancheng 捗柎
    • Diocese of Yujiang 逘江
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanking
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanning
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanning 捗毧/ Nanning
    • Diocese of Wuzhou æą§ć·ž
Ecclesiastical Province of Mukden
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang 瀋陜/ Fengtian 愉怩/ Fengtien/ Mukden
    • Diocese of Chifeng è”€ćł°
    • Diocese of Fushun 撫順
    • Diocese of Jilin ć‰æž—
    • Diocese of Jehol 熱æČł
    • Diocese of Sipingjie 曛ćčłèĄ—
    • Diocese of Yanji 滶搉
    • Diocese of Yingkou 營揣
Ecclesiastical Province of Hohhot
Ecclesiastical Province of Taiyuan
Ecclesiastical Province of Sian
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Xi’an è„żćź‰ / Chang-An/ Chang’an 長柉/ Sian
    • Diocese of Fengxiang 鳳翔
    • Diocese of Hanzhong æŒąäž­
    • Diocese of Sanyuan 侉掟
    • Diocese of Yan’an 滶柉
    • Diocese of Zhouzhi 盩掔

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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長掎
    • Diocese of Fukuoka 犏ćČĄ
    • Diocese of Kagoshima éčżć…ćł¶
    • Diocese of Naha é‚ŁèŠ‡
    • Diocese of Oita ć€§ćˆ†
Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka
Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東äșŹ
    • Diocese of Niigata 新期
    • Diocese of Saitama ă•ă„ăŸăŸ
    • Diocese of Sapporo 札ćčŒ
    • Diocese of Sendai ä»™ć°
    • Diocese of Yokohama æšȘ攜

Episcopal Conference of Korea (North and South)

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Military Ordinariate of South Korea
  • Territorial Abbacy of TƏkwon (alias TƏkugen abbey, with a cathedral see)
Ecclesiastical Province of Kwanju (Gwangju), in South Korea
Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul, including North Korea
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul (also partially in North Korea)
    • Diocese of Ch’unch’on (Chuncheon/ Chunchon) (also partially in North Korea)
    • Diocese of Daejeon (TaejƏn)
    • Diocese of Hamhung (HamhĆ­ng) (in North Korea)
    • Diocese of Incheon (Inch’Ən)
    • Diocese of Pyongyang (P’yƏng-yang) (in North Korea)
    • Diocese of Suwon
    • Diocese of Uijeongbu (Uijongbu) (also partially in North Korea)
    • Diocese of Wonju
Ecclesiastical Province of Taegu, in South Korea
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taegu (Daegu)
    • Diocese of Andong
    • Diocese of Cheongju (Ch’Əngju)
    • Diocese of Masan
    • Diocese of Pusan (Busan)

Oceania (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Episcopal Conference of Australia

Exempt (arch)dioceses (immediately subject to Rome, no province)
  • Military Ordinariate of Australia, for the armed forces
  • Archdiocese of Hobart, covering Tasmania
  • Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, covering the federal district Canberra and adjacent part of New South Wales
  • Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, with see in Maylands, Western Australia (for former Anglicans in Australia and Japan)
Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide
Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, covering Queensland
Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne, covering Victoria state
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne
    • Diocese of Ballarat
    • Diocese of Sale
    • Diocese of Sandhurst
    • Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, a Ukrainian Catholic Church Byzantine Rite Eparchy (Diocese), with cathedral see in North Melbourne, in and for all Australia, also covering New Zealand and further Oceania

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth, covering Western Australia

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth, also includes both Australian Indian Ocean Territories: Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, covering most of New South Wales

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney
    • Diocese of Armidale
    • Diocese of Bathurst (in Australia)
    • Diocese of Broken Bay
    • Diocese of Lismore
    • Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
    • Diocese of Parramatta
    • Diocese of Wagga Wagga
    • Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
    • Diocese of Wollongong

Other Eastern eparchies (dioceses)

  • Maronite Diocese of Saint Maron of Sydney, with cathedral see in Redfern, New South Wales; immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (in Lebanon; Antiochian Rite)
  • Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney, with cathedral see in Darlington, New South Wales; also covers New Zealand; immediately subject to the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (in Syria; Byzantine Rite)
  • Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, with cathedral see at Bossley Park, New South Wales; also covers New Zealand; immediately subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (in Iraq; Chaldean Rite a.k.a.)
  • Syro-Malabar Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne, with cathedral see in Melbourne, Victoria; immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly (in India; also Syro-Oriental Rite)

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 the United States, 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

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña, on and for Guam (US unincorporated territory)
    • Diocese of Caroline Islands, on the Caroline Islands, for all the Federated States of Micronesia (Micronesia) and Palau
    • Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, on the Northern Mariana Islands and for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. territory)
    • Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands, with see at Majuro, on and for the Marshall Islands (republic)
Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of NoumĂ©a (New Caledonia, French special collectivity)
    • Diocese of Port-Vila, on and for Vanuatu, former New Hebrides
    • Diocese of Wallis et Futuna, with see at Mata-Utu, on and for Wallis et Futuna (French overseas collectivity)
Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

This province covers all of French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) and the Pitcairn Islands (UK).

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete
    • Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata
Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia
Ecclesiastical Province of Suva
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Suva, on and for Fiji
    • Diocese of Rarotonga, on the Cook Islands, for those and Niue (both New Zealand-associated countries)
    • Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, with see at Tarawa on Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands), also for Nauru (republic)
    • Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti, on and for Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands)

Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Ecclesiastical Province of Madang
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madang
    • Diocese of Aitape
    • Diocese of Lae
    • Diocese of Vanimo
    • Diocese of Wewak
Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mount Hagen
    • Diocese of Goroka
    • Diocese of Kundiawa
    • Diocese of Mendi
    • Diocese of Wabag
Ecclesiastical Province of Port Moresby
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port Moresby
    • Diocese of Alotau-Sideia
    • Diocese of Bereina
    • Diocese of Daru-Kiunga
    • Diocese of Kerema
Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rabaul
    • Diocese of Bougainville
    • Diocese of Kavieng
    • Diocese of Kimbe
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:
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Abu Qirqas
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Guizeh
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Ismaylia
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luqsor
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag
Byzantine Rite
  • Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
Antiochian Rite
Armenian Rite
Syro-Oriental Rite
Mostly exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See
  • Diocese of Laghouat (1955), in Algeria
  • in Morocco:
  • Archdiocese of Rabat (1955) (in Morocco)
  • Archdiocese of Tanger (1956) (in Morocco)
  • For Spanish enclave Ceuta, see Cadiz and Ceuta in Spain (Europe)
  • Apostolic Prefecture of Western Sahara, for all Western Sahara
  • in Libya:
Ecclesiastical Province of Alger, covering most of Algeria
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Alger (1838)

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
  • Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Annunciation of Ibadan (an Antiochian Rite particular church) for the Western and Central African states, with cathedral see Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, in Ibadan, Oyo State; also Apostolic Visitor in Southern Africa of the Maronites
Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abuja (1989)
    • Diocese of Gboko
    • Diocese of Idah
    • Diocese of Katsina-Ala
    • Diocese of Lafia
    • Diocese of Lokoja
    • Diocese of Makurdi
    • Diocese of Otukpo
Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City (1950)
    • Diocese of Auchi
    • Diocese of Bomadi
    • Diocese of Issele-Uku
    • Diocese of Uromi
    • Diocese of Warri
Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar (1950)
    • Diocese of Ikot Ekpene
    • Diocese of Ogoja
    • Diocese of Port Harcourt
    • Diocese of Uyo
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibadan (1958)
    • Diocese of Ekiti
    • Diocese of Ilorin
    • Diocese of Ondo
    • Diocese of Osogbo
    • Diocese of Oyo
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna
Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos (1950)
    • Diocese of Abeokuta
    • Diocese of Ijebu-Ode
Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha (1950)
    • Diocese of Abakaliki
    • Diocese of Awgu
    • Diocese of Awka
    • Diocese of Ekwulobia
    • Diocese of Enugu
    • Diocese of Nnewi
    • Diocese of Nsukka
Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owerri (1950)
    • Diocese of Aba
    • Diocese of Ahiara
    • Diocese of Okigwe
    • Diocese of Orlu
    • Diocese of Umuahia

Episcopal Conference of Gambia and Sierra Leone

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Diocese of Banjul (1957), in and for all the Gambia
Ecclesiastical Province of Freetown, covering Sierra Leone
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freetown (1950)
    • Diocese of Bo (2011)
    • Diocese of Kenema (1970)
    • Diocese of Makeni (1962)

Episcopal Conference of Ghana

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Donkorkrom
Ecclesiastical Province of Accra
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Accra (1950)
    • Diocese of Ho
    • Diocese of Jasikan
    • Diocese of Keta-Akatsi
    • Diocese of Koforidua
Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Coast
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast (1950)
    • Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi
    • Diocese of Wiawso
Ecclesiastical Province of Kumasi
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi (1950)
    • Diocese of Goaso
    • Diocese of Konongo-Mampong
    • Diocese of Obuasi
    • Diocese of Sunyani
    • Diocese of Techiman
Ecclesiastical Province of Tamale
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale (1950)
    • Diocese of Damongo
    • Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
    • Diocese of Wa
    • Diocese of Yendi

Episcopal Conference of Liberia

Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monrovia (1981)
    • Diocese of Cape Palmas
    • Diocese of Gbarnga

Ecclesiastical Conference of Benin

Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou
    • Diocese of Abomey
    • Diocese of Dassa-ZoumĂ©
    • Diocese of Lokossa
    • Diocese of Porto Novo
Ecclesiastical Province of Parakou
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Parakou
    • Diocese of Djougou
    • Diocese of Kandi
    • Diocese of Natitingou
    • Diocese of N’Dali

Ecclesiastical Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Ecclesiastical Province of Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (1955)
    • Diocese of Banfora (1998)
    • Diocese of DĂ©dougou (2000)
    • Diocese of DiĂ©bougou (1968)
    • Diocese of Gaoua (2011)
    • Diocese of Nouna (1955)
Ecclesiastical Province of Koupéla, in Burkina Faso
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of KoupĂ©la (1956)
    • Diocese of Dori
    • Diocese of Fada N’Gourma
    • Diocese of Kaya
    • Diocese of Tenkodogo
Ecclesiastical Province of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (1955)
    • Diocese of Koudougou
    • Diocese of Manga
    • Diocese of Ouahigouya
Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey, covering Niger
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey (1961)
    • Diocese of Maradi

Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast

Ecclesiastical Province of Abidjan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan (1955)
    • Diocese of Agboville
    • Diocese of Grand-Bassam
    • Diocese of Yopougon
Ecclesiastical Province of Bouaké
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of BouakĂ© (1955)
    • Diocese of Abengourou
    • Diocese of Bondoukou
    • Diocese of Yamoussoukro
Ecclesiastical Province of Gagnoa
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa (1956)
    • Diocese of Daloa
    • Diocese of Man
    • Diocese of San-PĂ©dro
Ecclesiastical Province of Korhogo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Korhogo (1955)
    • Diocese of Katiola
    • Diocese of OdiennĂ©

Episcopal Conference of Guinea

Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry, covering Guinea
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry (1955)
    • Diocese of Kankan
    • Diocese of N’ZĂ©rĂ©korĂ©

Episcopal Conference of Mali

Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako, covering Mali
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako (1955)
    • Diocese of Kayes
    • Diocese of Mopti
    • Diocese of San
    • Diocese of SĂ©gou
    • Diocese of Sikasso

Episcopal Conference of Togo

Ecclesiastical Province of Lomé, covering Togo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of LomĂ©
    • Diocese of AnĂ©ho
    • Diocese of AtakpamĂ©
    • Diocese of Dapaong
    • Diocese of Kara
    • Diocese of KpalimĂ©
    • Diocese of SokodĂ©

Episcopal Conference of Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauritania and Guinée-Bissau

Ecclesiastical Province of Dakar, covering Senegal
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar
    • Diocese of Kaolack
    • Diocese of Kolda
    • Diocese of Saint-Louis du SĂ©nĂ©gal
    • Diocese of Tambacounda
    • Diocese of ThiĂšs
    • Diocese of Ziguinchor
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
  • one exempt dioceses, covering Mauritania:
    • Diocese of Nouakchott
  • two exempt dioceses, covering Cape Verde:
    • Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
    • Diocese of Mindelo
  • two exempt dioceses, covering Guinea-Bissau:
    • Diocese of Bissau
    • Diocese of BafatĂĄ
two exempt members (no ecclesiastical province, directly subject to the Holy See) of the Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops, see Asia:
  • Diocese of Djibouti, for all Djibouti
  • Diocese of Mogadiscio, for all Somalia

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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lilongwe
    • Diocese of Dedza
    • Diocese of Karonga
    • Diocese of Mzuzu

Episcopal Conference of Sudan & South Sudan

Ecclesiastical Province of Juba, covering the Latin Church in South Sudan
Ecclesiastical Province of Khartoum, covering the Latin Church in Sudan
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum
    • Diocese of El Obeid
Eastern church jurisdictions, covering both countries
  • Melkite Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan (Greek-language Byzantine Rite), with cathedrals in Cairo and Alexandria
  • Syriac Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan (Antiochian rite; no see here, but vested in the Syriac bishop of Cairo (in Egypt, immediately subject to the Patriarch of Antioch)
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
  • Archdiocese of Mbeya
    • Diocese of Iringa
    • Diocese of Sumbawanga
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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gulu
Ecclesiastical Province of Kampala
Ecclesiastical Province of Mbarara
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbarara
    • Diocese of Fort Portal
    • Diocese of Hoima
    • Diocese of Kabale
    • Diocese of Kasese
Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tororo

Episcopal Conference of Zambia

Ecclesiastical Province of Kasama
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kasama
    • Diocese of Mansa
    • Diocese of Mpika
Ecclesiastical Province of Lusaka
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lusaka
    • Diocese of Chipata
    • Diocese of Kabwe
    • Diocese of Livingstone
    • Diocese of Mongu
    • Diocese of Monze
    • Diocese of Ndola
    • Diocese of Solwezi

(?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
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bujumbura
    • Diocese of Bubanza
    • Diocese of Bururi
Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega

Episcopal Conference of the Congo (-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ex-Zaire)

Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu
    • Diocese of Butembo-Beni
    • Diocese of Goma
    • Diocese of Kasongo
    • Diocese of Kindu
    • Diocese of Uvira

Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga
    • Diocese of Kabinda
    • Diocese of Kole
    • Diocese of Luebo
    • Diocese of Luiza
    • Diocese of Mbujimayi
    • Diocese of Mweka
    • Diocese of Tshumbe

Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa
    • Diocese of Boma
    • Diocese of Idiofa
    • Diocese of Inongo
    • Diocese of Kenge
    • Diocese of Kikwit
    • Diocese of Kisantu
    • Diocese of Matadi
    • Diocese of Popokabaka

Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani
    • Diocese of Bondo
    • Diocese of Bunia
    • Diocese of Buta
    • Diocese of Doruma-Dungu
    • Diocese of Isangi
    • Diocese of Isiro-Niangara
    • Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka
    • Diocese of Wamba

Ecclesiastical Province of Lubumbashi

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
    • Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu
    • Diocese of Kamina
    • Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga
    • Diocese of Kolwezi
    • Diocese of Kongolo
    • Diocese of Manono
    • Diocese of Sakania-Kipushi

Ecclesiastical Province of Mbandaka-Bikoro

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro
    • Diocese of Basankusu
    • Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela
    • Diocese of Budjala
    • Diocese of Lisala
    • Diocese of Lolo
    • Diocese of Molegbe

Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Ecclesiastical Province of Kigali, covering Rwanda

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali
    • Diocese of Butare
    • Diocese of Byumba
    • Diocese of Cyangugu
    • Diocese of Gikongoro
    • Diocese of Kabgayi
    • Diocese of Kibungo
    • Diocese of Nyundo
    • Diocese of Ruhengeri
  • 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

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda

Ecclesiastical Province of Bertoua

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bertoua
    • Diocese of Batouri
    • Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang
    • Diocese of Yokadouma

Ecclesiastical Province of Douala

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala
    • Diocese of Bafang
    • Diocese of Bafoussam
    • Diocese of EdĂ©a
    • Diocese of EsĂ©ka
    • Diocese of Nkongsamba

Ecclesiastical Province of Garoua

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua
    • Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo
    • Diocese of NgaoundĂ©rĂ©
    • Diocese of Yagoua

Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of YaoundĂ©
    • Diocese of Bafia
    • Diocese of Ebolowa
    • Diocese of Kribi
    • Diocese of Mbalmayo
    • Diocese of Obala
    • Diocese of SangmĂ©lima

Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangui, covering the Central African republic

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui
    • Diocese of Alindao
    • Diocese of Bambari
    • Diocese of Bangassou
    • Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of BerbĂ©rati
    • Diocese of Bossangoa
    • Diocese of Bouar
    • Diocese of MbaĂŻki

Episcopal Conference of Chad

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See

Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djamena
    • Diocese of Doba
    • Diocese of GorĂ©
    • Diocese of Lai
    • Diocese of Moundou
    • Diocese of Pala
    • Diocese of Sarh

Episcopal Conference of the Congo (Brazzaville)

Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville
    • Diocese of Gamboma
    • Diocese of Kinkala

Ecclesiastical Province of Owando

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owando
    • Diocese of Impfondo
    • Diocese of Ouesso

Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire
    • Diocese of Dolisie
    • Diocese of Nkayi

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

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville
    • Diocese of Franceville
    • Diocese of Mouila
    • Diocese of Oyem
    • Diocese of Port-Gentil

Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé e Principe

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

  • Diocese of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe (1534)

Ecclesiastical Province of Huambo

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo (1940)
    • Diocese of Benguela
    • Diocese of Kwito-BiĂ©

Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda (1596)
    • Diocese of Cabinda
    • Diocese of Caxito
    • Diocese of Mbanza Congo
    • Diocese of Sumbe
    • Diocese of Viana

Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango (1955)
    • Diocese of Menongue
    • Diocese of Namibe
    • Diocese of Ondjiva

Ecclesiastical Province of Malanje

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malanje (1957)
    • Diocese of Ndalatando
    • Diocese of Uije

Ecclesiastical Province of SaurĂ­mo

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of SaurĂ­mo (1975)
    • Diocese of Dundo
    • Diocese of Lwena

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

  • in Mauritius:
  • Diocese of Port Victoria o Seychelles (1892) for the Seychelles
  • Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La RĂ©union (1850), for the French territory RĂ©union
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Archipel des Comores for the Comoros and Mayotte

Episcopal Conference of Lesotho

Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru
    • Diocese of Leribe
    • Diocese of Mohale's Hoek
    • Diocese of Qacha's Nek

Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Ecclesiastical Province of Antananarivo

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antananarivo (1955)
    • Diocese of Antsirabe
    • Diocese of Maintirano
    • Diocese of Miarinarivo
    • Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy

Ecclesiastical Province of Antsiranana

Ecclesiastical Province of Toamasina

Ecclesiastical Province of Fianarantsoa

Ecclesiastical Province of Toliara

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toliara
    • Diocese of Morombe
    • Diocese of Morondava
    • Diocese of TĂŽlagnaro

Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Ecclesiastical Province of Beira

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira (1940)

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 Eswatini

covers the dioceses in the republic of South Africa, and two neighbouring countries whose only dioceses belong to its provinces Botswana and Eswatini

  • The wider Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.) also includes Angola and SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See

Ecclesiastical Province of Bloemfontein

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (1951)
    • Diocese of Bethlehem
    • Diocese of Keimoes-Upington
    • Diocese of Kimberley
    • Diocese of Kroonstad

Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Town

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town (1951)
    • Diocese of Aliwal
    • Diocese of De Aar
    • Diocese of Oudtshoorn
    • Diocese of Port Elizabeth
    • Diocese of Queenstown

Ecclesiastical Province of Durban

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (1951)
    • Diocese of Dundee
    • Diocese of Eshowe
    • Diocese of Kokstad
    • Diocese of Mariannhill
    • Diocese of Umtata
    • Diocese of Umzimkulu

Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg (1951)
    • Diocese of Klerksdorp
    • Diocese of Witbank
  • the province of Johannesburg also includes the only diocese in Swaziland:
    • Diocese of Manzini (1951)

Ecclesiastical Province of Pretoria

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria (1951)
    • Diocese of Pietersburg
    • Diocese of Rustenburg (1971)
    • Diocese of Tzaneen
  • the province of Pretoria also includes both dioceses in Botswana:
    • Diocese of Francistown (2017)
    • Diocese of Gaborone (1966)

Episcopal Conference of Zimbabwe

Ecclesiastical Province of Bulawayo

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bulawayo
    • Diocese of Gweru
    • Diocese of Hwange
    • Diocese of Masvingo

Ecclesiastical Province of Harare

  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare
    • Diocese of Chinhoyi
    • Diocese of Gokwe
    • Diocese of Mutare

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 Church, 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

Byzantine Rite churches

Exempt, joint Ordinariates or Administrations for the Byzantine Rites faithful

(Greek-)Melkite Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

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.

Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

An ecclesiastical province sui juris, covering Romania:

Exempt, i.e. Immediately subject to the Holy See

  • Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, bishopric for the diaspora in North America (United States and Canada), with cathedral see in Canton, Ohio (USA)

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

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:

  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London (Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in Great Britain), with cathedral see in London, for England, Scotland and Wales (in the UK)
  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in France), with cathedral see in Paris, for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Overseas provinces and Metropolitan dependencies
Overseas Eparchies, suffragans of Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishops
  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa MarĂ­a del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires with cathedral see in Buenos Aires, under the otherwise Latin Church ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne with cathedral see in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, under the otherwise Latin Church ecclesiastical province of Melbourne (Australia)

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

A single ecclesiastical province sui juris

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

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:

  • Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic

There is a sole ecclesiastical province, the Metropolitanate sui juris, entirely within the United States – the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh:

A further directly dependent on the Metropolitan:

  • Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve, in Ukraine, but only for Zakarpattia Oblast

Slovak Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

The Synod is the Council of the Slovak Church

  • Slovak Metropolitanate sui juris of PreĆĄov, the head of the particular church and sole province's metropolitan archeparch, with two suffragan eparchies:

Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia (no unified structure)

  • Croatian Catholic Eparchy of KriĆŸevci, in Croatia, also covering Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb
  • exempt: Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur, for the Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Serbia

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (no unified structure)

All these are entirely exempt, i.e. each directly subject to the Holy See:

  • Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, with cathedral see at Palermo, on Sicily
  • Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro, with cathedral see at Lungro, near Cosenza in Calabria
  • Italo-Albanese Territorial Abbacy of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata

Albanian Greek Catholic Church (Apostolic Administration)

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Apostolic Visitation)

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (Episcopal)

  • Only the exempt Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia, which participates in the Latin Church Episcopal conference of Bulgaria

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church (no unified structure)

entirely exempt, i.e. each directly subject to the Holy See:

  • Greek Apostolic Exarchate of Greece, with cathedral see in Athens, for Greece
  • Greek Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul, with see in Istanbul, for Turkey

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church (Episcopal)

Russian Greek Catholic Church (no current formalised structure)

entirely exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See:

  • Russian Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin, with former cathedral see in Harbin, in and for China
  • Russian Apostolic Exarchate of Russia, vacant since 1951

Alexandrian Rite churches

Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

  • Coptic Catholic Patriarchal See of Alexandria, actually in Cairo; also Metropolitan Archbishop of the church's only ecclesiastical province sui juris, with the following suffragans, all in Egypt:
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Guizeh
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Ismayliah
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luqsor
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya
    • Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag

Ethiopian Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

A single ecclesiastical province sui juris, covering Ethiopia (Synod styled Council of the Ethiopian Church)

Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

A single ecclesiastical province sui juris, covering all and only Eritrea, which has no Latin Church diocese

West Syriac/Syro-Antiochene Rite churches

Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

  • Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and the Whole Levant, at Beirut (Lebanon), Chief of the church
  • Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See:
    • In Africa: Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Annunciation of Ibadan, for the Western and Central African states, with cathedral see being Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, in Ibadan, Nigeria
    • In South America: Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia, with pro-cathedral see being Church of Our Lady of Lebanon, in BogotĂĄ, Colombia
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:

  • Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires in Argentina, suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
  • Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of SĂŁo Paulo in Brazil, suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of SĂŁo Paulo
  • (Arch)eparchies immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province
    • Maronite Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris, with cathedral see CathĂ©drale Notre-Dame du Liban in Paris; also Apostolic Visitor of the Maronites in Western and Northern Europe
Eparchies suffragan to a Latin Metropolitan
  • Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, in the province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Syriac Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

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).

Nominal Metropolitans

These are without suffragans. Both are in Syria:

  • Syriac Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus
  • Syriac Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Gurgaon, see located near Delhi, serving 22 states of India
  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada, with cathedral see at Elmont, New York
Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum
Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla
Immediately subject to the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church
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Armenian Rite: Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

  • Ordinariate for Armenian-rite Catholics in Eastern Europe, with cathedral see in Giumri, Armenia; actually only for Armenia, Georgia (Gruzinia), Russia and Ukraine
  • Ordinariate for Armenian-rite Catholics in Greece
  • Ordinariate for Armenian-rite Catholics in Romania
  • Armenian Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, Apostolic Exarchate with cathedral see in SĂŁo Paulo, in Brazil, also for Mexico and Uruguay

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.

  • Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia, the patriarchal see of the Armenian Catholic Church, with cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon, as Metropolitan Archeparch, with four suffragan eparchies

Other eparchies

These eparchies are immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province.

East Syriac / Syro-Oriental Rite churches

Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam‑Angamaly
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly, the major Archdiocese, head of the particular church, and Metropolitan Archeparchy of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese (Archeparchy) of Changanassery
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kanjirappally
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thuckalay
Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Faridabad, with see near Delhi, also serves Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Uttar Pradesh
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bijnor
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kalyan, see located near Bombay, but serves all of Maharashtra state
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot
Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Shamshabad
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bhadravathi
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mananthavady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thamarassery
Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Hosur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palghat
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ramanathapuram
Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Ujjain
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Sagar
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Satna
Archdiocese of Kottayam
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam (Archeparchy of Kottayam, no suffragan)
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

Other and various types of Catholic sees and jurisdictions

See also

Eastern churches

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