قائمة الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية

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الموسوعة الحرة

اعتبارًا من 21 يونيو 2024، تضم الكنيسة الكاثوليكية 3172 ولاية قضائية كنسية حول العالم، بما في ذلك أكثر من 652 أبرشية رئيسية و2250 أبرشية . كما تشمل ولايات قضائية أخرى متنوعة مثل النيابات الرسولية ، والإكسرخسات الرسولية ، والإدارات الرسولية ، والمحافظات الرسولية ، والنيابة العسكرية ، والنيابة الشخصية ، والأسقفيات الشخصية ، والأسقفيات الإقليمية ، والأديرة الإقليمية ، والبعثات ذات الاختصاص الذاتي .

بالإضافة إلى ذلك، هناك 2100 كرسي فخري ، تشمل الأسقفيات، ورؤساء الأساقفة، والمطارنة.

توضح هذه القائمة الهيكلية كيفية تنظيم كل أبرشية داخل مقاطعتها الكنسية ، في إطار المؤتمرات الأسقفية ، مصنفة حسب القارة أو المنطقة.

رسم خريطة

تُظهر هذه الخريطة مقاطعات الكنيسة الكاثوليكية، بالإضافة إلى الأبرشيات (والكيانات الأخرى ذات المستوى الأعلى) حيث لم يتم إنشاء مقاطعات، اعتبارًا من عام 2025

أنواع الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية

يشير هذا إلى الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية في العالم، التابعة لجميع الكنائس اللاتينية أو الشرقية، اعتبارًا من 5 أكتوبر 2021  [ 1 ]​

يكتبالمجموعمملوءشاغر
الكرسي الرسولي: كرسي القديس بطرس في روما (البابوية)110
المقار البطريركية القديمة في الشرق (البطاركة)990
الأبرشيات الرئيسية (الأبرشيات الرئيسية)440
الكراسي البطريركية اللاتينية330
الكراسي البطريركية الفخرية431
الكراسي المتروبوليتية (الأبرشيات والأسقفيات الشرقية )56654422
رؤساء الأساقفة الآخرين (الأبرشيات اللاتينية والأبرشيات الشرقية )76706
الكراسي الأسقفية (الأبرشيات اللاتينية والأبرشيات الشرقية )22442029215
الكراسي المطرانية الفخرية بما في ذلك الأبرشيات921478
الكراسي الأسقفية الفخرية بما في ذلك الأبرشيات91685
الكراسي الأسقفية الفخرية بما في ذلك الأبرشيات19131059854
الأساقفة الإقليميون40364
الأقاليم التابعة (غالباً ما تكون معفاة)1192
المحكمة العسكرية (جميعها معفاة)362412
الأسقفية الشخصية (معفاة)110
النيابات الرسولية (معفاة عموماً، مهمة)84759
المحافظات الرسولية (معفاة عموماً، مهمة)391425
الإدارات الرسولية871
البعثات المستقلة (Misions sui iuris )880

أنواع إضافية، خاصة بالكنائس الشرقية، والاستخدام الشخصي، والشكل الاستثنائي

يكتبالمجموعمملوءشاغر
الكراسي المطرانية (الأبرشيات الشرقية، سوي جوريس )550
المجامع الرسولية (البعثة الشرقية، معفاة)13112
الأبرشيات الخاصة بمؤمني الكنائس الشرقية (الشرقية، المعفاة)963
الأبرشيات الشخصية (تراث الكنيسة الأنجليكانية الغربية، استخدام الكنيسة الأنجليكانية/الأبرشية الشخصية، معفاة)330
الإكسرخسيات البطريركية (البعثات الشرقية)1082
المجامع الأسقفية (الشرقية)541
الأراضي التابعة للبطريرك (الشرقية)541
الإدارة الرسولية الشخصية (حالة فريدة، معفاة)110

الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية المعفاة (الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي)

تُستثنى هذه الأبرشيات (أو رؤساء الأساقفة) من الانتماء إلى أي مقاطعة كنسية ، وبالتالي فإن الفاتيكان وحده هو من يملك السلطة ووظائف التنسيق التي تقع عادةً على عاتق رئيس الأساقفة. وقد جُمعت هنا جغرافيًا. مع ذلك، ينتمي معظمها إلى مؤتمر أسقفي ، وفي هذه الحالة يكون من الأنسب ذكرها في منطقتها الجغرافية، إذ لا تربط الأبرشيات المستثناة روابط محددة فيما بينها.

  • تتولى الأبرشيات العسكرية المسؤولية الرعوية عن قوات الدولة، ولكن قد يتم إسنادها إلى رئيس أساقفة متروبوليتان، وعادة ما يكون ذلك في العاصمة الوطنية.
  • كما أن المحافظات الرسولية والنيابات الرسولية مستثناة بشكل عام ، والتي تميل إلى أن تكون أبرشيات تبشيرية مؤقتة، ومن المتوقع أن تصبح جزءًا من مقاطعة كنسية عند ترقيتها إلى أسقفية نظامية (أسقفية رئيس أساقفة أو أسقفية مساعدة).
  • يُسمح للأبرشيات الشخصية للأنجليكان السابقين (الذين تركوا الكنيسة الأنجليكانية للانضمام إلى الكرسي الرسولي) باستخدام طقوس الأبرشية ، والتي تُعتبر استخدامًا مختلفًا للطقوس الرومانية (على عكس الطقوس الخمسة المتميزة للكنائس الشرقية).
  • تتولى الأبرشيات الشرقية المسؤولية الرعوية عن جميع الكنائس الشرقية، أو فقط تلك التي تتبع الطقوس البيزنطية أو حتى الطقوس الأرمنية فقط، في دولة أو أكثر من دول الكنائس الكاثوليكية المختلفة التي لا توجد بها أبرشية مناسبة، ولكنها عادة ما تكون تابعة لرئيس أساقفة كاثوليكي لاتيني، وغالبًا ما يكون في العاصمة.
  • يتم تجاهل العديد من الأساقفة أو رؤساء الأساقفة في الكوريا الرومانية ، حيث أن دوائرهم لا تشكل أبرشيات، على الرغم من أن العديد من المناصب هناك تتطلب بموجب القانون أو العرف وجود أسقف أو رئيس أساقفة (عادة ما يكون فخريًا)، تمامًا مثل المناصب الدبلوماسية للفاتيكان في كل عاصمة وطنية تقريبًا.

الأبرشيات المعفاة العالمية أو العابرة للقارات (باستثناء التوابع الصغيرة)

الأبرشيات الأوروبية المعفاة

الأبرشيات الآسيوية المعفاة

أبرشيات العالم الجديد المعفاة

الأبرشيات الأفريقية المعفاة

أوروبا (الكنائس اللاتينية والشرقية)

كما تُعقد "اجتماعات للمؤتمرات الأسقفية" للأساقفة (ورؤساء الأساقفة) من الدول المنتمية إلى:

الأبرشيات المعفاة في الدول الأوروبية التي لا تتبع مقاطعة كنسية أو مؤتمراً وطنياً

أبرشيات (أسقفية) معفاة، تخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي، كل منها لبلد صغير بأكمله

مؤتمر الأساقفة في النمسا

الأبرشيات المعفاة، الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لسالزبورغ
المقاطعة الكنسية في فيينا

مؤتمر الأساقفة في بلجيكا

معفى، ويخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
  • الأبرشية العسكرية في بلجيكا (1986) ، المصنفة كأسقفية، تابعة للكرسي المتروبوليتاني الرئيسي لميشيلين-بروكسل.
  • للاطلاع على معلومات عن الكاثوليك الأوكرانيين، انظر فرنسا
المقاطعة الكنسية لميشيلين-بروكسل، التي تغطي بلجيكا

المؤتمر الأسقفي لإنجلترا وويلز (أجزاء من المملكة المتحدة)

الأبرشيات في إنجلترا وويلز
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الأبرشيات المعفاة
المقاطعة الكنسية لبرمنغهام
المقاطعة الكنسية لكارديف، في ويلز
المقاطعة الكنسية لليفربول
المقاطعة الكنسية لساوثوارك
المقاطعة الكنسية في وستمنستر

مؤتمر الأساقفة الفرنسيين

(تذكر المناطق الإدارية المقابلة للمقاطعات الكنسية بين قوسين) للاطلاع على الأبرشيات الفرنسية ما وراء البحار، انظر تحت قاراتها ومؤتمرات الأساقفة في جزر الأنتيل (أمريكا الوسطى) والمحيط الهادئ (أوقيانوسيا).

الأبرشيات اللاتينية المعفاة، الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
أبرشيات الكنيسة الشرقية، الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي (معفاة) أو لبطريرك كنيستها أو رئيس أساقفتها.
الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية في فرنسا المتروبولية . يتم تحديد المقاطعات بخطوط عريضة، وتُكتب رؤساء أساقفتها (الأبرشيات المتروبولية) بأحرف عريضة.
مقاطعة بيزانسون الكنسية ( فرانش كونتيه وجزء من اللورين )
المقاطعة الكنسية لبوردو ( أكيتين )
المقاطعة الكنسية لكليرمون ( أوفيرن )
المقاطعة الكنسية ديجون ( بورغندي )
مقاطعة ليل الكنسية ( نور با دو كاليه )
المقاطعة الكنسية ليون ( رون ألب )
المقاطعة الكنسية لمرسيليا ( بروفانس ألب كوت دازور وكورسيكا )
المقاطعة الكنسية لمونبلييه ( لانغدوك روسيون )
المقاطعة الكنسية لباريس (العاصمة ، منطقة إيل دو فرانس )
مقاطعة بواتييه الكنسية ( بواتو شارانت وليموزين )
المقاطعة الكنسية لريمس ( شامبان -أردين وبيكاردي )
مقاطعة رين الكنسية ( بريتاني وباي دو لا لوار )
المقاطعة الكنسية لروان ( نورماندي العليا والسفلى )
مقاطعة تولوز الكنسية ( ميدي بيرينيه )
المقاطعة الكنسية لتور ( منطقة سنتر-فال دو لوار )

مؤتمر الأساقفة في ألمانيا

المقاطعات والأبرشيات في ألمانيا
معفى، ويخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لبامبرغ
المقاطعة الكنسية لبرلين
المقاطعة الكنسية الراينية [السفلى] (المعروفة أيضًا باسم المقاطعة الكنسية في كولونيا)
المقاطعة الكنسية العليا للراين (المعروفة أيضًا باسم المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة فرايبورغ إم برايسغاو)
المقاطعة الكنسية لشمال ألمانيا (المعروفة أيضًا باسم المقاطعة الكنسية لهامبورغ)
المقاطعة الكنسية لميونيخ وفرايزينغ، في بافاريا
المقاطعة الكنسية في وسط ألمانيا (المعروفة أيضًا باسم المقاطعة الكنسية في بادربورن)

المؤتمر الأسقفي لأيرلندا، أي جمهورية أيرلندا وأيرلندا الشمالية

الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية في جزيرة أيرلندا. تشير الألوان إلى المقاطعات الكنسية ، والمناطق الداكنة هي الأبرشيات الرئيسية .
المقاطعة الكنسية لأرماغ - تغطي كامل أيرلندا الشمالية (جزء من المملكة المتحدة) وجزء من جمهورية أيرلندا
المقاطعة الكنسية لكاشيل وإملي (جمهورية أيرلندا)
المقاطعة الكنسية لدبلن (جمهورية أيرلندا)
المقاطعة الكنسية توام (جمهورية أيرلندا)

مؤتمر الأساقفة في إيطاليا، بما في ذلك سان مارينو ومدينة الفاتيكان

المقاطعات الكاثوليكية في إيطاليا
المقاطعة الكنسية لروما
انظر: أبرشية روما §  الأسقف المساعد
الأبرشيات الإيطالية الأخرى المعفاة (الأبرشيات الرئيسية)، الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي ولكنها ليست جزءًا من مقاطعة روما
المقاطعة الكنسية في البندقية
المقاطعة الكنسية لأغريجنتو، في صقلية
مقاطعة أنكونا أوسيمو الكنسية
مقاطعة باري بيتونتو الكنسية
مقاطعة بينيفينتو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لبولونيا
المقاطعة الكنسية في كالياري، في سردينيا
مقاطعة كامبوباسو-بويانو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية كاتانيا، في صقلية
مقاطعة كاتانزارو-سكويلاسي الكنسية
مقاطعة كييتي فاستو الكنسية
مقاطعة كوزنسا-بيسينيانو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية فيرمو
المقاطعة الكنسية لفلورنسا
مقاطعة فوجيا بوفينو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لجنوة
مقاطعة غوريزيا الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة لاكويلا
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة ليتشي
مقاطعة ميسينا-ليباري-سانتا لوسيا ديل ميلا الكنسية، في صقلية
المقاطعة الكنسية لميلانو
مقاطعة مودينا-نونانتولا الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لنابولي
مقاطعة أوريستانو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية في باليرمو، في صقلية
مقاطعة بيروجيا الكنسية-سيتا ديلا بيفي
مقاطعة بيزارو الكنسية
مقاطعة بيسكارا بيني الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لبيزا
مقاطعة بوتنزا-مورو لوكانو-مارسيكو نوفو الكنسية
مقاطعة رافينا سيرفيا الكنسية
مقاطعة ريجيو كالابريا بوفا الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية ساليرنو-كامبانيا-أسيرنو
المقاطعة الكنسية لساساري، في سردينيا
مقاطعة سيينا-كوللي دي فال ديلسا-مونتالسينو الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لسيراكوزا، في صقلية
المقاطعة الكنسية لتارانتو
المقاطعة الكنسية لتورين
المقاطعة الكنسية لترينتو
المقاطعة الكنسية لأوديني
مقاطعة فرشيلي الكنسية

مؤتمر الأساقفة في مالطا

المقاطعة الكنسية لمالطا

مؤتمر الأساقفة في هولندا

معفى، أي خاضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لأوترخت، التي تغطي هولندا نفسها

مؤتمر الأساقفة في البرتغال، بما في ذلك جزر الأزور وماديرا

خريطة الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية البرتغالية
معفى، أي خاضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لشبونة (لشبونة)
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة براغا
المقاطعة الكنسية لإيفورا

مؤتمر الأساقفة الإسكندنافيين

مؤتمر الأساقفة الإسكندنافي

جميعهم معفون، ويخضع كل منهم مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي، ولا مؤتمرات إقليمية أو وطنية
(وكذلك دولتان نورديكيتان أخريان، ليستا جزءاً جغرافياً من الدول الاسكندنافية نفسها، وكلاهما معفي أيضاً)

المؤتمر الأسقفي لاسكتلندا (جزء من المملكة المتحدة)

خريطة الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية في اسكتلندا
تُستثنى الأبرشية العسكرية لبريطانيا العظمى، فيما يخص القوات المتمركزة في المملكة المتحدة، كونها مشتركة مع إنجلترا وويلز، أي أنها تخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي.
المقاطعة الكنسية لغلاسكو
المقاطعة الكنسية لسانت أندروز وإدنبرة
خريطة أبرشيات إسبانيا

مؤتمر الأساقفة في إسبانيا (بما في ذلك الأراضي الأفريقية) وأندورا

معفى، أي خاضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لبرشلونة
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة بورغوس
المقاطعة الكنسية لغرناطة
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدريد
مقاطعة ميريدا-باداخوز الكنسية
المقاطعة الكنسية لأوفييدو
المقاطعة الكنسية بامبلونا
المقاطعة الكنسية لسانتياغو دي كومبوستيلا
المقاطعة الكنسية لإشبيلية، والتي تضم بشكل رئيسي الأندلس
المقاطعة الكنسية لتاراغونا
المقاطعة الكنسية طليطلة
المقاطعة الكنسية في فالنسيا، بما في ذلك جزر البليار
المقاطعة الكنسية لبلد الوليد
المقاطعة الكنسية لسرقسطة

مؤتمر الأساقفة في سويسرا

مؤتمر الأساقفة السويسريين

الأبرشيات المعفاة فقط، وكل منها خاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي

المؤتمر الأسقفي لألبانيا

مقاطعة شكودر-بولت الكنسية:
  أبرشية شكودر – بولت
  أبرشية سابي
  أبرشية ليجه
مقاطعة تيرانا دوريس الكنسية:
  أبرشية تيرانا – دوريس
  أبرشية ريشن
  الإدارة الرسولية لجنوب ألبانيا
مقاطعة شكودر بولت الكنسية (الكنيسة اللاتينية)
مقاطعة تيرانا دوريس الكنسية (كنائس مختلطة)

المؤتمر الأسقفي للقديسين كيرلس وميثوديوس - لمقدونيا الشمالية والجبل الأسود وصربيا

مقدونيا الشمالية لديها
لا يوجد في الجبل الأسود مستوى وطني، ولكن يوجد أبرشيتان لاتينيتان
  • كبار السن المعفون: أبرشية بار ، الخاضعة مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
  • أبرشية كوتور ، التابعة للمقاطعة الكنسية لأبرشية سبليت-ماكارسكا الكرواتية المتروبوليتية
المقاطعة الكنسية بلغراد (بلغرادو)، باللاتينية، التي تغطي صربيا
أبرشية القديس نيكولاس من روسكي كرستور الكاثوليكية البيزنطية ، للكاثوليك ذوي الطقوس البيزنطية في صربيا

مؤتمر الأساقفة في بيلاروسيا

لا تملك الكنيسة الكاثوليكية البيلاروسية ( الطقس البيزنطي ) أبرشية رسمية في الوقت الحالي، بل لديها فقط زائر رسولي لبيلاروسيا وآخر للخارج، ولا يتبع أي منهما لأي كرسي أسقفي.
(لاتينية) المقاطعة الكنسية مينسك-ماهيلو

مؤتمر الأساقفة في البوسنة والهرسك

الأبرشيات الكاثوليكية اللاتينية في البوسنة والهرسك:
  أبرشية فيرهبوسنا
  أبرشية بانيا لوكا
  أبرشية موستار-دوفنو
  أبرشية تريبينيه-مركان
  أبرشية جوسبيتش سينج (أبرشية زافالي)
  أبرشية شيبينيك (قرية يونيستا)
معفى، أي خاضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية لسراييفو، التي تغطي جميع أنحاء البوسنة والهرسك و...
تشمل أبرشية كريزيفسي الكاثوليكية الكرواتية ، وهي الأبرشية الكرواتية الأصلية التابعة للكنيسة الكاثوليكية الكرواتية الشرقية ذات الطقس البيزنطي ، والتابعة لمطران زغرب، الكاثوليك ذوي الطقس البيزنطي في جميع أنحاء سلوفينيا والبوسنة والهرسك.

مؤتمر الأساقفة في بلغاريا

لا يوجد في بلغاريا أي مقاطعة كنسية، بل فقط أبرشيات معفاة، تخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي، تابعة لكنيستين.

مؤتمر الأساقفة في كرواتيا

التسلسل الهرمي الكنسي والمقاطعات في دول البحر الأدرياتيكي: كرواتيا، البوسنة والهرسك، سلوفينيا، الجبل الأسود
معفى، ويخضع مباشرة للكرسي الرسولي
المقاطعة الكنسية دياكوفو-أوسييك، والمعروفة أيضًا باسم سيميوم (سيرميو)
المقاطعة الكنسية لمدينة رييكا
المقاطعة الكنسية سبليت-ماكارسكا
المقاطعة الكنسية في زغرب (الكنائس اللاتينية والشرقية)

Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Bohemia or Prague (after its Metropolitan see)
Ecclesiastical Province of Moravia or Olomouc (after its Metropolitan see)

Episcopal Conference of Greece

Catholic Dioceses in Greece
Exempt Latin (arch)dioceses, immediately depending from the Holy See
Exempt Eastern Catholic
Ecclesiastical Province of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia (for Ionian islands)
Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos (for various Aegean islands)

Episcopal Conference of Hungary (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Map of the Catholic dioceses in Hungary
Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Eger
Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom-Budapest
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém
Hungarian Catholic church Metropolitanate sui iuris

Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Ecclesiastical Province of Riga, covering Latvia

Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaunas

Episcopal Conference of Poland

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Białystok
Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa
Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk
Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno
Ecclesiastical province of Katowice
Ecclesiastical province of Kraków
Ecclesiastical province of Łódź
Ecclesiastical province of Lublin
Ecclesiastical province of Poznań
Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl
Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień
Ecclesiastical province of Warmia
Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa
Ecclesiastical province of Wrocław
Ukrainian Greek Catholic province of Przemyśl–Warszawa

Episcopal Conference of Romania

Administrative map of the Latin and Armenian Catholic hierarchies in Romania
Exempt (immediately subject to Rome, no ecclesiastical province)
Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest (Latin)
Eastern Catholic (Byzantine Rite) Major Archiepiscopal Romanian (Greek) Catholic Church's ecclesiastical (sole) province sui juris, covering Romania

Episcopal Conference of the Russian Federation

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Moscow (partly in Asia- eastern Siberia)
also includes, in Asia, one exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See:

Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province of Košice (Latin)
Slovak Catholic Metropolitanate sui juris of Prešov (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine rite)

Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana
Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor
Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, the Croatian proper diocese of the Byzantine rite Eastern Croatian Catholic Church, suffragan of the Metropolitan of Zagreb, also covers Catholics of Byzantine Rite in all of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Lviv, covering the Latin church in all Ukraine, including the Russian-annexed Crimea (Krym)
Armenian Catholic (Armenian rite)
Ruthenian Catholic (Byzantine rite)
Ukrainian Catholic (Byzantine rite) Metropolitanates

North America (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Episcopal Conference of Canada

Map of Catholic dioceses in Canada
Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton, comprising most of the province of Alberta.
Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau, comprising the western and northern parts of the province of Quebec.
Ecclesiastical province of Grouard–McLennan, comprising the northernmost parts of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Ecclesiastical province of Halifax, comprising the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas, comprising the northern parts of the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, and the territory of Nunavut.
Ecclesiastical province of Kingston, comprising the central portions of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Ecclesiastical province of Moncton, comprising the province of New Brunswick.
Ecclesiastical province of Montréal, in Quebec, comprising the island of Montreal and surrounding areas to the north and south.
Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa, comprising the northeastern part of the province of Ontario and a small portion of Quebec.
Ecclesiastical province of Québec, comprising only the central part of the province of Quebec, centering on the civil provincial capital Quebec City.
Ecclesiastical province of Regina, comprising the southern part of the province of Saskatchewan.
Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski, comprising the Gaspé Peninsula and the areas across the St. Lawrence River to the north, in the province of Quebec.
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface, comprising the southwest part of the province of Manitoba.
Ecclesiastical province of St. John's, Newfoundland, comprising the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke, comprising the part of the province of Quebec to the southeast of Montreal.
Ecclesiastical province of Toronto, comprising the southwest part of the province of Ontario, with the non-contiguous Diocese of Thunder Bay in western Ontario.
Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver, comprising most of the province of British Columbia.
Ukrainian Catholic province of Winnipeg
Other Eastern church dioceses in Canada, immediately subject to their particular churches
See also USA for joint Armenian Catholic and Romanian Catholic dioceses and the personal ordinariate for former Anglicans

Episcopal Conference of Mexico

Ecclesiastical province of Acapulco
Ecclesiastical province of Tijuana (Baja California)
Ecclesiastical province of Léon (Bajío)
Ecclesiastical province of Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas)
Ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua
Ecclesiastical province of Durango
Ecclesiastical province of Guadalajara
Ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo
Ecclesiastical province of Tulancingo (Hidalgo)
Ecclesiastical province of Jalapa (Xalapa)
Ecclesiastical province of México
Ecclesiastical province of Monterrey
Ecclesiastical province of Morelia
Ecclesiastical province of (Antequera (de)) Oaxaca (Oaxaca)
Ecclesiastical province of Puebla (de los Angeles)
Ecclesiastical province of San Luis Potosí
Ecclesiastical province of Tlalnepantla
Ecclesiastical province of Toluca
Ecclesiastical province of Yucatán

Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica

Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Exempt military ordinariate, immediately subject to the Holy See,
Ecclesiastical province of San Salvador, covering El Salvador

Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Episcopal Conference of Honduras

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

Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Ecclesiastical province of Managua, covering Nicaragua

Episcopal Conference of Panama

Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Panamá, covering Panama

Episcopal Conference of the (Lesser) Antilles (and Belize and Guyanas)

the Diocese of Saint-Thomas, with see in Charlotte Amalie, on St. Thomas, on and for the U.S. Virgin Islands, is a suffragan of the mainland-North American Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.)
Ecclesiastical province of Castries - comprising several current and former British colonies in the Lesser Antilles.
Ecclesiastical province of Fort-de-France - comprising the French territories in the Caribbean.
Ecclesiastical province of Kingston in (and covering) Jamaica, also comprising several other former and current British colonies in the Western Caribbean.
Ecclesiastical province of Nassau - comprising several current and former British territories to the north of the Caribbean.
Ecclesiastical province of Port of Spain - comprising several former British or Dutch colonies in the southeastern Caribbean and northern South America.

Episcopal Conference of Cuba

Ecclesiastical province of (San Cristóbal de) la Habana
Ecclesiastical province of Camagüey
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Cuba

Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic

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

Episcopal Conference of Haiti

Ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haïtien
Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince

Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico

Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico, covering the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Episcopal Conference of the United States of America

Exempt, immediately subject to the holy See and not part of a Bishops' Region
Provinces and dioceses of the Latin Church in the United States. Each color represents one of the 32 Latin-rite provinces. Not depicted are the U.S. Virgin Islands, which constitute the Diocese of St. Thomas, the sole suffragan diocese in the province of Washington, D.C.

Note:The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) divides the non-exempt dioceses of the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) into fourteen geographical regions—termed "Bishops' Regions" for the Latin Church provinces—and a fifteenth "region" that consists of the Eastern Catholic eparchies. These regions are not the canonical "ecclesiastical regions" described in canon 433 and 434, but are operated by an elected regional chairman.[2] However, the Ordinaries of Personal Ordinariates established under the auspices of Anglicanorum Coetibus are members of their respective Bishops’ Conferences, and the USCCB lists the exempt Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter as a part of Bishops’ Region X.

Bishops' Region I
Ecclesiastical province of Boston, comprising the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Ecclesiastical province of Hartford, comprising the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as Fishers Island in the state of New York.
Bishops' Region II
Ecclesiastical province of New York, comprising the state of New York except for Fishers Island.
Bishops' Region III
Ecclesiastical province of Newark, comprising the state of New Jersey.
Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia, comprising the state of Pennsylvania.
Bishops' Region IV
Ecclesiastical province of Baltimore, comprising most of the state of Maryland as well as the states of Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia.
Ecclesiastical province of Washington, comprising the District of Columbia, 5 counties in southern Maryland, and the United States Virgin Islands.
Bishops' Region V
Ecclesiastical province of Louisville, comprising the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Ecclesiastical province of Mobile, comprising the states of Alabama and Mississippi.
Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans, comprising the state of Louisiana.
Bishops' Region VI
Ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, comprising the state of Ohio.
Ecclesiastical province of Detroit, comprising the state of Michigan.
Bishops' Region VII
Ecclesiastical province of Chicago, comprising the state of Illinois.
Ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis, comprising the state of Indiana.
Ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, comprising the state of Wisconsin.
Bishops' Region VIII
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, comprising the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Bishops' Region IX
Ecclesiastical province of Dubuque, comprising the state of Iowa.
Ecclesiastical province of Kansas City, comprising the state of Kansas.
Ecclesiastical province of Omaha, comprising the state of Nebraska.
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Louis, comprising the state of Missouri.
Bishops' Region X
Ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston, comprising the east and southeast parts of the state of Texas.
Ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, comprising the west and north of the state of Texas.
Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City, comprising the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, comprising former Anglicans throughout the United States (and Canada).
Bishops' Region XI
Ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles, comprising the southern part of the state of California.
Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, comprising the northern part of the state of California and the state of Hawaii (in Oceania).
Bishops' Region XII
Ecclesiastical province of Anchorage-Juneau, comprising the state of Alaska.
Ecclesiastical province of Portland in Oregon, comprising the states of Idaho, Montana and Oregon, except for the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana.
Ecclesiastical province of Seattle, comprising the state of Washington
Bishops' Region XIII
Ecclesiastical province of Denver, comprising the states of Colorado and Wyoming, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana.
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe, comprising the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
Ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprising the states of Nevada and Utah.
Bishops' Region XIV
Ecclesiastical province of Miami, comprising the state of Florida.
Ecclesiastical province of Atlanta, comprising the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Bishops' Region XV

This is not a geographical region and it does not consist of ecclesiastical provinces. Instead, it consists exclusively of US branches of various, generally Europe- or Asia-based, particular Eastern Catholic Churches. See the Eastern Catholic Churches section (below) for their particular hierarchies.

Antiochian rites
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Armenian rite
Armenian Catholic Church
Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) rites
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (only 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

South America (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Exempt diocese, directly subject to the Holy See

Episcopal Conference of Argentina

(Latin and Eastern Churches)

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Bahía Blanca
Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires
Ecclesiastical province of Córdoba
Ecclesiastical province of Corrientes
Ecclesiastical province of La Plata
Ecclesiastical province of Mendoza
Ecclesiastical province of Mercedes-Luján

Ecclesiastical province of Paraná

Ecclesiastical province of Resistencia
Ecclesiastical province of Rosario
Ecclesiastical province of Salta
Ecclesiastical province of San Juan
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe
Ecclesiastical province of Tucumán

Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba
Ecclesiastical province of La Paz
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Ecclesiastical province of Sucre

Episcopal Conference of Brazil

Catholic Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil
Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida
Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju
Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará
Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte
Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu
Ecclesiastical province of Brasília
Ecclesiastical province of Campinas
Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande
Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel
Ecclesiastical province of Chapecó
Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá
Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba
Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina
Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana
Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis
Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza
Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia
Ecclesiastical province of Joinville
Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora
Ecclesiastical province of Londrina
Ecclesiastical province of Maceió
Ecclesiastical province of Manaus
Ecclesiastical province of Mariana
Ecclesiastical province of Maringá
Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros
Ecclesiastical province of Natal
Ecclesiastical province of Niterói
Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife
Ecclesiastical province of Palmas
Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba
Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo
Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho
Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre
Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria
Ecclesiastical province of Santarem
Ecclesiastical province of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Catholic, a Byzantine Rite)
Ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto
Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão
Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo (Roman and Byzantine rites)
Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia
Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba
Ecclesiastical province of Teresina
Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba
Ecclesiastical province of Vitória
Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista

Episcopal Conference of Chile

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta
Ecclesiastical province of Concepción
Ecclesiastical province of La Serena
Ecclesiastical province of Puerto Montt
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile

Episcopal Conference of Colombia

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla
Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá
Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga
Ecclesiastical province of Cali
Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena
Ecclesiastical province of Florencia
Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué
Ecclesiastical province of Manizales
Ecclesiastical province of Medellín
Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona
Ecclesiastical province of Popayán
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Ecclesiastical province of Tunja
Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio

Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

exempt missionary circonscriptions, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca
Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil
Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo
Ecclesiastical province of Quito

Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Asunción

Episcopal Conference of Peru

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa
Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho
Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco
Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo
Ecclesiastical province of Lima
Ecclesiastical province of Piura
Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo

Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo

Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto
Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo
Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar
Ecclesiastical province of Coro
Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná
Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela

Asia (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Exempt dioceses or mission sui juris in Asian countries without episcopal conferences or ecclesiastical provinces

exempt, nation-covering diocesan circonscriptions, often not called after the see, each immediately subject to the Holy See
Missions sui juris (not requiring a prelate; just an ecclesiastical superior), immediately subject to the Holy See

Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops (includes parts of North and Eastern Africa)

all Latin dioceses are exempt, i.e. no ecclesiastical province, but each immediately subject to the Holy See. They alone constitute the Episcopal conference proper, not the numerous Eastern Catholic Ordinaries, who are grouped in specific 'national' Assemblies below
in Asian Middle East:
in Africa: see there (for Egypt, Djibouti and Somalia)

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Egypt

see Africa

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (Palestine/Israel & Jordan)

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Iraq

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Lebanon

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria

Episcopal Conference of Iran

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

Latin Church dioceses in Turkey

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

Exempt Latin dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Eastern (arch)dioceses, directly subject to their Patriarchs

Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh

Ecclesiastical Province of Dhaka
Ecclesiastical Province of Chittagong

Episcopal Conference of Myanmar

Ecclesiastical Province of Mandalay
Ecclesiastical Province of Taunggyi
Ecclesiastical Province of Yangon (Rangoon)

Episcopal Conference of East Timor

Episcopal Conference of India, including Bhutan

Latin Church provinces and dioceses of the Catholic church in India. The dioceses making up a province have different shades of the same colour.

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)
Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal
Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay
Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Calicut (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar
Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Patna (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur
Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly (entirely Latin Church)
Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam (entirely Latin Church)
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur
Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
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
Ecclesiastical Province of Kupang
Ecclesiastical Province of Makassar
Ecclesiastical Province of Medan
Ecclesiastical Province of Merauke
Ecclesiastical Province of Palembang
Ecclesiastical Province of Pontianak
Ecclesiastical Province of Samarinda
Ecclesiastical Province of Semarang

Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia

three exempt missionary dioceses in Cambodia, no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome
four exempt missionary dioceses in Laos, no ecclesiastical province but directly subject to Rome

Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Exempt (arch)dioceses in Brunei and Singapore (no provinces nor national episcopal conferences, immediately subject to Rome)
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur, in Peninsular Malaysia (Malaya)
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching, in Sarawak state, on Borneo
Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah state, on Borneo

Episcopal Conference of Pakistan

Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (P.C.B.C.)

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Karachi, in Sindh province
Ecclesiastical Province of Lahore, in Punjab province

Episcopal Conference of the Philippines

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Caceres
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
Ecclesiastical Province of Capiz
Ecclesiastical Province of Cebu
Ecclesiastical Province of Cotabato
Ecclesiastical Province of Davao
Ecclesiastical Province of Jaro
Ecclesiastical Province of Lingayen-Dagupan
Ecclesiastical Province of Lipa
Ecclesiastical Province of Manila
Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Segovia
Ecclesiastical Province of Ozamis
Ecclesiastical Province of Palo
Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando
Ecclesiastical Province of Tuguegarao
Ecclesiastical Province of Zamboanga

Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka, including the Maldives

Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo

Episcopal Conference of Thailand

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok
Ecclesiastical Province of Thare and Nonseng

Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam), at Hồ Chí Minh City

Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội
Ecclesiastical Province of Huế
Ecclesiastical Province of Hồ Chí Minh City

Exempt without conference

Episcopal Conference of Taiwan (officially Chinese Regional Bishops Conference)

Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, covering Taiwan

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

Map of (Roman-rite) Catholic Dioceses in PRC as of February 2025
Exempt, each directly subject to the Holy See, mainly missionary Apostolic prefectures; many are truly vacant or under a temporary Apostolic administrator; no Apostolic Vicariates)
Ecclesiastical Province of Anking
Ecclesiastical Province of Peking
Ecclesiastical Province of Changsha
Ecclesiastical Province of Chungking
Ecclesiastical Province of Foochow
Ecclesiastical Province of Canton
Ecclesiastical Province of Kweyang
Ecclesiastical Province of Hangchow
Ecclesiastical Province of Hankow
Ecclesiastical Province of Tsinan
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaifeng
Ecclesiastical Province of Kunming
Ecclesiastical Province of Lanchow
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanchang
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanking
Ecclesiastical Province of Nanning
Ecclesiastical Province of Mukden
Ecclesiastical Province of Hohhot
Ecclesiastical Province of Taiyuan
Ecclesiastical Province of Sian

Episcopal Conference of Japan

Exempt - the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (for former Anglicans in Australia and Japan) has its see in Australia.
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki
Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka
Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo

Episcopal Conference of Korea (North and South)

exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Kwanju (Gwangju), in South Korea
Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul, including North Korea
Ecclesiastical Province of Taegu, in South Korea

Oceania (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Episcopal Conference of Australia

Exempt (arch)dioceses (immediately subject to Rome, no province)
Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide
Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, covering Queensland
Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne, covering Victoria state

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth, covering Western Australia

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, covering most of New South Wales

Other Eastern eparchies (dioceses)

Episcopal Conference of New Zealand

See under § Episcopal Conference of Australia for the Chaldean Catholic, Melkite and Ukrainian Catholic dioceses competent for both countries, with sees in Sydney, Melbourne.

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

Ecclesiastical Province of Wellington

Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa
Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

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

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia
Ecclesiastical Province of Suva

Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Ecclesiastical Province of Madang
Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen
Ecclesiastical Province of Port Moresby
Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul
Ecclesiastical Province of Honaira, covering the Solomon Islands

Africa (Latin and Eastern Churches)

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.E.C.A.M.)

Most national churches are also part of an episcopal conference and a regional (subcontinental) group of those, so we list them geographically:

Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of Egypt

Latin Church
Alexandrian Rite (Coptic originally means Egyptian)
Byzantine Rite
Antiochian Rite
Armenian Rite
Syro-Oriental Rite
Mostly exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Alger, covering most of Algeria

Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)

The West African subcontinent was previously covered by two language-distinct super-conferences:

Episcopal Conference of Nigeria

Exempt dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja
Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City
Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna
Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos
Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha
Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri

Episcopal Conference of Gambia and Sierra Leone

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Freetown, covering Sierra Leone

Episcopal Conference of Ghana

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Accra
Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Coast
Ecclesiastical Province of Kumasi
Ecclesiastical Province of Tamale

Episcopal Conference of Liberia

Ecclesiastical Province of Monrovia

Ecclesiastical Conference of Benin

Ecclesiastical Province of Cotonou
Ecclesiastical Province of Parakou

Ecclesiastical Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Ecclesiastical Province of Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso
Ecclesiastical Province of Koupéla, in Burkina Faso
Ecclesiastical Province of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso
Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey, covering Niger

Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast

Ecclesiastical Province of Abidjan
Ecclesiastical Province of Bouaké
Ecclesiastical Province of Gagnoa
Ecclesiastical Province of Korhogo

Episcopal Conference of Guinea

Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry, covering Guinea

Episcopal Conference of Mali

Ecclesiastical Province of Bamako, covering Mali

Episcopal Conference of Togo

Ecclesiastical Province of Lomé, covering Togo

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

Ecclesiastical Province of Dakar, covering Senegal
neither of the above West African super-conferences however covered the dioceses, all directly subject to the Holy See, in three countries formerly under Portuguese or (Franco-)Spanish colonial administration, now participating in the same ecclesiastical conference as ex-French Senegal
two exempt members (no ecclesiastical province, directly subject to the Holy See) of the Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops, see Asia:

Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Neither country has or is part of any Latin Church province.

Eritrea has no Latin hierarchy, even the post of Apostolic nuncio is held by the nuncio to Sudan in Khartoum.
Ethiopia has the following exempt apostolic vicariates and apostolic prefecture, each immediately subject to the Holy See

Eastern Alexandrian rite particular churches (Metropolitanates sui juris)

However, each country has an Alexandrian rite (like the Egyptian Copts, but in Geez language) Metropolitan particular church 'sui iuris', whose episcopates fully parttake in the joint Episcopal Conference, yet also has its own council of bishops

Ecclesiastical Province of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia, sui iuris)
Ecclesiastical Province of Asmara (Eritrea, sui iuris)

Episcopal Conference of Kenya

Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Kisumu
Ecclesiastical Province of Mombasa
Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi
Ecclesiastical Province of Nyeri

Episcopal Conference of Malawi

Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre
Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe

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
Eastern church jurisdictions, covering both countries
For the Armenian Catholics in Sudan, see Egypt
Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria, a suffragan of the Patriarch of Cilicia)

Episcopal Conference of Tanzania

Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha
Ecclesiastical Province of Dar-es-Salaam
Ecclesiastical Province of Dodoma
Ecclesiastical Province of Mbeya
Ecclesiastical Province of Mwanza
Ecclesiastical Province of Songea
Ecclesiastical Province of Tabora

Episcopal Conference of Uganda

Exempt diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See
Ecclesiastical Province of Gulu
Ecclesiastical Province of Kampala
Ecclesiastical Province of Mbarara
Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo

Episcopal Conference of Zambia

Ecclesiastical Province of Kasama
Ecclesiastical Province of Lusaka

(?only Latin dioceses) This subcontinent is still covered by two distinct super-conferences:

  • Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa, covering the three countries formerly under Belgian colonial administration: Congo, Burundi and Rwanda

Ecclesiastical Conference of Burundi

Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura
Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega

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

Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu

Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga

Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa

Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani

Ecclesiastical Province of Lubumbashi

Ecclesiastical Province of Mbandaka-Bikoro

Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Ecclesiastical Province of Kigali, covering Rwanda

Ecclesiastical Conference of Cameroon

Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda

Ecclesiastical Province of Bertoua

Ecclesiastical Province of Douala

Ecclesiastical Province of Garoua

Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé

Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangui, covering the Central African republic

Episcopal Conference of Chad

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See

Ecclesiastical Province of N'Djamena

Episcopal Conference of the Congo (Brazzaville)

Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville

Ecclesiastical Province of Owando

Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire

Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea

Ecclesiastical Province of Malabo

Episcopal Conference of Gabon

Exempt missionary circonscription, directly subject to the Holy See

Ecclesiastical Province of Libreville, covering the rest of Gabon

Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé e Principe

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

Ecclesiastical Province of Huambo

Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda

Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango

Ecclesiastical Province of Malanje

Ecclesiastical Province of Saurímo

Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (minor African East coast island states)

Only exempt dioceses, each for a whole country (or two) without national conference, directly subject to the Holy See

Episcopal Conference of Lesotho

Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru

Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Ecclesiastical Province of Antananarivo

Ecclesiastical Province of Antsiranana

Ecclesiastical Province of Toamasina

Ecclesiastical Province of Fianarantsoa

Ecclesiastical Province of Toliara

Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Ecclesiastical Province of Beira

Ecclesiastical Province of Maputo

Ecclesiastical Province of Nampula

Episcopal Conference of Namibia

Ecclesiastical Province of Windhoek, covering Namibia

Episcopal Conference of South Africa, Botswana and 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 São Tomé and Príncipe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See:

Ecclesiastical Province of Bloemfontein

Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Town

Ecclesiastical Province of Durban

Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg

Ecclesiastical Province of Pretoria

Episcopal Conference of Zimbabwe

Ecclesiastical Province of Bulawayo

Ecclesiastical Province of Harare

Eastern Catholic Churches by Rite

The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches retain many Orthodox traditions, even in the hierarchic terminology, such as calling dioceses Eparchies and archdioceses Archeparchies.

Their respective diocesan structures overlap with and are partially parallel to each other, to the Latin 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

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:

Overseas provinces and Metropolitan dependencies

Overseas Eparchies, suffragans of Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishops

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:

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:

Slovak Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitan)

The Synod is the Council of the Slovak Church

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

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (no unified structure)

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

Albanian Greek Catholic Church (Apostolic Administration)

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Apostolic Visitation)

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (Episcopal)

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church (no unified structure)

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

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church (Episcopal)

Russian Greek Catholic Church (no current formalised structure)

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

Alexandrian Rite churches

Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

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)

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:

Eparchies suffragan to a Latin Metropolitan

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:

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See:

Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum

Ecclesiastical Province of Tiruvalla

Immediately subject to the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

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Armenian Rite: Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

Patriarchal ecclesiastical province of Cilicia

The province was named after Ancient Cilicia, the part of Asia Minor (modern Turkey's Anatolia) where its see was originally located.

Other eparchies

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

East Syriac / Syro-Oriental Rite churches

Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal)

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archiepiscopal)

Ecclesiastical Province of Eranakulam‑Angamaly

Ecclesiastical Province of Changanassery

Ecclesiastical Province of Faridabad

Ecclesiastical Province of Kalyan

Ecclesiastical Province of Shamshabad

Ecclesiastical Province of Tellicherry

Ecclesiastical Province of Thrissur

Ecclesiastical Province of Ujjain

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See

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  2. ↑ بيل، جون ب.؛ كوريدن، جيمس أ.؛ غرين، توماس ج. (2000). تعليق جديد على قانون الكنيسة الكاثوليكية . مطبعة بولست. ص 571. ISBN  9780809140664تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 18 يونيو 2015 .
  3. ↑ "قادة المنطقة الحادية عشرة لشبكة الخدمة الإسبانية" . مؤتمر الأساقفة الكاثوليك في الولايات المتحدة . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 14 أبريل 2012 .
  4. ↑ "الأساقفة والأبرشيات" . مؤتمر الأساقفة الكاثوليك في الولايات المتحدة . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 23 مارس 2013 .