List of Catholic dioceses in Europe

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

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

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

List of Dioceses

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

Ecclesiastical province
  • Metropolitan archdiocese
    • Suffragan dioceses (Latin Church)
    • Suffragan dioceses (Eastern Catholic)

Episcopal Conference of Albania

Ecclesiastical Province of Shkodër-Pult
  • Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
    • Diocese of Lezhë
    • Diocese of Sapë
Ecclesiastical Province of Tiranë-Durrës

Episcopal Conference of Austria

Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg
Ecclesiastical Province of Wien
Immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Military Ordinariate of Austria
  • Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau

Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Ecclesiastical Province of Minsk-Mohilev
  • Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev
    • Diocese of Hrodna
    • Diocese of Pinsk
    • Diocese of Vitebsk

Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Ecclesiastical Province of Mechelen-Brussels

Episcopal Conference of Bosnia

Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo

Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria

Immediately subject to the Holy See
  • Diocese of Nicopoli
  • Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
  • Apostolic Exarchate of Sophia

Episcopal Conference of Croatia

Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka
  • Archdiocese of Rijeka
    • Diocese of Gospić–Senj
    • Diocese of Krk
    • Diocese of Poreč i Pula
Ecclesiastical Province of Sirmio
  • Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek
    • Diocese of Požega
    • Diocese of Srijem (in Serbia)
Ecclesiastical Province of Split-Makarska
Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb

Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic

Ecclesiastical province of Bohemia
  • Archdiocese of Prague
    • Diocese of České Budějovice
    • Diocese of Hradec Králové
    • Diocese of Litoměřice
    • Diocese of Plzeň
Ecclesiastical province of Moravia (Archbishopric of Moravia)

Episcopal Conference of England and Wales

Ecclesiastical province of Birmingham
Ecclesiastical province of Cardiff
  • Archdiocese of Cardiff
    • Diocese of Menevia
    • Diocese of Wrexham
Ecclesiastical province of Liverpool
Ecclesiastical province of Southwark
Ecclesiastical province of Westminster

Episcopal Conference of France

Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon
    • Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard
    • Diocese of Nancy
    • Diocese of Saint-Claude
    • Diocese of Saint-Dié
    • Diocese of Verdun
Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux
Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont
Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon
Ecclesiastical Province of Lille
Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon
Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille
Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier
Ecclesiastical Province of Paris
Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers
  • Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers
    • Diocese of Angoulême
    • Diocese of La Rochelle
    • Diocese of Limoges
    • Diocese of Tulle
Ecclesiastical Province of Reims
Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes
Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen
Ecclesiastical Province of Toulouse
Ecclesiastical Province of Tours
Immediately subject to the Holy See

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Ecclesiastical province of Bamburg
Ecclesiastical province of Berlin
Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg
Middle German ecclesiastical province

(aka Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn)

Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising
Rhenish ecclesiastical province

(aka Ecclesiastical province of Cologne)

Upper Rhenish ecclesiastical province

(aka Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau)

Episcopal Conference of Greece

Ecclesiastical Province of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
  • Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos
  • Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
    • Diocese of Chios
    • Diocese of Crete
    • Diocese of Santorini
    • Diocese of Syros e Milos

Episcopal Conference of Hungary

Ecclesiastical Province of Eger
Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom-Budapest
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
  • Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
    • Diocese of Pécs
    • Diocese of Szeged–Csanád
Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém
  • Archdiocese of Veszprém
    • Diocese of Kaposvár
    • Diocese of Szombathely

Episcopal Conference of Ireland

Ecclesiastical province of Armagh
Ecclesiastical province of Cashel
Ecclesiastical province of Dublin
Ecclesiastical province of Tuam
  • Archdiocese of Tuam
    • Diocese of Achonry
    • Diocese of Clonfert
    • Diocese of Elphin
    • Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
    • Diocese of Killala

Episcopal Conference of Italy

Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento
  • Archdiocese of Agrigento
    • Diocese of Caltanissetta
    • Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo
Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto
Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento
  • Archdiocese of Benevento
    • Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia
    • Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia
    • Diocese of Avellino
    • Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti
    • Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna
Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari
  • Archdiocese of Cagliari
    • Diocese of Iglesias
    • Diocese of Lanusei
    • Diocese of Nuoro
Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace
  • Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
    • Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina
    • Diocese of Lamezia Terme
Ecclesiastical Province of Catania
Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto
  • Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto
    • Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona
Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano
  • Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
    • Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati
    • Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio
    • Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo
  • Archdiocese of Fermo
    • Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
    • Diocese of Ascoli Piceno
    • Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
    • Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto
Ecclesiastical Province of Florence
Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino
  • Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
    • Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo
    • Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano
    • Diocese of Lucera-Troia
    • Diocese of San Severo
Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa
Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia
Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila
  • Archdiocese of L'Aquila
    • Diocese of Avezzano
    • Diocese of Sulmona-Valva
Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce
  • Archdiocese of Lecce
    • Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
    • Archdiocese of Otranto
    • Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli
    • Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca
Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
  • Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
    • Diocese of Nicosia
    • Diocese of Patti
Ecclesiastical Province of Milan
Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola
  • Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano
  • Archdiocese of Oristano
    • Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo
Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve
  • Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
    • Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino
    • Diocese of Città di Castello
    • Diocese of Foligno
    • Diocese of Gubbio
Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro
  • Archdiocese of Pesaro
    • Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado
    • Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola
Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne
  • Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
    • Diocese of Teramo-Atri
Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa
  • Archdiocese of Pisa
    • Diocese of Livorno
    • Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli
    • Diocese of Pescia
    • Diocese of Volterra
Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
  • Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
    • Archdiocese of Acerenza
    • Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina
    • Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa
    • Diocese of Tricarico
    • Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro
Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia
Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova
  • Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
    • Diocese of Locri-Gerace
    • Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
    • Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
Ecclesiastical Province of Rome
Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari
Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
  • Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
    • Diocese of Grosseto
    • Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino
    • Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza
    • Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa
  • Archdiocese of Siracusa
    • Diocese of Noto
    • Diocese of Ragusa
Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto
  • Archdiocese of Taranto
    • Diocese of Castellaneta
    • Diocese of Oria
Ecclesiastical Province of Turin
Ecclesiastical Province of Trento
Ecclesiastical Province of Udine
  • Archdiocese of Udine
Ecclesiastical Province of Venice
Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli

Episcopal Conference of Malta

Ecclesiastical Province of Malta

Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Ecclesiastical Province of Utrecht

Episcopal Conference of Poland

Ecclesiastical province of Białystok
  • Archdiocese of Białystok
    • Diocese of Drohiczyn.
    • Diocese of Łomża.
Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa
  • Archdiocese of Częstochowa.
    • Diocese of Radom.
    • Diocese of Sosnowiec.
Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk
Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno
Ecclesiastical province of Katowice
Ecclesiastical province of Kraków
  • Archdiocese of Kraków.
    • Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec.
    • Diocese of Kielce.
    • Diocese of Tarnów.
Ecclesiastical province of Łódź
  • Archdiocese of Łódź.
    • Diocese of Łowicz.
Ecclesiastical province of Lublin
Ecclesiastical province of Poznań
  • Archdiocese of Poznań.
    • Diocese of Kalisz.
Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl
  • Archdiocese of Przemyśl
    • Diocese of Rzeszów.
    • Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów.
Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień
  • Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.
    • Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg.
    • Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów.
Ecclesiastical province of Warmia
Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa
  • Archdiocese of Warszawa.
    • Diocese of Płock.
    • Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.
Ecclesiastical province of Wrocław
Metropolis of Przemyśl–Warsaw (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
  • Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw
    • Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin
    • Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk

Episcopal Conference of Portugal

Ecclesiastical Province of Lisboa
Ecclesiastical Province of Braga
Ecclesiastical Province of Évora
  • Archdiocese of Évora
    • Diocese of Beja
    • Diocese of Faro

Episcopal Conference of Romania

The Latin rite Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest

Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Episcopal Conference of Scotland

Ecclesiastical province of Glasgow
Ecclesiastical province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Episcopal Conference of Serbia

Ecclesiastical Province of Beograd
  • Archdiocese of Beograd
    • Diocese of Subotica
    • Diocese of Zrenjanin

Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava
  • Archdiocese of Bratislava
    • Archdiocese of Trnava
    • Diocese of Banská Bystrica
    • Diocese of Nitra
    • Diocese of Žilina
Ecclesiastical Province of Košice
  • Archdiocese of Košice
    • Diocese of Rožňava
    • Diocese of Spiš

Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana
Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor
  • Archdiocese of Maribor
    • Diocese of Celje
    • Diocese of Murska Sobota

Episcopal Conference of Spain

Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona
Ecclesiastical province of Burgos
Ecclesiastical province of Granada
Ecclesiastical province of Madrid
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz
Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo
Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastical province of Seville
Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona
Ecclesiastical province of Toledo
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia
Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid
Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza
  • Archdiocese of Zaragoza
    • Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón
    • Diocese of Huesca
    • Diocese of Tarazona
    • Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín

Swiss Bishop's Conference

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Ecclesiastical province of Lviv
Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
  • Archeparchy of Kyiv
    • Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
    • Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa
    • Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk
    • Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea
    • Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
Metropolis of Lviv (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Metropolis of Ternopil – Zboriv (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
  • Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv
    • Eparchy of Buchach
    • Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Metropolis of Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Under the direct authority of the Holy See

Croatia
Estonia
  • Diocese of Tallinn
Gibraltar
Greece
  • Archdiocese of Athenai
  • Archdiocese of Rhodos
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki
Italy
Kosovo
  • Diocese of Prizren-Pristina
Liechtenstein
  • Archdiocese of Vaduz
Luxembourg
  • Archdiocese of Luxembourg
Monaco
  • Archdiocese of Monaco
Montenegro
Romania
Serbia
  • Eparchy of Ruski Krstur

See also

  • Catholic Church by country
  • Catholic Church in Africa
  • Catholic Church in Asia
  • Catholic Church in North America
  • Catholic Church in Latin America
  • Catholic Church in Oceania
  • List of Dioceses in Europe:
    • List of Catholic dioceses in Nordic Europe
    • List of Catholic dioceses in the Balkans
  • Roman Catholicism in Australia

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