Catholic Dioceses in the World

Type	Total	Filled	Vacant
See of the Vicar of Christ	1	1	0
Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates)	9	9	0
Titular Patriarchal Sees	2	1	1
Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archdioceses)	4	4	0
Metropolitan Sees sui juris	5	5	0
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses)	570	554	16
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses)	77	72	5
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses)	2,260	2,114	146
Titular Metropolitan Sees	91	11	80
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees	90	8	82
Titular Episcopal Sees	1,920	1,040	880
Territorial Prelatures	39	34	5
Territorial Abbacies	11	9	2
Apostolic Exarchates	14	7	7
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	9	8	1
Military Ordinariates	36	28	8
Personal Ordinariates	3	2	1
Apostolic Vicariates	81	68	13
Apostolic Prefectures	38	13	25
Apostolic Administrations	8	6	2
Personal Apostolic Administration	1	1	0
Independent Missions (Missions sui juris)	8	7	1
Patriarchal Exarchates	10	8	2
Archiepiscopal Exarchates	5	4	1
Territories Dependent on the Patriarch	5	4	1
	5,297	4,018	1,279

Last updated on 2025.11.14

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