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)	572	560	12
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses)	77	72	5
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses)	2,265	2,101	164
Titular Metropolitan Sees	91	11	80
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees	90	8	82
Titular Episcopal Sees	1,920	1,048	872
Territorial Prelatures	39	34	5
Territorial Abbacies	11	10	1
Apostolic Exarchates	14	6	8
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	9	8	1
Military Ordinariates	36	29	7
Personal Ordinariates	3	2	1
Apostolic Vicariates	80	67	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
	5,303	4,019	1,284

Last updated on 2026.04.16

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