Dioceses by Type

Residential Sees	Total	Filled	Vacant
See of the Vicar of Christ	1	1	0
Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates)	9	9	0
Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archdioceses)	4	4	0
Metropolitan Sees sui juris	5	5	0
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses)	573	560	13
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses)	77	71	6
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses)	2,265	2,098	167
Territorial Prelatures	39	35	4
Territorial Abbacies	11	10	1
Apostolic Exarchates	14	6	8
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	9	8	1
Military Ordinariates	35	31	4
Personal Ordinariates	3	2	1
Apostolic Vicariates	79	66	13
Apostolic Prefectures	38	12	26
Apostolic Administrations	8	7	1
Personal Apostolic Administration	1	1	0
Independent Missions (Missions sui juris)	8	8	0
Patriarchal Exarchates	10	8	2
Archiepiscopal Exarchates	5	4	1
Territories Dependent on the Patriarch	5	4	1
	3,199	2,950	249

Titular Sees	Total	Filled	Vacant
Titular Patriarchal Sees	2	1	1
Titular Metropolitan Sees	91	13	78
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees	90	7	83
Titular Episcopal Sees	1,920	1,039	881
	2,103	1,060	1,043

Catholic Dioceses in the World