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)	564	544	20
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses)	77	72	5
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses)	2,261	2,102	159
Titular Metropolitan Sees	90	12	78
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees	91	8	83
Titular Episcopal Sees	1,920	1,066	854
Territorial Prelatures	39	34	5
Territorial Abbacies	11	9	2
Apostolic Exarchates	14	9	5
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	9	7	2
Military Ordinariates	36	29	7
Personal Ordinariates	3	2	1
Apostolic Vicariates	81	69	12
Apostolic Prefectures	38	14	24
Apostolic Administrations	8	6	2
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
	5,292	4,028	1,264

Last updated on 2024.12.22

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