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	4	3	1
Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archdioceses)	4	4	0
Metropolitan Sees sui juris	5	4	1
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses)	560	542	18
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses)	76	71	5
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses)	2254	2063	191
Titular Metropolitan Sees	90	12	78
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees	91	6	85
Titular Episcopal Sees	1919	1065	854
Territorial Prelatures	39	33	6
Territorial Abbacies	11	9	2
Apostolic Exarchates	14	10	4
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	9	6	3
Military Ordinariates	36	26	10
Personal Ordinariates	3	2	1
Personal Prelature	1	1	0
Apostolic Vicariates	81	70	11
Apostolic Prefectures	39	13	26
Apostolic Administrations	9	8	1
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
	5284	3982	1302

Last updated on 2023.09.30

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