The Roman Catholic Church in Brazil comprises forty-four ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 215 dioceses (including 3 eparchies), 44 archdioceses, and 12 territorial prelatures, each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. These 271 divisions make the largest number of Catholic dioceses in any country. Additionally, Brazil has the world's only personal apostolic administration, a Military Ordinariate, an Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites, and Apostolic Exarchate for Armenian Rite Catholics.
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