Types of Dioceses
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 Archdioceses | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) | 541 | 504 | 37 |
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) | 78 | 73 | 5 |
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) | 2189 | 1987 | 202 |
Titular Metropolitan Sees | 96 | 12 | 84 |
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees | 88 | 9 | 79 |
Titular Episcopal Sees | 1903 | 1053 | 850 |
Territorial Prelatures | 46 | 43 | 3 |
Territorial Abbacies | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Apostolic Exarchates | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Military Ordinariates | 36 | 32 | 4 |
Personal Ordinariates | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Personal Prelature | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Apostolic Vicariates | 87 | 80 | 7 |
Apostolic Prefectures | 39 | 7 | 32 |
Apostolic Administrations | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Personal Apostolic Administration | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Independent Missions (Missions sui iuris) | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Patriarchal Exarchates | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Archiepiscopal Exarchates | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Territories Dependent on the Patriarch | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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