This is a list of the Catholic dioceses in Europe, i.e. dioceses of the Catholic Church. In Europe, there are a large number of dioceses principally centred in the countries of Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, and Poland. Italy has the largest number of dioceses per capita of any country, although Brazil has more in total.
An episcopal conference, or bishops' conference, is an official assembly of all the bishops in a defined geographic territory, usually a single country. Andorra and San Marino are part of neighboring foreign dioceses, and so are covered by the Spanish and Italian conferences, respectively. A single conference covers the five nordic countries, and dioceses in Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Monaco are not part of any episcopal conference. In the British Isles, one conference covers the whole of Ireland, a second covers England and Wales (and the crown dependencies), and a third conference covers Scotland.
Dioceses are usually organized into ecclesiastical provinces headed by the archbishop seated in the designated metropolitan archdiocese. Bishops and dioceses subordinated to the metropolitan archbishop are called suffragans. However, not all archbishops are metropolitans. Sometimes an archdiocesan see is suffragan to a metropolitan archbishop, but retains its rank for historical reasons. Some dioceses and archdioceses are not suffragan to a metropolitan see, but are directly subject to the Holy See in Rome.
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This list is organized (when applicable) by episcopal conference and ecclesiastical province. Latin Church dioceses are listed in regular font. Eastern Catholic dioceses are listed in italics, only when suffragan to a Latin jurisdiction. Dioceses of sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches are not listed.
Ecclesiastical province Metropolitan archdiocese Suffragan dioceses (Latin Church) Suffragan dioceses (Eastern Catholic)
Episcopal Conference of Albania Ecclesiastical Province of Shkodër-Pult Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult Diocese of Lezhë Diocese of Sapë
Ecclesiastical Province of Tiranë-Durrës Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës Diocese of Rrëshen Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania
Episcopal Conference of Austria Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg Archdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Feldkirch Diocese of Graz-Seckau Diocese of Gurk Diocese of Innsbruck
Ecclesiastical Province of Wien Archdiocese of Wien Diocese of Eisenstadt Diocese of Linz Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Immediately subject to the Holy See Military Ordinariate of Austria Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau
Episcopal Conference of Belarus Ecclesiastical Province of Minsk-Mohilev Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev Diocese of Hrodna Diocese of Pinsk Diocese of Vitebsk
Episcopal Conference of Belgium Ecclesiastical Province of Mechelen-Brussels Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels Diocese of Antwerp Diocese of Bruges Diocese of Ghent Diocese of Hasselt Diocese of Liège Diocese of Namur Diocese of Tournai
Episcopal Conference of Bosnia Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo Archdiocese of Vrhbosna Diocese of Banja Luka Diocese of Mostar Duvno Diocese of Skopje
Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria Immediately subject to the Holy See Diocese of Nicopoli Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv Apostolic Exarchate of Sophia
Episcopal Conference of Croatia Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka Archdiocese of Rijeka Diocese of Gospić–Senj Diocese of Krk Diocese of Poreč i Pula
Ecclesiastical Province of Sirmio Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek Diocese of Požega Diocese of Srijem (in Serbia)
Ecclesiastical Province of Split-Makarska Archdiocese of Split-Makarska Diocese of Dubrovnik Diocese of Hvar Diocese of Kotor (in Montenegro) Diocese of Šibenik
Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb Archdiocese of Zagreb Eparchy of Križevci Diocese of Varaždin
Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic Ecclesiastical province of Bohemia Archdiocese of Prague Diocese of České Budějovice Diocese of Hradec Králové Diocese of Litoměřice Diocese of Plzeň
Ecclesiastical province of Moravia (Archbishopric of Moravia) Archdiocese of Olomouc Diocese of Brno Diocese of Ostrava-Opava
Episcopal Conference of England and Wales Ecclesiastical province of Birmingham Archdiocese of Birmingham Diocese of Clifton Diocese of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastical province of Cardiff Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia Diocese of Wrexham
Ecclesiastical province of Liverpool Archdiocese of LiverpoolJurisdiction includes the Isle of Man. Diocese of Hallam Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Diocese of Lancaster Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Middlesbrough Diocese of Salford
Ecclesiastical province of Southwark Archdiocese of Southwark Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Diocese of Plymouth Diocese of PortsmouthJurisdiction includes the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Ecclesiastical province of Westminster Archdiocese of Westminster Diocese of Brentwood Diocese of East Anglia Diocese of Northampton Diocese of Nottingham
Episcopal Conference of France
Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard Diocese of Nancy Diocese of Saint-Claude Diocese of Saint-Dié Diocese of Verdun
Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux Diocese of Agen Diocese of Aire Diocese of Bayonne Diocese of Périgueux
Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont Metropolitan Archdiocese of Clermont Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Diocese of Moulins Diocese of Saint-Flour
Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon Archdiocese of Sens Diocese of Autun Diocese of Nevers Territorial prelature of the Mission de France at Pontigny
Ecclesiastical Province of Lille Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille Archdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Arras
Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon Archdiocese of Chambéry Diocese of Annecy Diocese of Belley-Ars Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne Diocese of Saint-Étienne Diocese of Valence = Drôme Diocese of Viviers = Ardèche
Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille Archdiocese of Aix Archdiocese of Avignon Diocese of Ajaccio Diocese of Digne Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon Diocese of Gap Diocese of Nice
Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier Diocese of Carcassonne Diocese of Mende Diocese of Nîmes Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
Ecclesiastical Province of Paris Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris Diocese of Créteil Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes Diocese of Meaux Diocese of Nanterre Diocese of Pontoise Diocese of Saint-Denis Diocese of Versailles
Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers Diocese of Angoulême Diocese of La Rochelle Diocese of Limoges Diocese of Tulle
Ecclesiastical Province of Reims Archdiocese of Reims Diocese of Amiens Diocese of Beauvais Diocese of Châlons Diocese of Langres Diocese of Soissons Diocese of Troyes
Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes Diocese of Angers Diocese of Laval Diocese of Le Mans Diocese of Luçon Diocese of Nantes Diocese of Quimper Diocese of Saint-Brieuc Diocese of Vannes
Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen Diocese of Bayeux Diocese of Coutances Diocese of Évreux Diocese of Le Havre Diocese of Sées
Ecclesiastical Province of Toulouse Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse Archdiocese of Albi Archdiocese of Auch Diocese of Cahors Diocese of Montauban Diocese of Pamiers Diocese of Rodez Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
Ecclesiastical Province of Tours Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours Archdiocese of Bourges Diocese of Blois Diocese of Chartres Diocese of Orléans
Immediately subject to the Holy See Diocese of Metz Archdiocese of Strasbourg
Episcopal Conference of Germany Ecclesiastical province of Bamburg Archdiocese of Bamberg Diocese of Eichstätt Diocese of Speyer Diocese of Würzburg
Ecclesiastical province of Berlin Archdiocese of Berlin Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Diocese of Görlitz
Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg Archdiocese of Hamburg Diocese of Hildesheim Diocese of Osnabrück
Middle German ecclesiastical province ( Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn) Archdiocese of Paderborn Diocese of Erfurt Diocese of Fulda Diocese of Magdeburg
Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Diocese of Augsburg Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg
Rhenish ecclesiastical province (a.k.a. Ecclesiastical province of Cologne) Archdiocese of Cologne Diocese of Aachen Diocese of Essen Diocese of Limburg Diocese of Münster Diocese of Trier
Upper Rhenish ecclesiastical province (a.k.a. Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau) Archdiocese of Freiburg Diocese of Mainz Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Episcopal Conference of Greece Ecclesiastical Province of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos Diocese of Chios Diocese of Crete Diocese of Santorini Diocese of Syros e Milos
Episcopal Conference of Hungary Ecclesiastical Province of Eger Archdiocese of Eger Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza Diocese of Vác
Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest Diocese of Győr Diocese of Hajdúdorog Diocese of Székesfehérvár
Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Diocese of Pécs Diocese of Szeged–Csanád
Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém Archdiocese of Veszprém Diocese of Kaposvár Diocese of Szombathely
Episcopal Conference of Ireland Ecclesiastical province of Armagh Archdiocese of Armagh Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Diocese of Clogher Diocese of Derry Diocese of Down and Connor Diocese of Dromore Diocese of Kilmore Diocese of Meath Diocese of Raphoe
Ecclesiastical province of Cashel Archdiocese of Cashel Diocese of Cloyne Diocese of Cork and Ross Diocese of Kerry Diocese of Killaloe Diocese of Limerick Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Ecclesiastical province of Dublin Archdiocese of Dublin Diocese of Ferns Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Diocese of Ossory
Ecclesiastical province of Tuam Archdiocese of Tuam Diocese of Achonry Diocese of Clonfert Diocese of Elphin Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Diocese of Killala
Episcopal Conference of Italy Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento Archdiocese of Agrigento Diocese of Caltanissetta Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica Diocese of Jesi Diocese of Senigallia Territorial Prelature of Loreto
Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti Diocese of Andria Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi
Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento Archdiocese of Benevento Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia Diocese of Avellino Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna Archdiocese of Bologna Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana Diocese of Imola
Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano Diocese of Isernia-Venafro Diocese of Termoli-Larino Diocese of Trivento
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari Archdiocese of Cagliari Diocese of Iglesias Diocese of Lanusei Diocese of Nuoro
Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina Diocese of Lamezia Terme
Ecclesiastical Province of Catania Archdiocese of Catania Diocese of Acireale