Catholic Dioceses

This page lists Catholic dioceses, eparchies, and bishop's organizations, with Web pages. It is organized by country. All dioceses are Latin Rite unless otherwise noted.

A site in Norway has a complete list of Catholic dioceses worldwide (both with and without Web pages).

See also 1997 Catholic Internet Directory, which is especially useful for North America. Also, this page (in Dutch) has many useful links for Europe.

Algeria

None of Algeria's territorial dioceses has a Web site at this time. Social and political turmoil in this country has made life difficult for Catholics (and for many others) in Algeria. In 1996, the bishop of Oran was killed in a terrorist bomb attack, and the Armed Islamic Group kidnapped and killed seven monks in central Algeria, as part of an announced intention to "eliminate Jews, Christians, and polytheists from Algeria", according to a US State Department Report.

In 1995, the Vatican removed Bishop Jacques Gaillot from the diocese of Evreux, France, and assigned him a titular diocese for a now-uninhabited city in Algeria. He now has a web site for his virtual Diocese of Partenia. As far as I'm aware, it remains the only titular diocese, and the only Algerian diocese of any kind, with a web site.

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

The Chinese government has a state-controlled church which requires ultimate loyalty to the state, rather than to the Pope. Catholic bishops pledged to the Pope remain underground at this time, for the most part. At this writing, though, the Hong Kong diocese appears to still be independent of the state-controlled church.

Croatia

Denmark

France

Germany

See this page for more information on German dioceses.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is now under Chinese sovereignty. See the note under "China".

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Mexico

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Singapore

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

There is now a website for the US National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A number of statements by US Bishops can be found at American University.

Vatican City

Venezuela

John Mark Ockerbloom <spok+catholic@cs.cmu.edu> -- Last updated 10-Jul-1997