Catholic Organizations

This page lists official Catholic organizations, and independent noncommercial organizations related to Catholicism.

If your parish, school, or other Catholic organization needs a Web page, see RCNet, which offers free Web space to qualifying organizations!

See also the Catholic Media Directory.

The Vatican

Catholic Dioceses and Archdioceses

See this page.

Catholic Parishes and Local Churches

US parishes can be found on this list kept at Alapadre's Catholic Corner. Links to some non-US parishes can also be found at RCNet. If you want to create a page for your parish, you might find this site of interest.

For Eastern Rite churches in the US, see this directory, courtesy St. Michael's.

Religious Orders and Congregations

See also secular institutes. Many orders without Web pages of their own have descriptions and contact information available at Vocation Guidepost.

Secular Institutes

A secular institute is a community of consecrated life whose members live amidst the world. Married people, and those who also have jobs outside the Church, can often join secular institutes.

Catholic Educational and Academic Organizations

Publications, Radio, and TV

The Catholic Press Association has an extensive list of Catholic media resources for the US and Canada.

Other Organizations

Not all of the organizations below are endorsed by, or affiliated with, the Catholic Church. The front page of each site will usually tell you what its relation to the Church is.

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