List of Catholic dioceses in Italy

The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. As of May 2017, the Catholic Church in Italy is composed of 227 sees ('particular churches'), most of which are dioceses led by bishops. Dioceses led by archbishops are called archdioceses. There are 40 Metropolitan archdioceses (including the papal Holy See and the Patriarchate of Venice), each serving as the seat of an ecclesiastical province. There are also approximately 4 non-metropolitan archdioceses and thus there are approximately 46 archbishops in total in the Catholic Church of Italy. They all belong to the Latin Church, besides the three sees of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (which is Eastern Catholic, practicing the Byzantine Rite in Albanian language), and are organized in into 16 ecclesiastical regions (Sicily, Sardinia and 14 in peninsular Italy), mostly corresponding to the 20 administrative regions of Italy (a few being grouped).

ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below)

In Rome, there is also an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation, ambassador-level) to the Republic of Italy and two more Holy See Representations (Permanent representative-level): to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and to the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

All Latin church sees use the Roman Rite proper, except for the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, which has its particular ancient variation, the Ambrosian Rite.

Episcopal Conference of Italy

Exempt, i.e. immediately Subject to the Holy See, yet not in the Pope's Ecclesiastical Province of Rome

For a complete list, see List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) § Episcopal Conference of Italy, including San Marino and Vatican City State

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

(Byzantine Rite, the only non-Latin dioceses in Italy)

Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo

Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto

Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento

Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna

Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano

Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace

Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto

Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano

Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo

Ecclesiastical Province of Firenze (Florence)

Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino

Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa

Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia

Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila

Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce

Ecclesiastical Province of Milan

Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola

Ecclesiastical Province of Naples

Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve

Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro

Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne

Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa

Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia

Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova

Ecclesiastical Province of Rome

The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the pope.

Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino

Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto

Ecclesiastical Province of Turin

Ecclesiastical Province of Trento

Ecclesiastical Province of Udine

Ecclesiastical Province of Venice

Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli

Ecclesiastical Region of Sardinia

Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari

Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano

Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari

Ecclesiastical Region of Sicily

Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento

Ecclesiastical Province of Catania

Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo

Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa (Syracuse)

Former prelatures

Titular Prelatures

  • Titular Archiepiscopal Sees :
  • Titular Episcopal Sees (158, TO BE WIKIFIED): Acquapendente, Æca, Agropoli, Alessano, Altino, Amiterno, Anglona, Anzio, Aquaviva, Arna, Arpi, Asolo, Atella, Aveia, Bagnoregio, Belcastro, Bettona, Bevagna, Biccari, Bisarcio, Bitetto, Blanda, Blera, Bolsena, Bomarzo, Brescello, Buxentum, Campli, Canne, Canosa, Caorle, Capo della Foresta, Capri, Carini, Carinola, Carmeiano, Castello, Castro, Castro di Puglia, Castro di Sardegna, Caudium, Celano, Cerenzia, Cerveteri, Città Ducale, Civitanova, Civitate, Claterna, Cuma, Dolia, Dragonara, Eclano, Egnazia Appula, Equilio, Eraclea, Erdonia, Faleri, Falerone, Ferento, Fidene, Fiorentino, Fondi, Forconio, Fordongianus, Forlimpopoli, Formia, Foro Flaminio, Frigento, Gabi, Galazia in Campania, Gallese, Galtellì, Grumentum, Guardialfiera, Isola, Labico, Lavello, Lentini, Lesina, Lettere, Lilibeo, Lorium, Luni, Malamocco, Martana, Martirano, Massa Lubrense, Minervino Murge, Minori, Minturno, Miseno, Montecorvino, Montefiascone, Montemarano, Monterano, Monteverde, Mottola, Nepi, Nomento, Numana, Oderzo, Ofena, Orte, Ostra, Otricoli, Ottana, Passo Corese, Pausula, Pesto, Plestia, Ploaghe, Polignano, Populonia, Potenza Picena, Ravello, Roselle, Sabiona, Sala Consilina, Salpi, San Leone, Santa Giusta, Satriano, Scala, Sepino, Sorres, Spello, Strongoli, Subaugusta, Suelli, Sulci, Sutri, Taormina, Tauriano, Termini Imerese, Tharros, Thurio, Tindari, Torcello, Tortiboli, Tre Taverne, Treba, Trevi, Trevi nel Lazio, Trevico, Tricala, Troina, Tronto, Tuscania, Umbriatico, Urbisaglia, Velia, Vescovìo, Vibo Valentia, Vico Equense, Voghenza, Volturno, Vulturara, Zuglio
  • Titular Abbacies (?nullius) (all 10 united to current dioceses) : Farfa, Fontevivo, Nonantola, Pomposa, San Colombano, San Martino al Monte Cimino, San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, San Salvatore Maggiore, Santa Maria di Polsi, Santissimo Salvatore

See also

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