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Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic populations, lack (the need for) ecclesiastical province(s) and hence for large Metropolitan archdioceses and may rather have canonical jurisdictions that are immediately subject to the Holy See – dioceses, ordinariates, apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates ...
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.
List of Catholic dioceses in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe; List of Catholic dioceses in Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, and the British Virgin Islands; List of Catholic dioceses in Argentina; List of Catholic dioceses in Armenia; List of Catholic dioceses in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Caribbean Netherlands
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
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History of the Catholic Church in Croatia History of Croatia–Holy See relations Historical dioceses Diocese of Dubrovnik Diocese of Ston Archdiocese of Zadar