List of Catholic dioceses in Oceania

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This is a list of the Roman and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Oceania.

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Because Oceania is one of the more sparsely populated areas of the world, the majority of its dioceses are located in Australia and New Zealand, although they range as far as the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean to Tasmania.

Episcopal Conference of Australia

Exempt

Exempt archdioceses are immediately subject to the Holy See:

Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide

The ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide covers the whole of the state of South Australia, and the territory of the Northern Territory

Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane

The ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane covers the whole of the state of Queensland

Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne

The province covers the whole of the state of Victoria

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth

The ecclesiastical Province of Perth covers all of Western Australia

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney

The province covers most of the state of New South Wales

Other Eastern dioceses

Episcopal Conference of New Zealand

Ecclesiastical Province of Wellington

Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa

Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia

Ecclesiastical Province of Suva

Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea

Ecclesiastical Province of Madang

Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen

Ecclesiastical Province of Port Moresby

Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul

Episcopal Conference of the Solomon Islands

Ecclesiastical Province of Honaira

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