List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Balkans

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This is a list of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Balkans i.e. dioceses of the Latin Church. In Balkanic Europe, the Roman Catholic Church comprises 8 episcopal conferences, 14 ecclesiastical provinces, 31 suffragan dioceses and 1 apostolic administration. There are 5 archdioceses, 3 dioceses, and 1 apostolic vicariate that are immediately subject to the Holy See.

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List of dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Albania

Ecclesiastical Province of Shkodër-Pult

Ecclesiastical Province of Tiranë-Durrës

Episcopal Conference of Bosnia

Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo

Episcopal Conference of Croatia

Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka

Ecclesiastical Province of Sirmio

Ecclesiastical Province of Split-Makarska

Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb

Episcopal Conference of Greece

Ecclesiastical Province of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Ecclesiastical Province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos

Episcopal Conference of Romania

Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest

Episcopal Conference of Serbia

Ecclesiastical Province of Beograd

Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Ecclesiastical Province of Ljubljana

Ecclesiastical Province of Maribor

Immediately subject to the Holy See

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