List of Catholic archdioceses

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The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches).

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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 Seedioceses, ordinariates, apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, territorial prelatures, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures and/or missions sui iuris (all of which may also exist in countries with one or more archdioceses).

Current Latin Church Archdioceses

Current Latin in Europe

Current Latin in the Americas

Current Latin in Central America and Caribbean

Current Latin in North America

Current Latin in South America

Current Latin in Asia

Current Latin in Oceania

Current Latin in Africa

Current Eastern Catholic Archeparchies (Archdioceses)

Several smaller particular churches sui iuris have no single archbishopric.

Current Byzantine

Current Alexandrian

Current Armenian

Current West Syriac

Current East Syriac

Former and Titular Archdioceses

Latin

See also

Non-Catholic

Notes

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