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 divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most ecclesiastical regions are in turn divided into a number of ecclesiastical provinces. The provinces are in turn divided into a number of dioceses. The sovereign state of Vatican City is part of the metropolitan province of Rome. A metropolitan bishop exercises a degree of leadership over a group of dioceses that are loosely subject (suffragan) to the care of the metropolitan see. This list excludes those archdioceses, dioceses and ecclesiastical territories that are immediately subject to the Holy See.

There are 227 sees ('particular churches'), most of which are dioceses led by a bishop. A diocese that is led by an archbishop is known as an archdiocese. There are 40 Metropolitan archdioceses which serve as the seat of an ecclesiastical province. This number includes the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Venice. There are also four archdioceses which are non-metropolitan, having been demoted by papal decree. This brings the number of archbishops in Italy and Vatican City to 44 (i.e. 40 + 4).

All the sees belong to the Latin Church apart from three Eastern Catholic sees of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church that use the Byzantine Rite in the Albanian language. All sees of the Latin Church use the Roman Rite apart from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, which mainly uses the Ambrosian Rite.

In Rome, there is also an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation at ambassador-level) to the Republic of Italy and two permanent representatives to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and to the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

Episcopal Conference of Italy

ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below)
Map
Code
Ecclesiastical
Region
Ecclesiastical
Province
1 Abruzzo-Molise
L'Aquila in Abruzzo
Chieti-Vasto in Abruzzo
Pescara-Penne in Abruzzo
Campobasso-Boiano in Molise
2 Basilicata
Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
3 Calabria
Calabria-Bova
Catanzaro-Squillace
Cosenza-Bisignano
4 Campania
Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Benevento
Naples
5 Emilia-Romagna
Bologna
Modena-Nonantola
Ravenna-Cervia
6 Lazio
Rome
7 Liguria
Genoa
8 Lombardy
Milan
9 Marche
Ancona-Osimo
Fermo
Pesaro
10 Piedmont
Turin including Aosta Valley
Vercelli in Piedmont
11 Puglia
Bari-Bitonto
Foggia-Bovino
Lecce
Taranto
12 Sardinia
Cagliari
Oristano
Sassari
13 Sicily
Agrigento
Catania
Messina-Lipari
Palermo
Syracuse
14 Tuscany
Florence
Pisa
Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
15 Triveneto
Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trento in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Venice in Veneto
16 Umbria
Perugia-Città della Pieve

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 Region of Abruzzo-Molise

The ecclesiastical provinces of L'Aquila, Chieti-Vasto and Pescara-Penne are maily situated in the civil region of Abruzzo while Campobasso-Boiano is situated in Molise.

Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila

Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto

Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne

Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano

Ecclesiastical Region of Triveneto

In the ecclesiastical region of Triveneto, there are two ecclesiastical provinces of that are situated in the civil region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Gorizia and Udine); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Trento); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of Veneto (Venice).

Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia

Ecclesiastical Province of Udine

Ecclesiastical Province of Trento

Ecclesiastical Province of Venice

Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari

Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano

Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari

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)

Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo

Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto

Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento

Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna

Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace

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 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 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 Vercelli

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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