Apart from historical other uses, there are presently ecclesiastical regions, grouping parts of the extensive episcopate in five Catholic countries. The equivalent 'apostolic regions' in France, created in 1961, were suppressed in 2004.
Italy The Catholic Church in Italy is divided into 16 ecclesiastical regions. The regions mostly correspond to the 20 civil administrative regions of Italy. • Abruzzo-Molise (joining those two administrative regions) • Basilicata • Calabria •
Campania • Emilia-Romagna • Lazio = Latium • Liguria • Lombardy (Lombardia) • Marche(s) • Piemonte (Piedmont), including Valle d'Aosta • Puglia (Apulia) • Sardinia (Sardegna) • Sicily (Sicilia) • Tuscany (Toscana) •
Triveneto (i.e. Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige) • Umbria.
Brazil The regions -covering the federal state(s) in parentheses- comprise the following ecclesiastical province(s) : • Regional Norte (North) 1 (Amazonas e Roraima) : Manaus (1952) • Regional Norte 2 (Pará e Amapá) : Belém do Pará (1906) • Regional Nordeste (NE) 1 (Ceará) : Fortaleza (1915) • Regional Nordeste 2 (Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte e Alagoas) : Maceió (1920), Natal (1952), Olinda e Recife (1910), Paraíba (1914) • Regional Nordeste 3 (Bahia e Sergipe) : Aracaju (1960), Feira de Santana (2002), San Salvador di Bahia (1676), Vitória da Conquista (2002) • Regional Nordeste 4 (Piauí) : Teresina (1952) • Regional Nordeste 5 (Maranhão) Provincia ecclesiastica di São Luís do Maranhão (1922) • Regional Leste (East) 1 (Rio de Janeiro); Niterói (1960), Rio de Janeiro (1892) • Regional Leste 2 (Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo) : Belo Horizonte (1924), Diamantina (1917), Juiz de Fora (1962), Mariana (1906), Montes Claros (2001), Pouso Alegre (1962), Uberaba (1962), Vitória (1958) • Regional Sul (South) 1 (São Paulo) : Aparecida (1958), Botucatu (1958), Campinas (1958), Ribeirão Preto (1958), San Paolo (1908), Sorocaba (1992) • Regional Sul 2 (Paraná) : Cascavel (1979), Curitiba (1926), Curitiba degli Ucraini (2014), Londrina (1970), Maringá (1979) • Regional Sul 3 (Rio Grande do Sul) : Passo Fundo (2011), Pelotas (2011), Porto Alegre (1910), Santa Maria (2011) • Regional Sul 4 (Santa Catarina) : Florianópolis (1927) • Regional Centro-Oeste (Center-West) (Goiás, Distrito Federal e Tocantins) : Brasília (1960), Goiânia (1956), Palmas (1996)
and the army bishopric Ordinariato militare in Brasile (1950) • Regional Oeste (West) 1 (Mato Grosso do Sul) : Campo Grande (1979) • Regional Oeste 2 (Mato Grosso) : Cuiabá (1910) • Regional Noroeste (NW) (Rondônia, Acre e Amazonas) : Porto Velho (1982)
Canada Four regions, each comprising several Latin provinces - Ontario and West also the
Eastern Catholic province/eparchies, West also a non-metropolitan Latin archdiocese : • Ontario (Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario) : Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto,
Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto,
Chaldean Eparchy of Mar Addai off Toronto,
Ruthenian Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Metodius of Toronto • West (Assembly of Western Catholic Bishops) : Edmonton, Grouard-McLennan, Keewatin-Le Pas, Regina, Vancouver, (Latin archdiocese of) Winnipeg,
Ukrainian province of Winnipeg • Atlantic (Atlantic Episcopal Assembly) : Halifax-Yarmouth, Moncton, Saint John's • Québec ([francophone] Assemblée des évêques catholiques du Québec) : Gatineau, Quebec, Rimouski, Montréal, Sherbrooke,
Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montréal,
Melkite Eparchy of the Salvator of Montréal Mexico Each region covers one or more ecclesiastical provinces : • Sur (South) : Acapulco • Pacífico-Sur : Antequera, Tuxtla Gutiérrez • Norte (North) : Chihuahua • Metropolitana (federal capital) :
Archdiocese Ciudad Mexico (cfr. below) • Metro-Circundante : Tlalnepantla, Ciudad Mexico (
only suffragans in province, so excepting Ciudad Mexico itself, which constitutes its own region above) • Vizcaya-Pacifico : Durango • Occidente (West) : Guadalajara • Noroeste (NW) : Hermosillo, Tijuana • Noreste (NE) : Monterrey • Golfo : Jalapa • Bajío : León, San Luis Potosí • Don Vasco : Morelia • Oriente (East) : Puebla de los Ángeles • Centro (Central) : Tulancingo • Sureste (SE) : Yucatán
United States :
See: The dioceses of the United States are grouped into fifteen regions which, strictly speaking, are not "ecclesiastical regions" established by the Holy See, but rather regions that the USCCB established for convenience. They are not canonically established bodies. Fourteen of the regions (numbered I through XIV) are geographically based, for the Latin Catholic dioceses, the Eastern Catholic eparchies (dioceses) constitute the overlapping 'Region' XV.
Bishops' Region I ;Ecclesiastical province of Boston, comprising the states of
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and
Vermont. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston •
Diocese of Burlington •
Diocese of Fall River •
Diocese of Manchester •
Diocese of Portland •
Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts •
Diocese of Worcester ;Ecclesiastical province of Hartford, comprising the states of
Connecticut and
Rhode Island, as well as
Fishers Island in the state of
New York. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford •
Diocese of Bridgeport •
Diocese of Norwich •
Diocese of Providence Bishops' Region II ;Ecclesiastical province of New York, comprising the state of
New York except for
Fishers Island. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of New York •
Diocese of Albany •
Diocese of Brooklyn •
Diocese of Buffalo •
Diocese of Ogdensburg •
Diocese of Rochester •
Diocese of Rockville Centre •
Diocese of Syracuse Bishops' Region III ;Ecclesiastical province of Newark, comprising the state of
New Jersey. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark •
Diocese of Camden •
Diocese of Metuchen •
Diocese of Paterson •
Diocese of Trenton ;Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia, comprising the state of
Pennsylvania. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia •
Diocese of Allentown •
Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown •
Diocese of Erie •
Diocese of Greensburg •
Diocese of Harrisburg •
Diocese of Pittsburgh •
Diocese of Scranton Bishops' Region IV ;Ecclesiastical province of Baltimore, comprising most of the state of
Maryland as well as the states of
Delaware,
Virginia and
West Virginia. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore •
Diocese of Arlington •
Diocese of Richmond •
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston •
Diocese of Wilmington ;Ecclesiastical province of Washington, comprising the
District of Columbia, 5 counties in southern
Maryland, and the
United States Virgin Islands. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington •
Diocese of Saint Thomas, with see in
Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (the bishops of the diocese are members of the USCCB and have observer status in the
Antilles Episcopal Conference)
Bishops' Region V ;Ecclesiastical province of Louisville, comprising the states of
Kentucky and
Tennessee. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville •
Diocese of Covington •
Diocese of Knoxville •
Diocese of Lexington •
Diocese of Memphis •
Diocese of Nashville •
Diocese of Owensboro ;Ecclesiastical province of Mobile, comprising the states of
Alabama and
Mississippi. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile •
Diocese of Biloxi •
Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama •
Diocese of Jackson ;Ecclesiastical province of New Orleans, comprising the state of
Louisiana. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans •
Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana •
Diocese of Baton Rouge •
Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux •
Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana •
Diocese of Lake Charles •
Diocese of Shreveport Bishops' Region VI ;Ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati, comprising the state of
Ohio. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati •
Diocese of Cleveland •
Diocese of Columbus •
Diocese of Steubenville •
Diocese of Toledo •
Diocese of Youngstown ;Ecclesiastical province of Detroit, comprising the state of
Michigan. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit •
Diocese of Gaylord •
Diocese of Grand Rapids •
Diocese of Kalamazoo •
Diocese of Lansing •
Diocese of Marquette •
Diocese of Saginaw Bishops' Region VII ;Ecclesiastical province of Chicago, comprising the state of
Illinois. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago •
Diocese of Belleville •
Diocese of Joliet in Illinois •
Diocese of Peoria •
Diocese of Rockford •
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois ;Ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis, comprising the state of
Indiana. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis •
Diocese of Evansville •
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend •
Diocese of Gary •
Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana ;Ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, comprising the state of
Wisconsin. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee •
Diocese of Green Bay •
Diocese of La Crosse •
Diocese of Madison •
Diocese of Superior Bishops' Region VIII ;Ecclesiastical province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, comprising the states of
Minnesota,
North Dakota and
South Dakota. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis •
Diocese of Bismarck •
Diocese of Crookston •
Diocese of Duluth •
Diocese of Fargo •
Diocese of New Ulm •
Diocese of Rapid City •
Diocese of Saint Cloud •
Diocese of Sioux Falls •
Diocese of Winona-Rochester Bishops' Region IX ;Ecclesiastical province of Dubuque, comprising the state of
Iowa. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque •
Diocese of Davenport •
Diocese of Des Moines •
Diocese of Sioux City ;Ecclesiastical province of Kansas City, comprising the state of
Kansas. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas •
Diocese of Dodge City •
Diocese of Salina •
Diocese of Wichita ;Ecclesiastical province of Omaha, comprising the state of
Nebraska. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha •
Diocese of Grand Island •
Diocese of Lincoln ;Ecclesiastical province of Saint Louis, comprising the state of
Missouri. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Louis •
Diocese of Jefferson City •
Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph •
Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau Bishops' Region X ;Ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston, comprising the east and southeast parts of the state of
Texas. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston •
Diocese of Austin •
Diocese of Beaumont •
Diocese of Brownsville •
Diocese of Corpus Christi •
Diocese of Tyler •
Diocese of Victoria in Texas ;Ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, comprising the west and north of the state of
Texas. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio •
Diocese of Amarillo •
Diocese of Dallas •
Diocese of El Paso •
Diocese of Fort Worth •
Diocese of Laredo •
Diocese of Lubbock •
Diocese of San Angelo ;Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City, comprising the states of
Arkansas and
Oklahoma. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City •
Diocese of Little Rock •
Diocese of Tulsa ;Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, comprising former Anglicans throughout the United States (and Canada). •
Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Bishops' Region XI ;Ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles, comprising the southern part of the state of
California. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles •
Diocese of Fresno •
Diocese of Monterey in California •
Diocese of Orange (county, L.A.) •
Diocese of San Bernardino •
Diocese of San Diego ;Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, comprising the northern part of the state of
California and the state of
Hawaii (in Oceania). •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco •
Diocese of Oakland •
Diocese of Sacramento •
Diocese of San Jose in California •
Diocese of Santa Rosa in California •
Diocese of Stockton •
also Diocese of Honolulu, in Polynesia, i.e. in Oceania Bishops' Region XII ;Ecclesiastical province of Anchorage-Juneau, comprising the state of
Alaska. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau •
Diocese of Fairbanks ;Ecclesiastical province of Portland in Oregon, comprising the states of
Idaho,
Montana and
Oregon,
except for the parts of Yellowstone National Park in the states of Idaho and Montana. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon •
Diocese of Baker •
Diocese of Boise •
Diocese of Great Falls-Billings •
Diocese of Helena ;Ecclesiastical province of Seattle, comprising the state of
Washington •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seattle •
Diocese of Spokane •
Diocese of Yakima Bishops' Region XIII ;Ecclesiastical province of Denver, comprising the states of
Colorado and
Wyoming, as well as the parts of
Yellowstone National Park in the states of
Idaho and
Montana. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver •
Diocese of Cheyenne •
Diocese of Colorado Springs •
Diocese of Pueblo ;Ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprising the states of
Nevada and
Utah. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Las Vegas •
Diocese of Reno •
Diocese of Salt Lake City ;Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe, comprising the states of
Arizona and
New Mexico. •
Archdiocese of Santa Fe •
Diocese of Gallup •
Diocese of Las Cruces •
Diocese of Phoenix •
Diocese of Tucson Bishops' Region XIV ;Ecclesiastical province of Miami, comprising the state of
Florida. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami •
Diocese of Orlando •
Diocese of Palm Beach •
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee •
Diocese of St. Augustine •
Diocese of Saint Petersburg •
Diocese of Venice in Florida ;Ecclesiastical province of Atlanta, comprising the states of
Georgia,
North Carolina, and
South Carolina. •
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta •
Diocese of Charleston •
Diocese of Charlotte •
Diocese of Raleigh •
Diocese of Savannah Bishops' "Region" XV – Eastern Catholic Eparchies and Archeparchies This is not a geographical region and it does not consist of ecclesiastical provinces. Instead, it consists exclusively of US branches of various, generally Europe or Asia-based, particular Eastern Catholic Churches. See the Eastern Catholic Churches section (below) for their particular hierarchies. :
Antiochian rites ;
Maronite Church •
Eparchy of Brooklyn (NYC, New York) •
Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (St. Louis, Missouri) ;
Syriac Catholic Church •
Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark ;
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church •
Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada :
Armenian rite ;
Armenian Catholic Church •
Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York :
Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) rites ;
Melkite Greek Catholic Church •
Eparchy of Newton ;
Romanian Catholic Church • ''
Eparchy of St. George's in Canton for Romanians'' ;
Ruthenian Catholic Church Ecclesiastical province of the Ruthenian Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh •
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh •
Eparchy of Parma •
Eparchy of Passaic •
Holy Protection of Mary Eparchy of Phoenix ;
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia •
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia •
Eparchy of Saint Nicholas in Chicago for Ukrainians •
Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma •
Eparchy of Stamford :
Syro-Oriental Rites ;
Chaldean Catholic Church •
Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle of San Diego •
Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit ;
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church •
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago == References ==