List of former Catholic dioceses

The list of the former Catholic dioceses contains all the abolished dioceses and their equivalent partial churches of the Roman Catholic Church , which consists of 23 rite churches , namely the Latin Church (also known as the Roman Church ) and 22 Uniate Churches .

The sorting takes place according to states and church provinces . immediate or exemte dioceses did not belong to any ecclesiastical province and were directly subordinate to the Pope .

The dioceses whose bishopric continues to exist as a titular bishopric are not included . These are included in the list of the Roman Catholic titular dioceses.

Existing dioceses can be found in the list of Roman Catholic dioceses .

Albania

• Shkodra-Pult Church Province: Bishopric Pult

Belgium

• Church province Mechelen: Diocese of Eupen-Malmedy , Diocese of Saint-Omer , Diocese of Ypres

Bosnia Herzegovina

• Church province of Vrhbosna: Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan

China

• Khanbalik Church Province: Quanzhou Diocese , Mission sui juris Yining

Denmark

Danish dioceses in the Middle Ages

• Ecclesiastical province of Lund: Diocese of Århus , Diocese of Børglum , Diocese of Odense , Diocese of Ripen , Diocese of Roskilde , Diocese of Vestervig , Diocese of Viborg
• Church province of Nidaros: Diocese of Faroe Islands , Greenland

Germany and Austria

→ Main article : Vicariate Apostolic of the North

• Church provinces of Hamburg and Bremen: Diocese of Bremen , Diocese of Lübeck , Diocese of Mecklenburg , Diocese of Oldenburg , Diocese of Ratzeburg , Diocese of Schwerin
• Church province of Lund: Diocese of Schleswig ,
• Church Province of Cologne: Diocese of Minden
• Church province Magdeburg: Archdiocese of Magdeburg , Diocese of Brandenburg , Diocese of Havelberg , Diocese of Lebus , Diocese of Meißen , Diocese of Merseburg , Diocese of Naumburg , Diocese of Zeitz
• Ecclesiastical Province of Mainz: Diocese of Büraburg , Diocese of Corvey , Diocese of Halberstadt , Diocese of Constance , Diocese of Verden , Diocese of Worms
• Church Province Salzburg: Diocese Chiemsee , Diocese Leoben , Diocese Neuburg
• Ecclesiastical province of Breslau: Prelature Schneidemühl
• Ecclesiastical province of Riga: Diocese of Kulm , Diocese of Pomesania , Diocese of Samland
• Church Province Vienna: Diocese of Wiener Neustadt
• Immediate: Diocese of Cammin

Estonia

• Church province of Riga: Diocese of Dorpat , Diocese of Ösel-Wiek
• Church province of Uppsala: Diocese of Reval

Finland

• Ecclesiastical Province of Uppsala: Diocese of Turku

France

• Church province of Aix: Diocese of Apt , Diocese of Riez , Diocese of Sisteron
• Ecclesiastical province of Albi: Diocese of Javols , Diocese of Vabres
• Ecclesiastical Province of Arles: Archdiocese of Arles , Diocese of Toulon , Diocese of Orange , Diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
• Ecclesiastical province Also: Diocese of Couserans , Diocese of Comminges , Diocese of Lectoure , Diocese of Lescar , Diocese of Oloron , Diocese of Dax , Diocese of Bazas
• Ecclesiastical province of Avignon: Diocese of Cavaillon , Diocese of Carpentras , Diocese of Maguelone , Diocese of Vaison
• Ecclesiastical province of Bordeaux: Diocese of Maillezais , Diocese of Saintes , Diocese of Sarlat
• Ecclesiastical province of Embrun: Archdiocese of Embrun , Diocese of Senez , Diocese of Glandèves , Diocese of Vence , Diocese of Grasse
• Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa: Diocese of Aléria , Diocese of Mariana , Diocese of Nebbio and Diocese of Sagone (all in Corsica)
• Ecclesiastical province of Lyon: Diocese of Chalon , Diocese of Mâcon , Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse
• Ecclesiastical province of Narbonne: Archdiocese of Narbonne , Diocese of Agde , Diocese of Alais , Diocese of Alet , Diocese of Béziers , Diocese of Lodève , Diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières , Diocese of Uzès
• Ecclesiastical province of Reims: Diocese of Boulogne , Diocese of Laon , Diocese of Noyon , Diocese of Senlis , Diocese of Thérouanne
• Ecclesiastical province of Rouen: Diocese of Avranches , Diocese of Lisieux
• Ecclesiastical province of Sens: Diocese of Auxerre , Diocese of Clamecy
• Church province of Tarentaise: Archdiocese of Tarentaise
• Ecclesiastical province of Toulouse: Diocese of Condom , Diocese of Mirepoix , Diocese of Rieux , Diocese of Saint Papoul , Diocese of Lavaur , Diocese of Lombez
• Ecclesiastical Province of Tours: Diocese of Tréguier , Diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon , Diocese of Saint-Malo , Diocese of Dol
• Church province of Trier: Diocese of Toul
• Church province of Vienne: Archdiocese of Vienne , Diocese of Die (not to be confused with the Diocese of Saint-Dié!), Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
• Immediate: Cluny Abbey ,

Greece

• Church province of Corfu: Diocese of Cefalonia , Diocese of Zante
• Church province Naxos-Tinos: Diocese of Andros , Diocese of Mykonos , Diocese of Kea , Diocese of Milos , Diocese of Tinos

Great Britain

England and Wales

1. Ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury of Canterbury , Diocese of Bath , Diocese of Bath and Wells , diocese of Chichester , Bishop of Cornwall , diocese of Coventry , Diocese of Crediton , Diocese of Dorchester , diocese of Dunwich , Diocese of Elmham , Diocese of Ely , Diocese of Exeter , diocese of Hereford , diocese of Hexham , Diocese of Leicester , Diocese of Lichfield , Diocese of Lincoln , Diocese of Lindsey , Diocese of London , Diocese of Norwich , Diocese of Rochester , Diocese of Salisbury , Diocese of Selsey , Diocese of Sherborne , Diocese of Thetford , Diocese of Wells , Diocese of Winchester , Diocese of Whithorn , Diocese of Worcester , and in Wales: Diocese of St. Asaph , Diocese of Llandaff , Diocese of Bangor , Diocese of Saint David's
2. Ecclesiastical Province of York: Archdiocese of York , Diocese of Carlisle , Diocese of Durham , Diocese of Lindisfarne , Diocese of Ramsbury , Diocese of Sodor & Man

Scotland

1. Ecclesiastical Province of Glasgow: Archdiocese of Glasgow , Diocese of Dunblane , Diocese of Dunkeld , Diocese of Lismore in Scotland , Diocese of Withorn
2. Ecclesiastical Province of St. Andrews: Archdiocese of St. Andrews , Diocese of Brechin , Diocese of Dornoch , Diocese of Elgin , Diocese of Fortrose , Diocese of Kirkwall
3. Ecclesiastical Province of Nidaros: Diocese of Shetland

India

• Ecclesiastical province of Goa: Diocese of Daman , Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore

Iraq

• Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon: Diocese of Sulaimaniya

Iceland

• Church province of Nidaros: Diocese of Hólar , Diocese of Skárholt

Italy

• Ecclesiastical province of Aquileia: Patriarchate Aquileia
• Church province of Bari: Diocese of Bitonto , Diocese of Ruvo
• Church province of Campobasso: Diocese of Larino , Diocese of Venafro
• Church province Manfredonia: Diocese of Vieste
• Ecclesiastical Province of Messina: Diocese of Lipari , Diocese of Lipari-Patti , Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela
• Ecclesiastical province of Perugia: Diocese of Nocera Umbra , Diocese of Gualdo Tadino
• Ecclesiastical Province of Rome: Territorial Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls
• Immediate: Diocese of Amelia , Diocese of Atri , Diocese of Cingoli , Diocese of Città della Pieve , Diocese of Matelica , Diocese of Narni , Diocese of Norcia , Diocese of Numana , Diocese of Osimo , Diocese of Recanati , Diocese of Todi

Canada

• Bishopric of Alexandria-Cornwall
• Diocese of Gravelbourg
• Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville
• Diocese of Yarmouth

Croatia

• Diocese of Knin
• Diocese of Makarska
• Diocese of Modruš
• Diocese of Nin
• Diocese of Osor
• Diocese of Pula
• Diocese of Rab
• Diocese of Senj
• Diocese of Trogir

Latvia

• Church province of Riga: Diocese of Courland , Diocese of Uexküll , Diocese of Wenden

Moldova

• Immediate: Diocese of Tiraspol

Montenegro

• Ecclesiastical province of Bar: Diocese of Budva , Diocese of Ulcinj

Myanmar

• Ecclesiastical Province of Goa: Vicariate Apostolic Ava and Pegù

Netherlands

• Ecclesiastical province of Utrecht: Diocese of Leeuwarden , Diocese of Deventer , Diocese of Middelburg

Norway

• Ecclesiastical province of Nidaros: Archdiocese of Nidaros , Diocese of Bergen , Diocese of Hamar , Diocese of Oslo , Diocese of Stavanger

Poland

• Diocese of Augustów
• Diocese of Julin
• Diocese of Pomesania
• Sejny bishopric
• Diocese of Wigery

Portugal

• Diocese of Castelo Branco
• Diocese of Dume
• Diocese of Elvas
• Diocese of Penafiel
• Diocese of Pinhel

Russia

• Ecclesiastical Province of Riga: Diocese of Samland
• Church province Gnesen: Diocese of Smolensk
• Immediate: Diocese of Vladivostok

Sweden

• Church province of Lund: Archdiocese of Lund
• Ecclesiastical province of Uppsala: Archdiocese of Uppsala , Diocese of Dalby , Diocese of Linköping , Diocese of Sigtuna , Diocese of Skara , Diocese of Strängnäs , Diocese of Västerås

Somalia

• Immediate: Diocese of Mogadishu (defacto)

Czech Republic

• Ecclesiastical province of Prague: Litomyšl diocese (Litomyšl)

Belarus

• Diocese of Minsk (1869–1917 personal union with Mahiljou)

supporting documents

1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger : Putzger historical world atlas . 96th edition, Cornelsen-Velhagen & Klasing, Berlin 1974, from it map Church organization of Europe around 1500, p. 61.
2. ↑ in Poland Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień rebuilt