- Global organisation of the Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church is organised in a worldwide
hierarchy under thepope , and the RomanCuria .Patriarch s are the heads of Catholic Churches other than the Latin Church. Some senior Roman Catholicarchbishop s are also called Patriarchs.Archbishop s andBishop s administer individualdiocese s as successors of thetwelve apostles . As such they are responsible for the appointment and supervision ofparish priest s, and the oversight of all church affairs within their diocese.The Catholic Church is organised into local hierarchies within each nation, or group of smaller nations. National Conferences of bishops co-ordinate local policy within each nation.
As of 3 April 2008, the ecclesial jurisdiction statistics is as follows; 13
Patriarchate , 2Major Archeparchy , 534Metropolitan Archdiocese , 79Archdiocese , 2,160Diocese , 48Prelature , 11Territorial Abbey , 16Apostolic Exarchate , 8Ordinariate , 35Military Ordinariate , 78Apostolic Vicariate , 45Apostolic Prefecture , 11Apostolic Administrature , and 9Mission 'sui juris' .The world hierarchy by region
Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Brundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Dem. Rep.)
- Cote d'Ivoire
Asia
Central America- Afghanistan
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- East Timor
- Hong Kong
- India
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Palestinian territories
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Antilles
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
North America
- Canada
Oceania
South America- Australia
- New Zealand
- Pacific Islands
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland Islands
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
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