List of Roman Catholic dioceses in China

The Catholic Church in China (PR and Taiwan) comprises 21 Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces, consisting of 21 archdioceses, 86 suffragan dioceses and 30 exempt dioceses (many apostolic prefectures and the diocese of Macau), i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, all members of the Latin Church. Furthermore, the Byzantine rite Russian Catholic Church has an Apostolic exarchate for China in Harbin.

List of Chinese Catholic provinces and dioceses in the PR

Ecclesiastical Province of Anqing

Ecclesiastical Province of Beijing

Ecclesiastical Province of Changsha

Ecclesiastical Province of Chongqing

Ecclesiastical Province of Fuzhou

Ecclesiastical Province of Guangzhou

Ecclesiastical Province of Guiyang

Ecclesiastical Province of Hangzhou

Ecclesiastical Province of Hankou

Ecclesiastical Province of Jinan

Ecclesiastical Province of Kaifeng

Ecclesiastical Province of Kunming

Ecclesiastical Province of Lanzhou

Ecclesiastical Province of Nanchang

Ecclesiastical Province of Nanjing

Ecclesiastical Province of Nanning

Ecclesiastical Province of Shenyang

Ecclesiastical Province of Suiyuan

Ecclesiastical Province of Taiyuan

Ecclesiastical Province of Xi'an

Ecclesiastical Province of Taipei, on Taiwan

List of exempt Catholic Chinese dioceses, immediately subject to the Holy See

(many Apostolic prefectures are vacant, often long-term)

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