# List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in South America
## List of Dioceses
### Antilles Episcopal Conference
#### Ecclesiastical Province of Port of Spain

* Archdiocese of Port of Spain
** Diocese of Bridgetown
** Diocese of Georgetown
** Diocese of Kingstown
** Diocese of Paramaribo
** Diocese of Willemstad

### Episcopal Conference of Argentina
#### Ecclesiastical province of Bahía Blanca

* Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
** Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro
** Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia
** Diocese of Rawson
** Diocese of Río Gallegos
** Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche
** Diocese of Santa Rosa
** Diocese of Viedma

#### Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires

* Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
** Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús
** Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrère
** Diocese of Lomas de Zamora
** Diocese of Morón
** Diocese of Merlo-Moreno
** Diocese of San Isidro
** Diocese of San Justo
** Diocese of San Martín
** Diocese of San Miguel

#### Ecclesiastical province of Córdoba

* Archdiocese of Córdoba
** Diocese of Cruz del Eje
** Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
** Diocese of San Francisco
** Diocese of Villa María
** Prelature of Deán Funes

#### Ecclesiastical province of Corrientes

* Archdiocese of Corrientes
** Diocese of Goya
** Diocese of Posadas
** Diocese of Puerto Iguazú
** Diocese of Santo Tomé

#### Ecclesiastical province of La Plata

* Archdiocese of La Plata
** Diocese of Azul
** Diocese of Chascomús
** Diocese of Mar del Plata
** Diocese of Nueve de Julio
** Diocese of Quilmes
** Diocese of Zárate-Campana

#### Ecclesiastical province of Mendoza

* Archdiocese of Mendoza
** Diocese of Neuquén
** Diocese of San Rafael

#### Ecclesiastical province of Mercedes-Luján

* Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

#### Ecclesiastical province of Paraná

* Archdiocese of Paraná
** Diocese of Concordia
** Diocese of Gualeguaychú

#### Ecclesiastical province of Resistencia

* Archdiocese of Resistencia
** Diocese of Formosa
** Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

#### Ecclesiastical province of Rosario

* Archdiocese of Rosario
** Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
** Diocese of Venado Tuerto

#### Ecclesiastical province of Salta

* Archdiocese of Salta
** Diocese of Catamarca
** Diocese of Jujuy
** Diocese of Orán
** Prelature of Cafayate
** Prelature of Humahuaca

#### Ecclesiastical province of San Juan

* Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo
** Diocese of La Rioja
** Diocese of San Luis

#### Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe

* Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
** Diocese of Rafaela
** Diocese of Reconquista

#### Ecclesiastical province of Tucumán

* Archdiocese of Tucumán
** Diocese of Añatuya
** Diocese of Concepción
** Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero

### Episcopal Conference of Bolivia
#### Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba

* Archdiocese of Cochabamba
** Diocese of Oruro
** Prelature of Aiquile

#### Ecclesiastical province of La Paz

* Archdiocese of La Paz
** Diocese of Coroico
** Diocese of El Alto
** Prelature of Corocoro

#### Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

* Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
** Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco

#### Ecclesiastical province of Sucre

* Archdiocese of Sucre
** Diocese of Potosí
** Diocese of Tarija

### Episcopal Conference of Brazil
#### Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida

* Archdiocese of Aparecida
** Diocese of Caraguatatuba
** Diocese of Lorena
** Diocese of São José dos Campos
** Diocese of Taubaté

#### Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju

* Archdiocese of Aracaju
** Diocese of Estância
** Diocese of Propriá

#### Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará

* Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
** Diocese of Abaetetuba
** Diocese of Bragança do Pará
** Diocese of Castanhal
** Diocese of Macapá
** Diocese of Marabá
** Diocese of Óbidos
** Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
** Diocese of Santarém
** Prelature of Cametá
** Prelature of Itaituba
** Prelature of Marajó
** Prelature of Xingu

#### Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte

* Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
** Diocese of Divinópolis
** Diocese of Luz
** Diocese of Oliveira
** Diocese of Sete Lagoas

#### Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu

* Archdiocese of Botucatu
** Diocese of Araçatuba
** Diocese of Assis
** Diocese of Bauru
** Diocese of Lins
** Diocese of Marília
** Diocese of Ourinhos
** Diocese of Presidente Prudente

#### Ecclesiastical province of Brasília

* Archdiocese of Brasília
** Diocese of Formosa
** Diocese of Luziânia
** Diocese of Uruaçu

#### Ecclesiastical province of Campinas

* Archdiocese of Campinas
** Diocese of Amparo
** Diocese of Bragança Paulista
** Diocese of Limeira
** Diocese of Piracicaba
** Diocese of São Carlos

#### Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande

* Archdiocese of Campo Grande
** Diocese of Corumbá
** Diocese of Coxim
** Diocese of Dourados
** Diocese of Jardim
** Diocese of Naviraí
** Diocese of Três Lagoas

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel

* Diocese of Cascavel
** Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
** Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
** Diocese of Toledo

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá

* Archdiocese of Cuiabá
** Diocese of Barra do Garças
** Diocese of Diamantino
** Diocese of Guiratinga
** Diocese of Juína
** Diocese of Rondonópolis
** Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
** Prelature of Paranatinga
** Prelature of São Félix

#### Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba

* Archdiocese of Curitiba
** Diocese of Guarapuava
** Diocese of Paranaguá
** Diocese of Ponta Grossa
** Diocese of União da Vitória
** Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba
** Diocese of São José dos Pinhais

#### Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina

* Archdiocese of Diamantina
** Diocese of Almenara
** Diocese of Araçuaí
** Diocese of Guanhães
** Diocese of Teófilo Otoni

#### Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana

* Archdiocese of Feira de Santana
** Diocese of Barra do Rio Grande
** Diocese of Barreiras
** Diocese of Bonfim
** Diocese of Irecê
** Diocese of Juazeiro
** Diocese of Paulo Afonso
** Diocese of Ruy Barbosa
** Diocese of Serrinha

#### Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis

* Archdiocese of Florianópolis
** Diocese of Blumenau
** Diocese of Caçador
** Diocese of Chapecó
** Diocese of Criciúma
** Diocese of Joaçaba
** Diocese of Joinville
** diocese of Lages
** Diocese of Rio do Sul
** Diocese of Tubarão

#### Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza

* Archdiocese of Fortaleza
** Diocese of Crateús
** Diocese of Crato
** Diocese of Iguatú
** Diocese of Itapipoca
** Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
** Diocese of Fortaleza
** Diocese of Sobral
** Diocese of Tianguá

#### Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia

* Archdiocese of Goiânia
** Diocese of Anápolis
** diocese of Goiás
** Diocese of Ipameri
** Diocese of Itumbiara
** Diocese of Jataí
** Diocese of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia
** Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos

#### Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora

* Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
** Diocese of Leopoldina
** Diocese of São João del Rei

#### Ecclesiastical province of Londrina

* Archdiocese of Londrina
** Diocese of Apucarana
** Diocese of Cornélio Procópio
** Diocese of Jacarezinho

#### Ecclesiastical province of Maceió

* Archdiocese of Maceió
** Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
** Diocese of Penedo

#### Ecclesiastical province of Manaus

* Archdiocese of Manaus
** Diocese of Alto Solimões
** Diocese of Coari
** Diocese of Parintins
** Diocese of Roraima
** Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira
** Territorial Prelature of Borba
** Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
** Territorial Prelature of Tefé

#### Ecclesiastical province of Mariana

* Archdiocese of Mariana
** Diocese of Caratinga
** Diocese of Governador Valadares
** Diocese of Itabira-Fabriciano

#### Ecclesiastical province of Maringá

* Archdiocese of Maringá
** Diocese of Campo Mourão
** Diocese of Paranavaí
** Diocese of Umuarama

#### Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros

* Archdiocese of Montes Claros
** Diocese of Janaúba
** Diocese of Januária
** Diocese of Paracatu

#### Ecclesiastical province of Natal

* Archdiocese of Natal
** Diocese of Caicó
** Diocese of Mossoró

#### Ecclesiastical province of Niterói

* Archdiocese of Niterói
** Diocese of Campos
** Diocese of Nova Friburgo
** Diocese of Petrópolis

#### Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife

* Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
** Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
** Diocese of Caruaru
** Diocese of Floresta
** Diocese of Garanhuns
** Diocese of Nazaré
** Diocese of Palmares
** Diocese of Pesqueira
** Diocese of Petrolina

#### Ecclesiastical province of Palmas

* Archdiocese of Palmas
** Diocese of Cristalândia
** Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
** Diocese of Porto Nacional
** Diocese of Tocantinópolis

#### Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba

* Archdiocese of Paraíba
** Diocese of Cajazieras
** Diocese of Campina Grande
** Diocese of Guarabira
** Diocese of Patos

#### Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo

* Archdiocese of Passo Fundo
** Diocese of Erexim
** Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
** Diocese of Vacaria

#### Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas

* Archdiocese of Pelotas
** Diocese of Bagé
** Diocese of Rio Grande

#### Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre

* Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
** Diocese of Caxias do Sul
** Diocese of Montenegro
** Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
** Diocese of Osório

#### Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho

* Archdiocese of Porto Velho
** Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul
** Diocese of Guajará-Mirim
** Diocese of Humaitá
** Diocese of Ji-Paraná
** Diocese of Rio Branco
** Prelature of Lábrea

#### Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre

* Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
** Diocese of Campanha
** Diocese of Guaxupé

#### Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto

* Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto
** Diocese of Barretos
** Diocese of Catanduva
** Diocese of Franca
** Diocese of Jaboticabal
** Diocese of Jales
** Diocese of São João da Boa Vista
** Diocese of São José do Rio Preto

#### Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria

* Archdiocese of Santa Maria
** Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
** Diocese of Cruz Alta
** Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
** Diocese of Santo Ângelo
** Diocese of Uruguaiana

#### Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão

* Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
** Diocese of Bacabal
** Diocese of Balsas
** Diocese of Brejo
** Diocese of Carolina
** Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
** Diocese of Coroatá
** Diocese of Grajaú
** Diocese of Imperatriz
** Diocese of Pinheiro
** Diocese of Viana
** Diocese of Zé-Doca

#### Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo

* Archdiocese of São Paulo
** Diocese of Campo Limpo
** Diocese of Caraguatatuba
** Diocese of Guarulhos
** Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes
** Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo
** Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
** Diocese of Osasco
** Diocese of Santo Amaro
** Diocese of Santo André
** Diocese of Santos
** Diocese of São Miguel Paulista

#### Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia

* Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
** Diocese of Alagoinhas
** Diocese of Amargosa
** Diocese of Camaçari
** Diocese of Eunápolis
** Diocese of Ilhéus
** Diocese of Itabuna
** Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas

#### Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

* Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
** Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
** Diocese of Duque de Caxias
** Diocese of Itaguaí
** Diocese of Nova Iguaçu
** Diocese of Valença

#### Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba

* Archdiocese of Sorocaba
** Diocese of Itapetininga
** Diocese of Itapeva
** Diocese of Jundiaí
** Diocese of Registro

#### Ecclesiastical province of Teresina

* Archdiocese of Teresina
** Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
** Diocese of Campo Maior
** Diocese of Floriano
** Diocese of Oeiras
** Diocese of Parnaíba
** Diocese of Picos
** Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

#### Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba

* Archdiocese of Uberaba
** Diocese of Ituiutaba
** Diocese of Patos de Minas
** Diocese of Uberlândia

#### Ecclesiastical province of Vitória

* Archdiocese of Vitória
** Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
** Diocese of Colatina
** Diocese of São Mateus

#### Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista

* Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
** Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
** Diocese of Caetité
** Diocese of Jequié
** Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

### Episcopal Conference of Chile
#### Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta

* Archdiocese of Antofagasta
** Diocese of Arica
** Diocese of Iquique
** Prelature of Calama

#### Ecclesiastical province of Concepción

* Archdiocese of Concepción
** Diocese of Chillán
** Diocese of Los Ángeles
** Diocese of Temuco
** Diocese of Valdivia
** Diocese of Villarrica

#### Ecclesiastical province of La Serena

* Archdiocese of La Serena
** Diocese of Copiapó
** Prelature of Illapel

#### Ecclesiastical province of Puerto Montt

* Archdiocese of Puerto Montt
** Diocese of Osorno
** Diocese of Punta Arenas
** Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud

#### Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile

* Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
** Diocese of Linares
** Diocese of Melipilla
** Diocese of Rancagua
** Diocese of San Bernardo
** Diocese of San Filipe
** Diocese of Talca
** Diocese of Valparaíso

### Episcopal Conference of Colombia
#### Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla

* Archdiocese of Barranquilla
** Diocese of El Banco
** Diocese of Riohacha
** Diocese of Santa Marta
** Diocese of Valledupar

#### Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá

* Archdiocese of Bogotá
** Diocese of Engativá
** Diocese of Facatativá
** Diocese of Fontibón
** Diocese of Girardot
** Diocese of Soacha
** Diocese of Zipaquirá

#### Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga

* Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
** Diocese of Barrancabermeja
** Diocese of Málaga-Soatá
** Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
** Diocese of Vélez

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cali

* Archdiocese of Cali
** Diocese of Buenaventura
** Diocese of Buga
** Diocese of Cartago
** Diocese of Palmira

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena

* Archdiocese of Cartagena
** Diocese of Magangué
** Diocese of Montelibano
** Diocese of Monteria
** Diocese of Sincelejo

#### Ecclesiastical province of Florencia

* Archdiocese of Florencia
** Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy
** Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

#### Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué

* Archdiocese of Ibagué
** Diocese of Espinal
** Diocese of Garzón
** Diocese of Líbano–Honda
** Diocese of Neiva

#### Ecclesiastical province of Manizales

* Archdiocese of Manizales
** Diocese of Armenia
** Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas
** Diocese of Pereira

#### Ecclesiastical province of Medellín

* Archdiocese of Medellín
** Diocese of Caldas
** Diocese of Girardota
** Diocese of Jericó
** Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro

#### Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona

* Archdiocese of Neuva Pamplona
** Diocese of Arauca
** Diocese of Cúcuta
** Diocese of Ocaña
** Diocese of Tibú

#### Ecclesiastical province of Popayán

* Archdiocese of Popayán
** Diocese of Ipiales
** Diocese of Pasto
** Diocese of Tumaco

#### Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia

* Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
** Diocese of Apartadó
** Diocese of Ismina-Tadó
** Diocese of Quibdó
** Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

#### Ecclesiastical province of Tunja

* Archdiocese of Tunja
** Diocese of Chiquinquirá
** Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso
** Diocese of Garagoa
** Diocese of Yopal

#### Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio

* Archdiocese of Villavicencio
** Diocese of Granada en Colombia
** Diocese of San José del Guaviare

### Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
#### Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca

* Archdiocese of Cuenca
** Diocese of Azogues
** Diocese of Loja
** Diocese of Machala

#### Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil

* Archdiocese of Guayaquil
** Diocese of Babahoyo
** Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi

#### Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo

* Archdiocese of Portoviejo
** Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados

#### Ecclesiastical province of Quito

* Archdiocese of Quito
** Diocese of Ambato
** Diocese of Guaranda
** Diocese of Ibarra
** Diocese of Latacunga
** Diocese of Riobamba
** Diocese of Tulcán

### Episcopal Conference of Paraguay
#### Ecclesiastical province of Asunción

* Archdiocese of Asunción
** Diocese of Benjamín Aceval
** Diocese of Caacupé
** Diocese of Carapeguá
** Diocese of Ciudad del Este
** Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay
** Diocese of Coronel Oviedo
** Diocese of Encarnación
** Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
** Diocese of San Lorenzo
** Diocese of San Pedro
** Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo

### Episcopal Conference of Peru
#### Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa

* Archdiocese of Arequipa
** Diocese of Puno
** Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
** Prelature of Ayaviri
** Prelature of Chuquibamba
** Prelature of Juli

#### Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho

* Archdiocese of Ayacucho
** Diocese of Huancavélica

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco

* Archdiocese of Cuzco
** Diocese of Abancay
** Diocese of Sicuani
** Prelature of Chuquibambilla

#### Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo

* Archdiocese of Huancayo
** Diocese of Huánuco
** Diocese of Tarma

#### Ecclesiastical province of Lima

* Archdiocese of Lima
** Diocese of Callao
** Diocese of Carabayllo
** Diocese of Chosica
** Diocese of Huacho
** Diocese of Ica
** Diocese of Talca
** Diocese of Lurín
** Prelature of Yauyos

#### Ecclesiastical province of Piura

* Archdiocese of Piura
** Diocese of Chachapoyas
** Diocese of Chiclayo
** Diocese of Chulucanas
** Prelature of Chota

#### Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo

* Archdiocese of Trujillo
** Diocese of Cajamarca
** Diocese of Chimbote
** Diocese of Huaraz
** Diocese of Huarí
** Prelature of Huamachuco
** Prelature of Moyobamba

### Episcopal Conference of Uruguay
#### Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo

* Archdiocese of Montevideo
** Diocese of Canelones
** Diocese of Florida
** Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este
** Diocese of Melo
** Diocese of Mercedes
** Diocese of Minas
** Diocese of Salto
** Diocese of San José de Mayo
** Diocese of Tacuarembó

### Episcopal Conference of Venezuela
#### Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto

* Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
** Diocese of Acarigua–Araure
** Diocese of Carora
** Diocese of Guanare
** Diocese of San Felipe

#### Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo

* Archdiocese of Calabozo
** Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
** Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

#### Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

* Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
** Diocese of Guarenas
** Diocese of La Guaira
** Diocese of Los Teques

#### Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar

* Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
** Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
** Diocese of Maturín

#### Ecclesiastical province of Coro

* Archdiocese of Coro
** Diocese of Punto Fijo

#### Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná

* Archdiocese of Cumaná
** Diocese of Barcelona
** Diocese of Carúpano
** Diocese of Margarita

#### Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo

* Archdiocese of Maracaibo
** Diocese of Cabimas
** Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia
** Diocese of Machiques

#### Ecclesiastical province of Mérida

* Archdiocese of Mérida
** Diocese of Barinas
** Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
** Diocese of Trujillo

#### Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela

* Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
** Diocese of Maracay
** Diocese of Puerto Cabello
** Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela

## Sources

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/qview3.html