{"id":53992,"date":"2025-07-25T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53992"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:25:10","slug":"how-many-catholic-dioceses-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/how-many-catholic-dioceses-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0643\u0645 \u0639\u062f\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629\u061f 196"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>There are 196 Catholic dioceses in the US. By the US bishops&#039; own lists in October 2026, they are 176 Latin dioceses and archdioceses, 18 Eastern Catholic eparchies, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, and the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, which serves Catholics of Anglican heritage. The directory Catholic-Hierarchy also counts 196. Each of those 196 is a flock with a shepherd. In Los Angeles the flock is nearly four million Catholics; in Fairbanks it is\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 196 Catholic dioceses in the US: 176 Latin, 18 Eastern Catholic, the Military Archdiocese and the Ordinariate. Provinces, largest, bishops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-53992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53986,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/address-catholic-bishop\/","url_meta":{"origin":53992,"position":0},"title":"How to Address a Catholic Bishop: &#8220;Your Excellency&#8221; in Person and in Writing","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Greet a Catholic bishop as Your Excellency, then Bishop and his surname. 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