DIOCESSES

The dioceses in Africa reflect the vast structure and growth of the Catholic Church across the continent, organized into hundreds of local churches within different countries and regions. Each diocese, led by a bishop or archbishop, serves as a unified network under SECAM that strengthens the mission of the Church in Africa.

A

Algeria flag
Algeria

4 Dioceses

  • Alger (Archdiocese)
  • Constantine-Hippone (Diocese)
  • Laghouat (Diocese)
  • Oran (Diocese)
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Angola

22 Dioceses

  • Benguela (Diocese)
  • Cabinda (Diocese)
  • Caxito (Diocese)
  • Dundo (Diocese)
  • Huambo (Archdiocese)
  • Kwito-Bié (Diocese)
  • Luanda (Archdiocese)
  • Lubango (Archdiocese)
  • Lwena (Diocese)
  • Malanje (Archdiocese)
  • Mbanza Congo (Diocese)
  • Menongue (Diocese)
  • Namibe (Diocese)
  • Ndalatando (Diocese)
  • Ondjiva (Diocese)
  • Saurimo (Archdiocese)
  • Sumbe (Diocese)
  • Uije (Diocese)
  • Viana (Diocese)

B

Benin flag
Benin

10 Dioceses

  • Abomey (Diocese)
  • Cotonou (Archdiocese)
  • Dassa-Zoumé (Diocese)
  • Djougou (Diocese)
  • Kandi (Diocese)
  • Lokossa (Diocese)
  • Natitingou (Diocese)
  • N'Dali (Diocese)
  • Parakou (Archdiocese)
  • Porto Novo (Diocese)
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Botswana

2 Dioceses

  • Francistown (Diocese)
  • Gaborone (Diocese)
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Burkina Faso

15 Dioceses

  • Banfora (Diocese)
  • Bobo-Dioulasso (Archdiocese)
  • Dédougou (Diocese)
  • Diébougou (Diocese)
  • Dori (Diocese)
  • Fada N'Gourma (Diocese)
  • Gaoua (Diocese)
  • Kaya (Diocese)
  • Koudougou (Diocese)
  • Koupéla (Archdiocese)
  • Manga (Diocese)
  • Nouna (Diocese)
  • Ouagadougou (Archdiocese)
  • Ouahigouya (Diocese)
  • Tenkodogo (Diocese)
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Burundi

8 Dioceses

  • Bubanza (Diocese)
  • Bujumbura (Archdiocese)
  • Bururi (Diocese)
  • Gitega (Archdiocese)
  • Muyinga (Diocese)
  • Ngozi (Diocese)
  • Rutana (Diocese)
  • Ruyigi (Diocese)

C

Cameroon flag
Cameroon

25 Dioceses

  • Bafang (Diocese)
  • Bafia (Diocese)
  • Bafoussam (Diocese)
  • Bamenda (Archdiocese)
  • Batouri (Diocese)
  • Bertoua (Archdiocese)
  • Buéa (Diocese)
  • Douala (Archdiocese)
  • Doumé-Abong' Mbang (Diocese)
  • Ebolowa (Diocese)
  • Edéa (Diocese)
  • Eséka (Diocese)
  • Garoua (Archdiocese)
  • Kribi (Diocese)
  • Kumba (Diocese)
  • Kumbo (Diocese)
  • Mamfe (Diocese)
  • Maroua-Mokolo (Diocese)
  • Mbalmayo (Diocese)
  • Ngaoundéré (Diocese)
  • Nkongsamba (Diocese)
  • Obala (Diocese)
  • Sangmélima (Diocese)
  • Yagoua (Diocese)
  • Yaoundé (Archdiocese)
  • Yokadouma (Diocese)
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Cape Verde

2 Dioceses

  • Mindelo (Diocese)
  • Santiago de Cabo Verde (Diocese)
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Central African Republic

9 Dioceses

  • Alindao (Diocese)
  • Bambari (Diocese)
  • Bangassou (Diocese)
  • Bangui (Archdiocese)
  • Berbérati (Diocese)
  • Bossangoa (Diocese)
  • Bouar (Diocese)
  • Kaga-Bandoro (Diocese)
  • Mbaïki (Diocese)
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Chad

8 Dioceses

  • Doba (Diocese)
  • Goré (Diocese)
  • Lai (Diocese)
  • Mongo (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Moundou (Diocese)
  • N'Djaména (Archdiocese)
  • Pala (Diocese)
  • Sarh (Diocese)
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Congo

9 Dioceses

  • Brazzaville (Archdiocese)
  • Dolisie (Diocese)
  • Gamboma (Diocese)
  • Impfondo (Diocese)
  • Kinkala (Diocese)
  • Nkayi (Diocese)
  • Ouesso (Diocese)
  • Owando (Diocese)
  • Pointe-Noire (Diocese)
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Congo DR

47 Dioceses

  • Basankusu (Diocese)
  • Bokungu-Ikela (Diocese)
  • Boma (Diocese)
  • Bondo (Diocese)
  • Budjala (Diocese)
  • Bukavu (Archdiocese)
  • Bunia (Diocese)
  • Buta (Diocese)
  • Butembo-Beni (Diocese)
  • Doruma-Dungu (Diocese)
  • Goma (Diocese)
  • Idiofa (Diocese)
  • Inongo (Diocese)
  • Isangi (Diocese)
  • Isiro-Niangara (Diocese)
  • Kabinda (Diocese)
  • Kalemie-Kirungu (Diocese)
  • Kamina (Diocese)
  • Kananga (Archdiocese)
  • Kasongo (Diocese)
  • Kenge (Diocese)
  • Kikwit (Diocese)
  • Kilwa-Kasenga (Diocese)
  • Kindu (Diocese)
  • Kinshasa (Archdiocese)
  • Kisangani (Archdiocese)
  • Kisantu (Diocese)
  • Kole (Diocese)
  • Kolwezi (Diocese)
  • Kongolo (Diocese)
  • Lisala (Diocese)
  • Lolo (Diocese)
  • Lubumbashi (Archdiocese)
  • Luebo (Diocese)
  • Luiza (Diocese)
  • Mahagi-Nioka (Diocese)
  • Manono (Diocese)
  • Matadi (Diocese)
  • Mbandaka-Bikoro (Archdiocese)
  • Mbujimayi (Diocese)
  • Molegbe (Diocese)
  • Mweka (Diocese)
  • Popokabaka (Diocese)
  • Sakania-Kipushi (Diocese)
  • Tshumbe (Diocese)
  • Uvira (Diocese)
  • Wamba (Diocese)
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Côte D'Ivoire

15 Dioceses

  • Abengourou (Diocese)
  • Abidjan (Archdiocese)
  • Agboville (Diocese)
  • Bondoukou (Diocese)
  • Bouaké (Archdiocese)
  • Daloa (Diocese)
  • Gagnoa (Archdiocese)
  • Grand-Bassam (Diocese)
  • Katiola (Diocese)
  • Korhogo (Archdiocese)
  • Man (Diocese)
  • Odienné (Diocese)
  • San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire (Diocese)
  • Yamoussoukro (Diocese)
  • Yopougon (Diocese)

D

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Djibouti

1 Diocese

  • Djibouti (Diocese)

E

Egypt flag
Egypt

12 Dioceses

  • Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic) (Patriarchate)
  • Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said) (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) (Patriarchal Dependent Territory)
  • Guizeh (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian) (Eparchy)
  • Ismayliah (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean) (Eparchy)
  • Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite) (Eparchy)
  • Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian) (Eparchy)
  • Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic) (Eparchy)
  • Sohag (Coptic) (Eparchy)
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Equatorial Guinea

5 Dioceses

  • Bata (Diocese)
  • Ebebiyin (Diocese)
  • Evinayong (Diocese)
  • Malabo (Archdiocese)
  • Mongomo (Diocese)
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Eritrea

4 Dioceses

  • Asmara (Eritrean) (Archeparchy)
  • Barentu (Eritrean) (Eparchy)
  • Keren (Eritrean) (Eparchy)
  • Segheneity (Eritrean) (Eparchy)
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Ethiopia

13 Dioceses

  • Addis Abeba (Ethiopian) (Archeparchy)
  • Adigrat (Ethiopian) (Eparchy)
  • Awasa (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Bahir Dar – Dessie (Ethiopian) (Eparchy)
  • Emdeber (Ethiopian) (Eparchy)
  • Gambella (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Harar (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Hosanna (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Jimma-Bonga (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Meki (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Nekemte (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Robe (Prefecture Apostolic)
  • Soddo (Vicariate Apostolic)

G

Gabon flag
Gabon

6 Dioceses

  • Franceville (Diocese)
  • Libreville (Archdiocese)
  • Makokou (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Mouila (Diocese)
  • Oyem (Diocese)
  • Port-Gentil (Diocese)
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Gambia

1 Diocese

  • Banjul (Diocese)
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Ghana

20 Dioceses

  • Accra (Archdiocese)
  • Cape Coast (Archdiocese)
  • Damongo (Diocese)
  • Donkorkrom (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Goaso (Diocese)
  • Ho (Diocese)
  • Jasikan (Diocese)
  • Keta-Akatsi (Diocese)
  • Koforidua (Diocese)
  • Konongo-Mampong (Diocese)
  • Kumasi (Archdiocese)
  • Navrongo-Bolgatanga (Diocese)
  • Obuasi (Diocese)
  • Sekondi-Takoradi (Diocese)
  • Sunyani (Diocese)
  • Tamale (Archdiocese)
  • Techiman (Diocese)
  • Wa (Diocese)
  • Wiawso (Diocese)
  • Yendi (Diocese)
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Guinea

3 Dioceses

  • Conakry {Konakry} (Archdiocese)
  • Kankan (Diocese)
  • N'Zérékoré (Diocese)
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Guinea-Bissau

2 Dioceses

  • Bafatá (Diocese)
  • Bissau (Diocese)

K

Kenya flag
Kenya

31 Dioceses

  • Bungoma (Diocese)
  • Eldoret (Diocese)
  • Embu (Diocese)
  • Garissa (Diocese)
  • Homa Bay (Diocese)
  • Isiolo (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Kakamega (Diocese)
  • Kenya, Military (Military Ordinariate)
  • Kericho (Diocese)
  • Kisii (Diocese)
  • Kisumu (Archdiocese)
  • Kitale (Diocese)
  • Kitui (Diocese)
  • Lodwar (Diocese)
  • Machakos (Diocese)
  • Malindi (Diocese)
  • Maralal (Diocese)
  • Marsabit (Diocese)
  • Meru (Diocese)
  • Mombasa (Archdiocese)
  • Muranga (Diocese)
  • Nairobi (Archdiocese)
  • Nakuru (Diocese)
  • Ngong (Diocese)
  • Nyahururu (Diocese)
  • Nyeri (Archdiocese)

L

Lesotho flag
Lesotho

4 Dioceses

  • Leribe (Diocese)
  • Maseru (Archdiocese)
  • Mohale's Hoek (Diocese)
  • Qacha's Nek (Diocese)
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Liberia

3 Dioceses

  • Cape Palmas (Diocese)
  • Gbarnga (Diocese)
  • Monrovia (Archdiocese)
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Libya

4 Dioceses

  • Benghazi (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Derna (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Misurata (Prefecture Apostolic)
  • Tripoli (Vicariate Apostolic)

M

Madagascar flag
Madagascar

22 Dioceses

  • Ambanja (Diocese)
  • Ambatondrazaka (Diocese)
  • Ambositra (Diocese)
  • Antananarivo (Archdiocese)
  • Antsirabé (Diocese)
  • Antsiranana (Archdiocese)
  • Farafangana (Diocese)
  • Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Diocese)
  • Fianarantsoa (Archdiocese)
  • Ihosy (Diocese)
  • Mahajanga (Diocese)
  • Maintirano (Diocese)
  • Mananjary (Diocese)
  • Miarinarivo (Diocese)
  • Moramanga (Diocese)
  • Morombe (Diocese)
  • Morondava (Diocese)
  • Port-Bergé (Diocese)
  • Toamasina (Archdiocese)
  • Tôlagnaro (Diocese)
  • Toliara (Archdiocese)
  • Tsiroanomandidy (Diocese)
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Malawi

8 Dioceses

  • Blantyre (Archdiocese)
  • Chikwawa (Diocese)
  • Dedza (Diocese)
  • Karonga (Diocese)
  • Lilongwe (Archdiocese)
  • Mangochi (Diocese)
  • Mzuzu (Diocese)
  • Zomba (Diocese)
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Mali

6 Dioceses

  • Bamako (Archdiocese)
  • Kayes (Diocese)
  • Mopti (Diocese)
  • San (Diocese)
  • Ségou (Diocese)
  • Sikasso (Diocese)
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Mauritania

1 Diocese

  • Nouakchott (Diocese)
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Mauritius

2 Dioceses

  • Port-Louis (Diocese)
  • Rodrigues (Vicariate Apostolic)
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Morocco

2 Dioceses

  • Rabat (Archdiocese)
  • Tanger (Archdiocese)
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Mozambique

12 Dioceses

  • Beira (Archdiocese)
  • Chimoio (Diocese)
  • Gurué (Diocese)
  • Inhambane (Diocese)
  • Lichinga (Diocese)
  • Maputo (Archdiocese)
  • Nacala (Diocese)
  • Nampula (Archdiocese)
  • Pemba (Diocese)
  • Quelimane (Diocese)
  • Tete (Diocese)
  • Xai-Xai (Diocese)

N

Namibia flag
Namibia

3 Dioceses

  • Keetmanshoop (Diocese)
  • Rundu (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Windhoek (archdiocese)
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Niger

2 Dioceses

  • Maradi (Diocese)
  • Niamey (Archiocese)
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Nigeria

56 Dioceses

  • Aba (Diocese)
  • Abakaliki (Diocese)
  • Abeokuta (Diocese)
  • Abuja (Archdiocese)
  • Ahiara (Diocese)
  • Auchi (Diocese)
  • Awgu (Diocese)
  • Awka (Diocese)
  • Bauchi (Diocese)
  • Benin City (Archdiocese)
  • Bomadi (Diocese)
  • Calabar (Archdiocese)
  • Ekiti (Diocese)
  • Enugu (Diocese)
  • Gboko (Diocese)
  • Ibadan (Archdiocese)
  • Idah (Diocese)
  • Ijebu-Odeh (Diocese)
  • Ikot Ekpene (Diocese)
  • Ilorin (Diocese)
  • Issele-Uko (Diocese)
  • Jalingo (Diocese)
  • Jos (Archdiocese)
  • Kaduna (Archdiocese)
  • Kafanchan (Diocese)
  • Kano (Diocese)
  • Katsina-Ala (Diocese)
  • Kontagora (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Lafia (Diocese)
  • Lagos (Diocese)
  • Lokoja (Diocese)
  • Maiduguri (Diocese)
  • Makurdi (Diocese)
  • Minna (Diocese)
  • Nnewi (Diocese)
  • Nsukka (Diocese)
  • Ogoja (Diocese)
  • Okigwe (Diocese)
  • Ondo (Diocese)
  • Onitsha (Archdiocese)
  • Orlu (Diocese)
  • Osogbo (Diocese)
  • Otukpo (Diocese)
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadam (Maronite) (Eparchy)
  • Owerri (Archdiocese)
  • Oyo (Diocese)
  • Pankshin (Diocese)
  • Port Harcourt (Diocese)
  • Shendam (Diocese)
  • Sokoto (Diocese)
  • Umuahia (Diocese)
  • Uromi (Diocese)
  • Uyo (Diocese)
  • Warri(Diocese)
  • Yola (Diocese)
  • Zaria (Diocese)

R

Reunion flag
Reunion

1 Diocese

  • Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Diocese)

S

Saint Helena flag
Saint Helena

1 Diocese

  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Mission "Sui Iuris")
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Senegal

7 Dioceses

  • Dakar (Archdiocese)
  • Kaolack (Diocese)
  • Kolda (Diocese)
  • Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Diocese)
  • Tambacounda (Diocese)
  • Thiès (Diocese)
  • Ziguinchor (Diocese)
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Seychelles

1 Diocese

  • Port Victoria o Seychelles (Diocese)
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Sierra Leone

4 Dioceses

  • Bo (Diocese)
  • Freetown (Archdiocese)
  • Kenema (Diocese)
  • Makeni (Diocese)
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Somalia

1 Diocese

  • Mogadiscio (Diocese)
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South Africa

27 Dioceses

  • Aliwal (Diocese)
  • Bethlehem (Diocese)
  • Bloemfontein (Archdiocese)
  • Cape Town {Kaapstad} (Archdiocese)
  • De Aar (Diocese)
  • Dundee (Diocese)
  • Durban (Archdiocese)
  • Eshowe (Diocese)
  • Ingwavuma (Vicariate Apostolic)
  • Johannesburg (Archdiocese)
  • Keimoes-Upington (Diocese)
  • Kimberley (Diocese)
  • Klerksdorp (Diocese)
  • Kokstad (Diocese)
  • Kroonstad (Diocese)
  • Mariannhill (Diocese)
  • Oudtshoorn (Diocese)
  • Polokwane (Diocese)
  • Port Elizabeth (Diocese)
  • Pretoria (Archdiocese)
  • Queenstown (Diocese)
  • Rustenburg (Diocese)
  • South Africa, Military (Military Ordinariate)
  • Tzaneen (Diocese)
  • Umtata (Diocese)
  • Umzimkulu (Diocese)
  • Witbank (Diocese)
Sudan flag
Sudan

3 Dioceses

  • El Obeid (Diocese)
  • Khartoum (Archdiocese)
  • Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) (Patriarchal Dependent Territory)
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Swaziland

1 Diocese

  • Manzini (Diocese)
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São Tomé and Príncipe

1 Diocese

  • São Tomé e Príncipe (Diocese)

T

Tanzania flag
Tanzania

39 Dioceses

  • Arusha (Archdiocese)
  • Bukoba (Diocese)
  • Bunda (Diocese)
  • Dar-es-Salaam (Archdiocese)
  • Dodoma (Archdiocese)
  • Geita (Diocese)
  • Ifakara (Diocese)
  • Iringa (Diocese)
  • Kahama (Diocese)
  • Kayanga (Diocese)
  • Kigoma (Diocese)
  • Kondoa (Diocese)
  • Lindi (Diocese)
  • Mahenge (Diocese)
  • Mbeya (Diocese)
  • Mbinga (Diocese)
  • Mbulu (Diocese)
  • Morogoro (Diocese)
  • Moshi (Diocese)
  • Mpanda (Diocese)
  • Mtwara (Diocese)
  • Musoma (Diocese)
  • Mwanza (Archdiocese)
  • Njombe (Diocese)
  • Rulenge-Ngara (Diocese)
  • Same (Diocese)
  • Shinyanga (Diocese)
  • Singida (Diocese)
  • Songea (Archdiocese)
  • Sumbawanga (Diocese)
  • Tabora (Archdiocese)
  • Tanga (Diocese)
  • Tunduru-Masasi (Diocese)
  • Zanzibar (Diocese)
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Togo

7 Dioceses

  • Aného (Diocese)
  • Atakpamé (Diocese)
  • Dapaong (Diocese)
  • Kara (Diocese)
  • Kpalimé (Diocese)
  • Lomé (Archdiocese)
  • Sokodé (Diocese)
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Tunisia

1 Diocese

  • Tunis (Archdiocese)

U

Uganda flag
Uganda

20 Dioceses

  • Arua (Diocese)
  • Fort Portal (Diocese)
  • Gulu (Archdiocese)
  • Hoima (Diocese)
  • Jinja (Diocese)
  • Kabale (Diocese)
  • Kampala (Archdiocese)
  • Kasana-Luweero (Diocese)
  • Kasese (Diocese)
  • Kiyinda-Mityana (Diocese)
  • Kotido (Diocese)
  • Lira (Diocese)
  • Lugazi (Diocese)
  • Masaka (Diocese)
  • Mbarara (Archdiocese)
  • Moroto (Diocese)
  • Nebbi (Diocese)
  • Soroti (Diocese)
  • Tororo (Archdiocese)
  • Uganda, Military (Military Ordinariate)

W

Western Sahara flag
Western Sahara

1 Diocese

  • Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental} (Prefecture Apostolic)

Z

Zambia flag
Zambia

11 Dioceses

  • Chipata (Diocese)
  • Kabwe (Diocese)
  • Kasama (Archdiocese)
  • Livingstone (Diocese)
  • Lusaka (Archdiocese)
  • Mansa (Diocese)
  • Mongu (Diocese)
  • Monze (Diocese)
  • Mpika (Diocese)
  • Ndola (Diocese)
  • Solwezi (Diocese)
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Zimbabwe

9 Dioceses

  • Bulawayo (Archdiocese)
  • Chinhoyi (Diocese)
  • Gokwe (Diocese)
  • Gweru (Diocese)
  • Harare (Archdiocese)
  • Hwange (Diocese)
  • Masvingo (Diocese)
  • Mutare (Diocese)