List of Catholic dioceses in Estonia

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The Catholic Church in Estonia (a Baltic former Soviet republic, like Latvia and Lithuania) presently comprises only a pre-diocesan Latin rite jurisdiction, covering (only) the entire country :

• Apostolic Administration of Estonia, obviously not warranting a national episcopal conference, nor partaking in any more regional assembly then the EU-broad Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.).

There are no Eastern Catholic or other Latin prelatures.

There formally is an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation, embassy-level) to Estonia, but it's vested (like that to Latvia) in the Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania in its national capital Vilnius.

Defunct Latin jurisdictions[]

There are no titular sees.

None of the following has a current direct successor in Estonia, some (at least canonically) one abroad.

Suppressed Livonian prince-bishoprics

• Diocese of Dorpat
• Diocese of Ösel–Wiek (alias Saare-Lääne; also known after successive sees as Leal (Lihula) from 1234, Perona (Vana-Pärnu) from 1251, Hapsal (Haapsalu) from 1279)

Suppressed non-princely Latin sees

• Diocese of Inflanty alias Wenden
• = Pernau (1251-1263)
• Diocese of Reval
• = Wierland (1220-1227)

See also[]

• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Roman Catholicism in Estonia

Sources and external links[]

• GCatholic