List of Catholic dioceses in Estonia
Appearance
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
[edit]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
- Diocese of Leal
- Diocese of Pärnu = Pernau (1251-1263)
- Diocese of Reval
- Diocese of Virumaa = Wierland (1220-1227)