Archidioecesis Melitensis o Melevitanus

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Pangasinan, Philippines. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City with a co-cathedral, the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church, in neighboring municipality of Lingayen.

Lucca

Louisville

Lille

The Archdiocese of Huambo (Latin: Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola. The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), in Huambo. By 2013, the archdiocese had approximately 1.5 million Roman Catholics and 75 diocesan priests.

La Paz

Arquidiócesis de Monterrey

Archidiœcesis Lubangensis

The Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was a Latin archdiocese in Malaysia and Singapore.

Maracaibo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (disambiguation)

Archidioecesis Milvauchiensis

சென்னை-மயிலை உயர்மறைமாவட்டம்

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Habana

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos (Archidioecesis Iosensis (Latin) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanchow

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa is an archdiocese in the Philippines comprising the civil province of Batangas and with its cathedral located in the city of Lipa. First created in 1910 from the Archdiocese of Manila, the diocese was elevated into its present status in 1972. Today, the Ecclesiastical Province of Lipa covers Batangas and suffragan territories in the civil provinces of Quezon, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro and Aurora. The archdiocese itself is divided into 7 vicariates further comprising a total of 64 parishes.

Archidioecesis Marianensis

Lubango

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Lujan

Archidiœcesis Luandensis

The Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a Metropolitan Archdiocese; its suffragans dioceses include the dioceses of Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico.

Lingayen-Dagupan

Kuala Lumpur

The Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Mercedes-Luján; Latin: Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese serving north-central Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. Erected as the Diocese of Mercedes on 20 April 1934, it was renamed as the Diocese of Mercedes-Luján on 10 May 1989 and elevated on 21 November 1997. Its mother church is the Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján in Mercedes.

Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz (Latin: Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru

Archidioecesis Lusakensis

Elevated to Archdiocese on February 12, 1875

The Archdiocese of Lublin (Latin: Lublinen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Lublin in Poland.

L'Aquila

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

Lanzhou

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City

Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng (Latin: Chaefomen(sis), Chinese: 開封) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kaifeng in China.

Arsidiyosesis ng Lipa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué (Latin: Ibaguensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué in Colombia.

Archidioecesis Imphalensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

天主教开封总教区

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lacedaemon

Ibagué

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luluabourg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru (Latin: Maseruen(a)) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales (Latin: Manizalensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manizales in Colombia.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kupang (Latin: Kupangensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia.

Arquidiocese de Luanda

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis) is a Metropolitan Latin archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, however remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is St Joseph’s Cathedral, in Kuching, Sarawak. Former auxiliary bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was appointed Archbishop of Kuching by Pope Francis on 4 March 2017 following John Ha Tiong Hock's resignation.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora (Latin: Archidioecesis Iudiciforensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Juiz de Fora in Brazil.

Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Latin: Hyderabaden(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hyderabad in India.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor (Latin: Archidioecesis Mariborensis, Slovene: Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia.

Lecce

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus

The Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas

Arquidiócesis de León

(Arquidiócesis de Lipa)

Libreville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani (Latin: Kisanganien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Keuskupan Agung Kupang

Archidioecesis Mendozensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Madang, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, is the former Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., a native of Leoville, Kansas in the United States and a Capuchin. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., whose resignation was accepted upon having reached the age limit. Archbishop Kurtz succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Benedict To Varpin.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué

Archidioecesis Ibadanensis

Keuskupan Agung Kuching

Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan

Archidioecesis Madangana

Kaunas

Madras and Mylapore

Arcidiocesi di Lucca

Malabo

The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Malta.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Canada

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama (Latin: Kasamaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.

Liberopolitanus

Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Köln

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus (Latin: Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil.

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (Latin: Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The historical Diocese of Lanciano was created in 1515. It was united with the Diocese of Ortona in the nineteenth century.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Léopoldville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua (erected 2 December 1913) is a metropolitan diocese, and its suffragan dioceses include Bluefields, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Juigalpa, León en Nicaragua and Matagalpa.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Izmir

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Lat: Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sabah, a state of Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The Archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long history slowly rising along with the Catholic population all the way from a prefecture to an Archdiocese with 2 suffragans, the Diocese of Keningau and the Diocese of Sandakan. Its Cathedral archepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste

Kaifeng

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Korhogo (Latin: Korhogoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Korhogo in Côte d'Ivoire.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceio

Archidioecesis Cassoviensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana (Latin: Archidioecesis Marianensis, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Mariana) is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Jaro (one of six districts of Iloilo City, Iloilo on Panay Island, Western Visayas) is the seat of the archdiocese. Popularly known as Jaro Cathedral, it is also referred to as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles. The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest sees in the country. It was created a diocese by virtue of a papal bull of Pope Pius IX on May 27, 1865, according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez, then Archbishop of Manila, under whole ecclesiastical province the new diocese belonged as suffragan. Its first Bishop was Fray Mariano Cuartero, O.P., Dominican Missionary in the Philippines, who took possession of the diocese, on April 25, 1868. On April 10, 1910, it lost some territory to establish the Diocese of Zamboanga and Apostolic Prefecture of Palawan. Much later, three other ecclesiastical jurisdictions were established from parts of its territory: Diocese of Bacolod (15 July 1932), Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro (2 July 1936), and Diocese of Capiz (27 January 1951). On 29 June 1951, it was raised as a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Pius XII. But again, on 24 March 1962, it lost some territory to establish the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique. At present, the Archdiocese of Jaro covers the provinces of Iloilo and Guimaras, an island off Iloilo. San Jose de Antique on Panay, Bacolod, San Carlos and Kabankalan in Negros Occidental, are suffragans. As of the year 2004, out of a population of 2,232,931, 92.00% or 2,054,296 are Catholic, making Jaro the 8th largest diocese in the Philippines. In 2015, the archdiocese has 92 parishes, 256 priests (173 diocesan, 83 religious), 644 lay religious (121 brothers, 523 sisters), 65 seminarians. In the same year, the Catholic population numbers 2,641,965 Catholics or 83.1% of 3,177,462 total residents of its entire territory covering 5,304 km². The province is predominantly rural with 72.7 percent of the total population residing in rural areas and only 27.3 percent in urban area. Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the leading major industries. Its titutar patron saint is St. Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast is celebrated on November 17.

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) in Apulia, southern Italy, has existed as a diocese since 1057. On 28 September 1960, in the bull Cum a nobis, Pope John XXIII separated the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and made it directly subject to the Holy See. In the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae issued on 20 October 1980, Pope John Paul II created the ecclesiastical province of Lecce, with the Archdiocese of Otranto becoming a suffragan diocese.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica and (Minor) World Heritage Site: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv (Львів), Lviv OblastThe diocese has a second Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in Chernivtsi (Чернівці), Chernivtsi Oblast.

Arquidiócesis de Malabo

Košická arcidiecéza

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Isfahan

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba (Latin: Iubaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sipontina-Vestana-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi) is a Latin Catholic non-Metropolitan Archdiocese in Foggia province, in Apulia, south-eastern Italy, which is part the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino On July 15, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Michele Castoro of the Diocese of Oria as Archbishop. The cathedral of the archiepiscopal see is the Manfredonia Cathedral, dedicated to St Laurence of Siponto, in Foggia, Apulia. It also has

The Archdiocese of Lubango (Latin: Archidioecesis Lubangensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza (Latin: Archidioecesis Mendozensis) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Neuquén and San Rafael.

Managua

Maringá

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miensk-Mahiloǔ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khanbaliq

इम्फाल के सूबा

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan (Latin: Medanen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Medan in Sumatra in Indonesia.

İzmir Başpiskoposluğu

Mercedes-Luján

The Latin Archdiocese of Ispahan/Esfahan or Isfahan (Latin: Archidioecesis Hispahanensis Latinorum) is the organization of the Roman Catholic Church in Iran. Besides a small number of Latin rite locals, most Roman Catholics in Iran are foreigners living in the country. The majority of Catholics in Iran belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, and there is also a small Armenian Catholic diocese.

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia. It was erected as the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur by Pope Pius XII on 25 February 1955, and was elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 18 December 1972, with the suffragan sees of Malacca-Johor and Penang. It also administers the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Terengganu. The archdiocese's Mother Church and thus, seat of its Archbishop, is St. John's Cathedral.

Ispahan

Archidioecesis Sipontina-Vestana-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Luxembourg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Michoacán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luxembourg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Imphal

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceió (Latin: Archidioecesis Maceiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maceió in Brazil.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km², and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. It was created as the Diocese of León on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on November 25, 2006, with the suffragan sees of Celaya, Irapuato, and Querétaro. The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz. was appointed Archbishop of León by Pope Benedict XVI on December 22, 2012, having previously served as Bishop of the Diocese of Cuernavaca. He replaced Archbishop Emeritus , whose resignation was accepted under Canon 401.1 and who had been Archbishop since his appointment by Pope John Paul II in 1995. Archbishop Cortés Contreras was born in La Luz in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora on July 16, 1947. He studied philosophy and theology in the Seminary of Monterrey, and subsequently earned a licentiate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest on October 26, 1972. After parish ministry, he served as a professor at the Diocesan Seminary of Monterrey and of theological anthropology at the Pontifical University of Mexico. He was then called to Rome to assume the offices of Bursar and, from 1999 to 2005, Rector of the Pontifical Mexican College. During his time in Rome he was elected President of the Association of the Rectors of Ecclesiastical Colleges in Rome. On June 24, 2005, he was appointed Titular Bishop of and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey by Pope Benedict; he was ordained a Bishop on August 24. On July 10, 2009, he was appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, taking canonical possession of the Diocese on August 18.

Archidioecesis Maracaibensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín (Latin: Medellensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia. Archbishop is the current Archbishop of Medellín.

10 April 1910 (Diocese), 20 June 1972 (Archdiocese)

Archidioecesis Katovicensis

Monterrey

Archdiocesis Jarensis

Archidioecesis Insulensis

Archidioecesis Kuchingensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét

Imphal

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca (Latin: Archidioecesis Lucensis) dates back as a diocese to the 1st century; it became an archdiocese in 1726. It has no suffragan dioceses, and is directly subject to the Holy See.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore/Madras and Myliapor (Latin: Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)) is an archdiocese based in the city of Madras (now Chennai), in India. It took also the name of the ancient diocese of Mylapore, now a suburb of Chennai.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibague

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Latin: Archidioecesis Milvauchiensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It encompasses the City of Milwaukee, as well as the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha, all located in Wisconsin. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, and Superior. As of 2018, Jerome Edward Listecki is the Archbishop of Milwaukee.

The Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Latin: Archidioecesis Kinshasana; French: Archidiocèse de Kinshasa) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the capital city of Kinshasa and surrounding districts. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the . The current archbishop is Fridolin Ambongo Besungu.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of İzmir (Smyrna, Smirne) (Latin: Archidioecesis Smyrnensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Asian Turkey (Anatolia). The archdiocese's cathedral motherchurch and thus see of its archbishop is St. John's Cathedral.It also includes a World Heritage Site: Meryem Ana Evi Meryem Ana Evi, Bülbüldağı. Lorenzo Piretto, Dominican Order (O.P.), was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by Pope Francis on 7 December 2015.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

Archidioecesis Colocensis-Kecskemetensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera

Mariana

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona

Madang

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: Archidioecesis Insulensis; French: Archidiocèse de Lille) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilica: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, in Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France. The current Archbishop of Lille is , appointed in February 2008; he is one of the two vice presidents of the Episcopal Conference of France.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu

Jaro

Kupang

Minsk-Mohilev

Lima
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (Latin: Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jalapa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan

Archidioecesis Aquilanus

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Imphal (Latin: Imphalen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Imphal in India.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisboa

Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia
Arquidiócesis de La Paz

Erzdiözese Luxemburg

Arquidiócesis de Mercedes-Luján

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

Archidioecesis Manaënsis

Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville consists of twenty-four counties in the central American state of Kentucky, covering 8,124 square miles (21,040 km2). It is the seat of the Metropolitan Province of Louisville, which comprises the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assumption.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kupang

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu (Latin: Kisumuen(sis)) is the Latin Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in western Kenya. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Theresa’s Cathedral, in Kisumu, Kisumu County.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina (Latin: Archidioecesis Londrinensis) is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Paraná state, southern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the city of Londrina.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kottayam

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luxembourg (Latin: Archidioecesis Luxemburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, comprising the entire Grand Duchy. The diocese was founded in 1870, and it became an archdiocese in 1988. The seat of the Archdiocese is the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the city of Luxembourg, and since 2011 the Archbishop is Jean-Claude Hollerich.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi (Latin: Kumasien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.

Maceió

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Larissa in Thracia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur

Lanciano-Ortona

Archidiocèse de Lille

León

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena (Latin: Serenen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Serena in Chile.

Archidioecesis Kinshasana

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali (Latin: Archidioecesis Kigaliensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. It was erected from the Archdiocese of Kabgayi by Pope Paul VI on April 10, 1976, with the suffragan sees of Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo, Ruhengeri. It is the only archdiocese within Rwanda. The motherchurch of the archdiocese and thus seat of its archbishop is .

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

Archidioecesis Manizalensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km², and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. It was created as the Diocese of León on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on November 25, 2006, with the suffragan sees of Celaya, Irapuato, and Querétaro.

Arquidiócesis de Mendoza

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Archidioecesis Leonensis

Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes–Luján

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville is the Metropolitan See of the Latin Ecclesiastical province covering all Gabon. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption of Libreville, the national capital, which also has a former cathedral of the same name (both dedicated to the Assumption of Mary).

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev

Kauno Arkivyskupija

Hyderabad

Erzdiözees Lëtzebuerg

Jos

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Linares

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lome

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kosice

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza

Archidioecesis Londrinensis

La Serena

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore

Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Kota Kinabalu

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (Archidioecesis Lusakensis) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Zambia, where it is also considered its national primatial see Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Child Jesus, in the national capital Lusaka.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (Latin: Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo. The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica and Lurin. Since 1999 the Archbishop of Lima is Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sipontina-Vestana-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi) is a Latin Catholic non-Metropolitan Archdiocese in Foggia province, in Apulia, south-eastern Italy, which is part the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino The historic Archdiocese of Siponto (precursor in a present suburb of Manfredonia) was elevated from the status of diocese in 1074. At that time it was known after its see, Siponto, and Sipontina persisted as its Latin name. The present complex title reflects several mergers, part of a complex history before and after the see transfer in 1230. On July 15, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Michele Castoro of the Diocese of Oria as Archbishop. The cathedral of the archiepiscopal see is the Manfredonia Cathedral, dedicated to St Laurence of Siponto, in Foggia, Apulia. It also has
* a Co-Cathedral, or Minor Basilica: Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in cielo, in Vieste
* another former Cathedral, also a Minor Basilica, is the '"Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore di Siponto, in Siponto
* a third Minor Basilica, the Basilica S. Michele Arcangelo dedicated to the Archangel Michael, in , is a World Heritage Site.
* two more notable Shrines: Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie, in San Giovanni Rotondo, and Santuario di S. Pio da Pietrelcina, in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hue

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) in Basilicata, Italy, has existed under this name since 1986. The archbishop is seated at Matera Cathedral. (Irsina Cathedral is a co-cathedral). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara (Archidioecesis Mbararaensis) in Uganda covers an area of 10,980 km² in southwestern Uganda. As of 2003, of the 2.2 million citizens in the area 856,168 are members of the Catholic Church. The archdiocese is subdivided into 25 parishes, and has 114 priests altogether. The archdiocese is the metropolitan for the dioceses of:
* (a) Hoima
* (b) Fort Portal
* (c) Kasese
* (d) Kabale The cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mbarara.

Archidiecezja Katowicka

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston

Kinshasa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) in Basilicata, Italy, has existed under this name since 1986. The archbishop is seated at Matera Cathedral. (Irsina Cathedral is a co-cathedral). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo. The Archbishop, since 2004, had been Archbishop ; but on Monday, October 5, 2015, he was elevated by Pope Francis to be Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (in Potenza, Italy), to whose province the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (in Matera, Italy, and Irsina, Italy) belongs. It is not the norm, but by no means irregular (especially in historically very Catholic countries like Italy) to have a non-metropolitan archdiocese either under a metropolitan archdiocese, as is the case here, or to have non-metropolitan archdioceses be subject directly to the Pope (though the latter is increasingly more rare, since the former is now the preferred method of governance).

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje

Keuskupan Agung Kuala Lumpur

Johannesburg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hà Nôi

Ibadan

Archidioecesis Lipaensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakow

The Archdiocese of Maracaibo (Latin: Archidioecesis Maracaibensis) is an Archdiocese in Venezuela. Since November 2000, its Archbishop has been . The city of Maracaibo, the second largest in Venezuela, has a population of approximately 2,800,000. The Archdiocese covers a total area of 10,761 square kilomenters (4,156 square miles) in Zulia State.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou (Latin: Lanceuven(sis), Chinese: 蘭州 ,皋蘭) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Catholic church with an Ecclesiastical province in central PR China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart located in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province. No statistics available.

Archidioecesis Ludovicopolitana

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro

The Archdiocese of Messina (Latin: Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae) was founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on 30 September 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (5th century) and the Territorial Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti and Diocese of Nicosia.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Jaro (one of six districts of Iloilo City, Iloilo on Panay Island, Western Visayas) is the seat of the archdiocese. Popularly known as Jaro Cathedral, it is also referred to as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles. On 29 June 1951, it was raised as a Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Pius XII. But again, on 24 March 1962, it lost some territory to establish the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique.

Arquidiocese do Lubango

Košice

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna {Kadunaën(sis) in Latin} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria.

Archidioecesis Limana

Archidioecesis Ioannesburgensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa

Archidioecesis Maringaënsis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith (2012). The Archbishop-elect is the former auxiliary bishop, , he succeeded Alojz Tkáč. Bernard Bober was appointed as Archbishop of Košice on June 4, 2010 and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. Pope Francis appointed on June 11, 2016 priest Marek Forgáč as new auxiliary bishop.

Medellín

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kunming o Yünnan

Archidioecesis Huambensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceió

Huambo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata or Chacas

Arkidiyosesis sang Jaro

Archidiocèse de Kinshasa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan

Juiz de Fora

Archidioecesis Minscensis Latinorum-Mohiloviensis Latinorum

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huê

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ispahan

Juba

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mainz

Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins

Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kweyang

Izmir

Kuching

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje (Latin: Archidioecesis Malaniensis) is an archdiocese located in Malanje, Angola. Until its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it belonged to the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda, like the two dioceses over which it has now oversight: the Diocese of Uíje and the Diocese of Ndalatando.

Archidiecezja Lubelska
Lublin
Archidioecesis Lublinensis

Archidioecesis

Maribor

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng

Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis

Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata (disambiguation)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jerusalem

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Latin: Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Guatemala. The archdiocese's cathedral epiccopal see is the Catedral del Espíritu Santo, in Quetzaltenango, originally built in 1535 in Quetzaltenango, It also has a co-cathedral, San Miguel Arcángel, in the city of Totonicapán.

天主教兰州总教区

Manizales

Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія

Archidioecesis Malaboensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Magdeburg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching

Londrina

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata

Nadškofija Maribor

Archidioecesis Kadunaensis

Archidioecesis Medellensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Larissa

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Myliapor

Archidioecesis Medanensis

13 November 1952 (Papal Bull, ‘Ex Primaevae Ecclesiae’ byPope Pius XII)

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas (Latin: Archidioecesis Kaunensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. It is based in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. The archdiocese's motherchurch and cathedral is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica; it is also home to a Minor Basilica in a town of Šiluva, in the region of Samogitia.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malacca

The Diocese of Matera (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis) was a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the town of Matera in the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. In 1203, it was united with the Archdiocese of Acerenza to form the Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera.

Arquidiócesis de La Serena

(Arquidiócesis de Jaro)

Archidioecesis Ibaguensis

Archidioecesis Serenensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huaining

Kalocsa-Kecskemét

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madre di Dio a Mosca

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano

Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan (Archidioecesis Ibadanensis (Latin) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria.

Medan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro (Latin: Mbandakan(us)–Bikoroën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the western part of Democratic Republic of the Congo, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is at the Cathedral of St. Eugene, in Mbandaka, Équateur Province.

Archidioecesis Chaefomensis

Archidiocèse de Luxembourg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khanbalik

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith (2012). The Archbishop-elect is the former auxiliary bishop, , he succeeded Alojz Tkáč. Bernard Bober was appointed as Archbishop of Košice on June 4, 2010 and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. Pope Francis appointed on June 11, 2016 priest Marek Forgáč as new auxiliary bishop. The Major Seminary - St Charles Borromeo Seminary is at the very heart of the Archdiocese of Košice. It is located in downtown Košice, just walking distance from St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It has been forming Roman Catholic seminarians since 1994.

Archidioecesis Iosensis

Archidioecesis Hyderabadensis

Archidioecesis Kupangensis

Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang

Archidioecesis Lyciensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibidan

Митрополія Львова

Archidioecesis Mariborensis

Lusaka

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Latin: Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Guatemala. The archdiocese's cathedral epiccopal see is the Catedral del Espíritu Santo, in Quetzaltenango, originally built in 1535 in Quetzaltenango, It also has a co-cathedral, San Miguel Arcángel, in the city of Totonicapán. It was vacant until named Mario Alberto Molina Palma on July 14, 2011; having been headed until Monday, October 4, 2010, by Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, who was then named by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Cardinal Quezada as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

Archidioecesis Luxemburgensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico City

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon

The Archdiocese of Luanda (Latin: Archidioecesis Luandensis) is the oldest Roman Catholic (arch)bishopric in Angola. The Cathedral of Luanda (Cathedral of the Holy Saviour) is in Luanda and it was built in 1628. It replaced the former Antiga Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição as episcopal see.

Archidioecesis Kaunensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lodz

Archidioecesis Managuensis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kalocsa–Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Colocensis–Kecskemetensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. Since 1993, its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in 1999.

Mendoza

The Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Katovicen(sis)) is the Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of an ecclesiastical province in Western Poland.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Leon

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina

Kaduna

The Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Latin: Minscen(sis) Latinorum-Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Minsk and Mogilev in Belarus.

The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.

The Roman Catholic Archiocese of Johannesburg (Latin: Ioannesburgen(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa.

(Arquidiócesis de Lingayén-Dagupán)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

Matera-Irsina

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (Latin: Archidioecesis Maringaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maringá in Brazil.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Korhogo

Lipa

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila (Latin: Archidioecesis Aquilanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected as the Diocese of L'Aquila on 20 February 1257 by Pope Alexander IV and promoted to an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on 19 January 1876. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 15 August 1972, with the suffragan sees of Avezzano and Sulmona–Valva.

Arquidiocese de Mariana

Manaus

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan

Luanda

Archidioecesis Monterreyensis

Malta

Keuskupan Agung Medan

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica and (Minor) World Heritage Site: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv (Львів), Lviv OblastThe diocese has a second Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in Chernivtsi (Чернівці), Chernivtsi Oblast. Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki is the current metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore

Archidioecesis Hispahanensis

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila (Latin: Archidioecesis Aquilanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected as the Diocese of L'Aquila on 20 February 1257 by Pope Alexander IV and promoted to an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on 19 January 1876. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 15 August 1972, with the suffragan sees of Avezzano and Sulmona–Valva. The archdiocese's mother church and the seat of its archbishop is L'Aquila Cathedral. L'Aquila also contains the . The current Archbishop of L'Aquila is Giuseppe Petrocchi, since June 8, 2013, and Giovanni D'Ercole, F.D.P. was named auxiliary bishop of L'Aquila on 16 November 2009.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellin

Archidioecesis Iudiciforensis

Archidioecesis Smyrnensis

Kalocsa-Kecskeméti főegyházmegye

Archidioecesis Lucensis

Katowice

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro

Archidioecesis Kota Kinabaluensis

Archidioecesis Madraspolitanus et Meliaporensis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lund

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Merida-Badajoz

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora

Milwaukee

हैदराबाद के सूबा

Lviv of the Latins

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina

Archidioecesis Maceiensis

The Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Latin: Archidioecesis Kinshasana; French: Archidiocèse de Kinshasa) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the capital city of Kinshasa and surrounding districts. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the . The current archbishop is Fridolin Ambongo Besungu. Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Belgian Congo by Pope Leo XIII in 1888, it was raised to the status of an archdiocese in 1959. In 1966, its name was changed from the Archdiocese of Léopoldville to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Today, the archdiocese covers a territory of 8,500 km² (3,283 sq mi) and, as of 2016, has a total population of 11,323,000, of whom 6,378,000 (56.3%) are Catholic. The archdiocese is served by 1,208 priests, including 238 diocesan priests and 970 religious priests, 1,661 male religious (including religious priests and brothers), and 1,982 religious sisters. The archdiocese has 143 parishes, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Congo in Kinshasa.