List of Catholic dioceses in South Pacific Conference states

The Catholic Church in the South Sea (Oceania, excluding the national episcopal conferences of Australia, of New Zealand, each with dependencies, and of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) consists only of a variety of Latin jurisdictions, usually covering a whole island state (whether nation or overseas territory of a foreign power) or even more than one, none of which has a large enough episcopate to warrant a national episcopal conference, so they jointly form the Latin "Episcopal Conference of the [South] Pacific", headquartered in Suva (on Fiji). It comprises only:

five transnational ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishopric, with a total of eleven suffragans: eight bishoprics and -exceptionally, as those are generally exempt- three pre-diocesan (an apostolic prefecture and two independent missions)
one exempt diocese, directly subject to the Holy See, on Tonga.

There are no proper Eastern Catholic jurisdictions or quasi-diocesan Ordinariates, but the Byzantine Rite Ukrainian Catholic Church faithful are served by the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, in and for all Australia, also covering New Zealand and further Oceania.

There are no individual papal diplomatic representations to several British, French, Australian, New Zealand and US overseas possessions (strictly speaking diplomatically covered by the home countries), but the Apostolic Delegation to the Pacific Ocean, headquartered externally in Wellington, New Zealand, covers American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam (US), New Caledonia (France), Niue (New Zealand), Norfolk Island (Australia, pastorally under its Sydney Archdiocese), Northern Mariana Islands (US), Pitcairn Islands (UK), Tokelau (NZ), the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (pastorally served by the Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States) and Wallis and Futuna (France). It also deals with independent Tuvalu.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Fiji as papal diplomatic representation (embassy level), residing in Wellington.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to the Cook Islands, also residing in Wellington.

There is formally an Apostolic Nunciature to each of the following nations, all residing in Wellington:

Current Latin jurisdictions

Exempt

Diocese of Tonga, on and for all Tonga

Ecclesiastical province of Agaña

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña, on and for Guam (US unincorporated territory)
- Diocese of Caroline Islands, on the Caroline Islands, for all the Federated States of Micronesia (Micronesia) and Palau
- Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, on the Northern Mariana Islands and for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. territory)
- Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands, with see at Majuro, on and for the Marshall Islands (republic)

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nouméa, on and for New Caledonia (French special collectivity)
- Diocese of Port-Vila, on and for Vanuatu, former New Hebribes
- Diocese of Wallis et Futuna, with see at Mata-Utu, on and for Wallis et Futuna (French overseas collectivity)

Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete, on and mainly for French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity), also for Pitcairn Islands (UK)
- Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, also in French Polynesia

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa–Apia

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia, on and for Samoa
- Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago, on and for American Samoa (US)
- Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti, on and for Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands)
- Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau, on and for Tokelau (New Zealand)

Ecclesiastical Province of Suva

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Suva, on and for Fiji
- Diocese of Rarotonga, on the Cook Islands, for those and Niue (both New Zealand-associated countries)
- Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, with see at Tarawa on Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands), also for Nauru (republic).

Defunct jurisdictions

There are no titular sees.

Most defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees, except

Apostolic Vicariate of Micronesia (Micronesia).

Sources and external links

Roman Catholicism in Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Indonesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna