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Current and historical information about the Bishops and Dioceses of the Catholic Hierarchy around the world.
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity.
Active Near Age Limit; Cardinals. Electors; Non-Voting; Cardinal-Bishops; Cardinal-Priests; Cardinal-Deacons
Igreja Católica. O termo Hierarquia da Igreja Católica é usado para se referir aos membros da Igreja Católica que desempenham a função de governar na fé e guiar nas questões morais e de vida cristã os fiéis católicos.
Catholic societal hierarchy. The hierarchical order of society. The pope enthroned as the supreme authority rules over the worldly powers and the laity (on his left) and the clergy and the religious (on his right). The white and black hounds are visual puns on Dominicans—Dominus canes (“hounds of the Lord”).
Catholic-Hierarchy.org is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Catholic Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion with Rome. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in Kansas City.
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is headed by the pope, currently Pope Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013 by a papal conclave. The office of the pope is known as the papacy. The Catholic Church holds that Christ instituted the papacy upon giving the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter.
