List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Albania by name

The Roman Catholic Church in Albania is composed of two ecclesiastical provinces, three suffragan dioceses and an apostolic administration.

List of dioceses

Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions	Latin name	Type	Rite	Ecclesiastical Province	Established	Area (km²)
Lezhë	Alexiensis	Diocese	Roman	Shkodër–Pult	000000001400-01-01-00001400	750
Rrëshen	Rrësheniensis	Diocese	Roman	Tiranë–Durrës	000000001888-12-25-000025 December 1888	3,463
Sapë	Sappensis	Diocese	Roman	Shkodër–Pult	000000001062-01-01-00001062	2,544
Shkodër–Pult	Scodrensis–Pulatensis	Metropolitan Archdiocese	Roman	Shkodër–Pult	000000001867-03-14-000014 March 1867	2,363
Southern Albania	Albaniae Meridionalis	Apostolic Administration	Albanian	Tiranë–Durrës	000000001939-11-11-000011 November 1939	16,172
Tiranë–Durrës	Tiranensis–Dyrracenus	Metropolitan Archdiocese	Roman	Tiranë–Durrës	000000001300-01-01-00001300	2,263

Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions	Latin name	Type	Rite	Established
Phoenice	Phoenicius	Titular Episcopal See	Roman	000000001933-01-01-00001933

Roman Catholic dioceses in Albania

Province of Shkodër-Pult	Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult Diocese of Lezhë Diocese of Sapë Diocese of Balecium

Province of Tiranë-Durrës	Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës Diocese of Rrëshen Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania

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