The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 70 territorial (arch)dioceses : fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite), have a total of 55 suffragan Bishops. Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, are : the (vacant) Latin Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies the Spanish military ordinariate, which is a Latin army bishopric (personal diocese for the military) headed by an archbishop the bishopric of Gibraltar, also Latin the joint Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all Eastern Catholics in Spain. All except the Exempt Bishop of Gibraltar are members of the national episcopal conference of Spain. There is also an apostolic nunciature (papal embassy) to Spain (in national capital Madrid), into which is also vested the nunciature to Andorra. Gibraltar, being British overseas territory without sovereignty (and disputed by Spain), has no papal diplomatic representation. Exempt current jurisdictions Latin Military Archbishopric of Spain, personal archbishopric for the Spanish armed forces Eastern Rite Ordinariate Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite in Spain Current Latin provinces Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barcelona Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat Diocese of Terrassa Ecclesiastical province of Burgos Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos Diocese of Bilbao Diocese of Osma-Soria Diocese of Palencia Diocese of Vitoria Ecclesiastical province of Granada Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada Diocese of Almería Diocese of Cartagena Diocese of Guadix Diocese of Jaén Diocese of Málaga Ecclesiastical province of Madrid Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid Diocese of Alcalá de Henares Diocese of Getafe Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz Diocese of Coria-Cáceres Diocese of Plasencia Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo Diocese of Astorga Diocese of León Diocese of Santander Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño Diocese of Jaca Diocese of San Sebastián Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Diocese of Lugo Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol Diocese of Ourense Diocese of Tui-Vigo Ecclesiastical province of Seville Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seville Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta, which includes the Spanish exclaves in Morocco Diocese of Córdoba Diocese of Huelva Diocese of Canarias Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona Diocese of Girona Diocese of