Regional Circumscriptions of Opus Dei

This article lists the current circumscriptions of Opus Dei, which include about seventy countries in which the Prelature is present.

A territorial reorganization of the circumscriptions of the Prelature of Opus Dei has been in progress since 2021, as Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz explained in a message on 30 January 2021.

The current circumscriptions (as of 4 June 2024) are listed below, including the countries or zones within their respective territories. The criterion followed is that established in the decrees by which each circumscription has been erected. The list is arranged alphabetically.

  1. Australia and New Zealand
  2. Brazil
  3. Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
  4. Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
  5. Central Europe: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania and Switzerland
  6. Central West Africa: Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast
  7. Chile
  8. Colombia and Ecuador
  9. East and South Asia: Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam
  10. East and Southern Africa: Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
  11. France and Belgium
  12. Italy
  13. Jerusalem
  14. Región del Plata: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay
  15. Mexico
  16. Nigeria
  17. North Central Europe: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia
  18. Northwest Europe: Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden
  19. Peru
  20. Philippines (includes Indonesia)
  21. Portugal
  22. Russia
  23. Spain (includes Kazakhstan and Lebanon)
  24. United States and Canada

For information on activities in a specific place, please use the contact form on the web site of the Work in that country or territory.