Is there a way I can look at the Papal states as defined by the Vatican?

Question

I understand that the Bishop's control regions, and I was wondering if there was a geological map which divided out the Bishop's regions in today's Catholic Church.

Answer 1

The Papal States were lost in the 1800's and the Vatican City regained the status of an independent state within Italy by the Lateran Treaty in 1929. This treaty established the Vatican City as an Independent State with its own government, laws, ruler, and army. It is totally separated from its surrounding Italian state and country. The Vatican was the temporal ruler of many nations in the middle ages, and slowly lost its control over them and its territory dwindled until the late 1800's... when it was reduced to only the Vatican City and the close surrounding area. In 1929, Italy signed the Lateran Treaty, recognizing the Vatican City as an Independent State. From then on... it remains its own "country."

The Pope is recognized as the Bishop of the Vatican City, just one of the many Bishops in Italy's numerous diocese... but he is also recognized as the Pope, the Universal ruler of the total earthly Catholic Church.

Answer 2

You are wrong. Papal states were the states that the Pope controlled in Italy before he lost them in 1920"s. You mean diocese. Each bishop is responsible for a diocese. you are going to have to look at each country separate. Look at the website for the bishops conference of each country. I don't know if there is an entire map. Look at the official Vatican website.