Terms and Conditions of Use

Please consult the applicable Terms of Use, Attribution Information, and Data Provenance pages before using or redistributing the data.

Dataset Terms of Use

The Global Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions Repository contains datasets developed and published across multiple versions. Because each version has its own history, sources, and licensing terms, please refer to the terms applicable to the specific dataset you are using.

Version 2.0
Terms governing the current version of the global ecclesiastical jurisdiction boundaries and its associated data from 2026.

Version 1.2
Terms governing the subsequent historical version of the boundary dataset updated in 2019.

Version 1.0
Terms governing the original published version of the global ecclesiastical jurisdiction boundaries from 2016.

Attribution

For information about how to cite the datasets, acknowledge contributors, and distinguish data authorship from later stewardship or cartographic work, see Attribution Information.

Data Provenance

For documentation of the sources, research, revisions, and development history underlying the datasets, see Data Provenance.