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This list includes all bibles with offi­cial Roman Cath­o­lic approval and all other bibles that are designed for Roman Cath­o­lics.  Please e-mail me if you know of Cath­o­lic bibles which do not appear on this list.  Bibles are ranked by approval level and then by year of pub­li­ca­tion (most recent to old­est).  An aster­isk indi­cates that only a spe­cific por­tion of the bible ver­sion has received approval.

Version Edition Year Approval
I L V
Version Edition Year I L V
Approval
New Cath­o­lic Bible   2007 Yes Yes Approved
This is actu­ally a bible that mir­rors the lec­tion­ary now in use in England and Wales.  It has not actu­ally received Vati­can approval, but all of its com­po­nents (Jeru­sa­lem Bible, Grail Psal­ter) have indi­vi­du­ally received Vati­can approval for use in lec­tion­ar­ies.
Con­tem­po­rary English Ver­sion First Edi­tion 1991 Yes* Yes* Approved*
New Tes­ta­ment only.  Out of print (see Sec­ond Edi­tion below).
Jeru­sa­lem Bible   1966 Yes Yes Approved
Use in lec­tion­ar­ies (England, Wales, Aus­tralia) pos­si­bly pre­dates Vati­can approval require­ment.
Revised Stand­ard Ver­sion Sec­ond Cath­o­lic Edi­tion 2006 Yes Yes ?
Approved by the Antil­les Epis­co­pal Con­fer­ence, I have been una­ble to ver­ify a claim of Vati­can approval.
Version Edition Year Approval
I L V
Con­tem­po­rary English Ver­sion Sec­ond Edi­tion 1995 Yes* Yes*  
New Tes­ta­ment, Psalms and Pro­verbs only.
Good News Trans­la­tion   1992 Yes Yes  
Also titled:  Good News Bible; Today’s English Ver­sion.
New Jeru­sa­lem Bible   1985 Yes Yes  
Revised Stand­ard Ver­sion Cath­o­lic Edi­tion 1966 Yes Yes  
Not to be con­fused with the new Sec­ond Cath­o­lic Edi­tion.
Knox Bible   1950 Yes Yes  
Trans­la­tion from the Latin Vul­gate.  Out of print (but reis­sued soon).
Version Edition Year Approval
I L V
Con­fra­ter­nity Bible Var­i­ous 1941 Yes Yes  
Super­ceded by the New Amer­i­can Bible.
Dou­ay-Rheims Chal­loner Revi­sion 1750 Yes Yes  
Trans­la­tion from the Latin Vul­gate; most avail­a­ble edi­tions are sig­nif­i­cantly mod­i­fied ver­sions of the orig­i­nal (e.g. Hay­dock).
New Revised Stand­ard Ver­sion Cath­o­lic Edi­tion 1993 Yes Yes Rejected
A lec­tion­ary with revised text has received Vati­can approval.
New Amer­i­can Bible Third 1991 Yes Yes Rejected
A lec­tion­ary with revised text has received Vati­can approval.
Version Edition Year Approval
I L V
Chris­tian Com­mu­nity Bible 35th Edi­tion 1988 (2001) Yes No  
The Liv­ing Bible Cath­o­lic Edi­tion 1971 Yes No  
Par­a­phrase:  not recom­mended.
The Inclu­sive Bible   2007 No No  
Par­a­phrase:  not recom­mended.
New Liv­ing Trans­la­tion Cath­o­lic Edi­tion 2002 No No  
Dou­ay-Rheims   1610 No No  
First English bible pro­duced by the Roman Cath­o­lic Church.
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