Caritas Asia refers both to its regional secretariat, based in Bangkok and its network with 25 member organisation.

[2][3][4][5] The current structure was established in 1999 during the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis in Rome, where the request of its Asian member organisation to create a regional secretariat was approved.

The goal of Caritas Asia is to coordinate the work of its member organisations, especially in the context of responses to natural disaster,[6] as well as to strengthen the technical capacities of the network.

Caritas Asia consists of 25 national member organisations operating in 24 Asian countries.

The membership of Caritas Asia is further grouped under four subregions, each having their own sub-regional office.