The 176 Latin Church dioceses in the United States are divided into 33 ecclesiastical provinces. Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop, and at least one suffragan diocese. Each suffragan diocese is led by a bishop. The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is the only American archdiocese that is not designated as a metropolitan archdiocese. The pope appoints all archbishops and bishops, who must be at least ordained priests. The pope chooses from a list of candidates provided by the papal nuncio of the United States to the Congregation of Bishops in Rome.^[2]

• Most archdioceses and large dioceses have one or more auxiliary bishops, serving under the direction of the archbishop or bishop. After consultation with the Papal Nuncio to the United States, the pope appoints all auxiliary bishops.
• Some archdioceses and dioceses have a coadjutor archbishop or coadjutor bishop. The coadjutor assists an elderly or ailing archbishop or bishop with their administrative duties. After the archbishop or bishop retires or dies, the coadjutor normally succeeds him without an appointment by the pope. The pope appoints all coadjutors.

In some rare cases, the pope will name a titular archbishop as the bishop of a suffragan diocese. The most recent example in the United States was that of Celestine Damiano, whom Pope John XXIII named as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in 1960.^[3]

There are several dioceses in the American inhabited territories:

• In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the archbishop and five bishops form their own episcopal conference, the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña.^[4][5]
• In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam, the bishops belong to the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

All active and retired bishops and archbishops in the United States —diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary—are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Most nations with large Catholic populations in non-missionary geographical areas propose and elect native-born clergy to the episcopacy. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliaries in culturally-diverse dioceses. As of 2024, 33 active foreign-born bishops are serving in the United States, representing about 10% of all active American bishops.

• Nine bishops are from Mexico
• Nine are from Vietnam, Philippines, and Poland, with each nation the birthplace of three bishops
• Two are from Brazil

The following nations produced at least one bishop who is serving in the United States: Italy, Haiti, Ireland, Colombia, Lebanon, Peru, Spain, Cuba, South Africa, Malta, Argentina, El Salvador, and Cameroon.

The Archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Antonio and seven dioceses (Raleigh, Fall River, Charleston, Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, Las Cruces, and St Thomas) are led by foreign-born archbishops and bishops.^[6]Two American archdioceses and two dioceses have more than one foreign-born active bishop assigned to them:

• Archdiocese of Los Angeles: (4) Archbishop Gomez and Bishops Szkredeka, Aclan, and Bahuth
• Diocese of Rockville Centre: (2) Bishops Fernandez and Zglejezewski
• Diocese of San Diego: (2) Bishops Pham and Pulido
• Archdiocese of Washington: (2) Archbishop Esposito-Garcia and Bishop Menjivar-Ayala

Additionally, there are several dozen bishops currently serving in the United States who are first-generation American-born children of immigrant parents.

The United States has two Eastern Catholic metropoliae, each led by a metropolitan archbishop called an archeparch:

• In the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church there is a single metropolis — the Metropolis of Pittsburgh
• The four Ukrainian Catholic eparchies constitute the second metropolia. Philadelphia is the metropolitan see.one

As of October 2022,^[update] the Vatican has designated seven American metropolitan archbishops in the Latin Church as cardinals:

• Seán O'Malley – Archdiocese of Boston
• Blase Cupich – Archdiocese of Chicago
• Daniel DiNardo – Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
• Joseph Tobin – Archdiocese of Newark
• Timothy Dolan – Archdiocese of New York
• Wilton Gregory – Archdiocese of Washington

One suffragan diocese is led by a cardinal:

• Robert W. McElroy – Diocese of San Diego

Four American archdioceses have retired archbishops who served as cardinal-archbishops:

• Adam Maida – Archdiocese of Detroit
• Roger Mahony – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• Justin Rigali – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
• Donald Wuerl – Archdiocese of Washington

Three American archdioceses have former archbishops whom the Vatican created as cardinals after they completed their tenures as diocesan archbishops:

• Edwin O'Brien – Archdiocese of Baltimore
• James Stafford – Archdiocese of Denver
• Raymond Burke – Archdiocese of St. Louis

Bishops emeriti edit

Metropolis of Philadelphia for Ukrainians edit

See: Category:Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia

The Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Province of Philadelphia consists of four eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and covers the entire United States.

Metropolis of Pittsburgh for Ruthenians edit

The Metropolis of Pittsburgh is a sui iuris metropolitan province of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. The metropolis consists of four eparchies and covers the entire United States. It's geographic remit also includes the Exarchate of Toronto in Canada.

The metropolis has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all Ruthenian Catholics in the United States, as well as other Byzantine Rite Catholics without an established hierarchy in the country.

American eparchies that are immediately subject to the Holy See edit

The other Eastern Catholic Churches with eparchies (dioceses) or exarchates established in the United States are not grouped into metropoliae. All are immediately subject to the Holy See, with limited oversight by the head of their respective sui iuris churches.

American-Canadian eparchies that are immediately subject to the Holy See edit

Several Eastern Catholic churches have jurisdictions that include members and congregations in both the United States and Canada.

List of eparchs and archeparch emeritus edit

The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is a special diocese comprising Anglican converts to Catholicism. Under canon law, if the personal ordinary is not a bishop, he is treated as the equivalent of a diocesan bishop.^[9][1]

Bishops serving in Vatican City edit

• Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• Kevin Joseph Farrell, camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church and prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life^[10]
• James Michael Harvey, archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
• Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.^[11]

Bishops emeriti who served in Vatican City edit

• Edwin Frederick O'Brien, grand master emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
• James Francis Stafford, major penitentiary emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
• Raymond Leo Burke, patron emeritus of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta^[12]

Bishops serving in Vatican Diplomatic Corps edit

• Charles Daniel Balvo, apostolic nuncio to Australia (Archdiocese of New York)
• Michael Wallace Banach, apostolic nuncio to Hungary (Diocese of Worcester)
• Charles John Brown, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines (Archdiocese of New York)
• Kevin Stuart Randall, apostolic nuncio to Bangladesh (Diocese of Norwich)
• Peter Brian Wells, apostolic nuncio to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos (Diocese of Tulsa)

Bishops emeriti who served in Vatican Diplomatic Corps edit

• Edward Joseph Adams, apostolic nuncio emeritus to Great Britain (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
• Michael A. Blume, S.V.D., apostolic nuncio emeritus to Hungary (Chicago Province of the Society of the Divine Word)
• James Green, apostolic nuncio emeritus to Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
• Thomas Edward Gullickson, apostolic nuncio emeritus to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Diocese of Sioux Falls)
• Joseph Marino, president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (Diocese of Birmingham)

Bishops serving in foreign sees edit

• Christopher Cardone, O.P., archbishop of Honiara (Solomon Islands)
• Arthur Colgan, C.S.C., auxiliary bishop of Chosica (Peru)
• Robert Herman Flock, bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Bishop emeritus who served in a foreign see edit

• Gordon Bennett, S.J., bishop emeritus of Mandeville (Jamaica)

• Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S. (Nunciature of the Holy See in Washington, D.C.)^[13]
• Gabriele Giordano Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
• Italo Dell'Oro, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

• "List of Bishops". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• "GCatholic Bishops".