The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Catholic Church in the United States comprises: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) consists of all active and retired bishops—diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary—in the fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are several dioceses in the five inhabited territories of the U.S.:

Archbishops and bishops

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. 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.

Foreign-born bishops serving in the United States

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 11% of all active American bishops. The following nations have 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. Two American archdioceses and two dioceses have more than one foreign-born active bishop assigned to them: Additionally, there are several dozen bishops currently serving in the United States who are first-generation American-born children of immigrant parents.

Archeparchs

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

Cardinals

five metropolitan archdioceses are led by a cardinal: One suffragan diocese is led by a cardinal: Five archdioceses have a retired archbishop who served as cardinal-archbishop: Three archdioceses have a former archbishop who was created a cardinal after he completed his tenure as diocesan archbishop:

Latin church archbishops and bishops

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Ecclesiastical Province of Anchorage–Juneau

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Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta

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Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore

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Ecclesiastical Province of Boston

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Ecclesiastical Province of Chicago

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Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati

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Ecclesiastical Province of Denver

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Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit

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Ecclesiastical Province of Dubuque

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Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston–Houston

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Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford

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Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis

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Ecclesiastical Province of Kansas City in Kansas

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Ecclesiastical Province of Las Vegas

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Ecclesiastical Province of Los Angeles

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Ecclesiastical Province of Louisville

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Ecclesiastical Province of Miami

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Ecclesiastical Province of Milwaukee

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Ecclesiastical Province of Mobile

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Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans

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Ecclesiastical Province of New York

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Ecclesiastical Province of Newark

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Ecclesiastical Province of Oklahoma City

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Ecclesiastical Province of Omaha

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Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia

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Ecclesiastical Province of Portland

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Ecclesiastical Province of St. Louis

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Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

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Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio

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Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco

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Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe

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Ecclesiastical Province of Seattle

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Ecclesiastical Province of Washington

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Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

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Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan

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Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

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Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa–Apia

Bishops emeriti

Eastern Catholic eparchs

Metropolis of Philadelphia for Ukrainians

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

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

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

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

List of eparchs emeriti and archeparch emeritus

Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

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.

American bishops serving outside the United States

Bishops serving in Vatican City

Bishops emeriti who served in Vatican City

Bishops serving in the Diplomatic Corps of the Holy See

Bishops emeriti who served in the Diplomatic Corps of the Holy See

Bishops serving in foreign sees

Bishops emeriti who served in a foreign see

Non-American bishops serving in the United States

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