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List of Catholic bishops in the United States

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The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States. The list also includes bishops in the American territories of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

United States map showing each of the 33 Latin Church provinces
Each color on the map represents an ecclesiastical province. The divisions in each province show the archdiocese and its individual dioceses.

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, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The bishops in the five inhabited territories of the United States are members of different episcopal conferences:

Archbishops and bishops

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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 Dicastery for Bishops in Rome.[4]

  • 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 is appointed to assist the diocesan bishop with his administrative duties—due to age or infirmity. After the diocesan bishop retires or dies, the coadjutor automatically 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.[5]

Foreign-born bishops serving in the United States

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In most nations that have a large Catholic population and are located in non-missionary geographical areas, the bishops are usually appointed from that country's native-born priests. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliary bishops in culturally diverse dioceses. As of 2025, forty-one active foreign-born bishops are serving in the United States, representing about 14% of all active American bishops. Out of twenty-one active bishops in the State of California, eight (Gomez, Rojas, Pham, Pulido, Ligot, Bersabal, Szkredka, and Bahuth) are foreign-born, representing over 1/3 of active bishops in the State.

The countries with the highest number of foreign-born representation are:

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

Two archdioceses (Los Angeles and San Antonio) and twelve dioceses (Charleston, San Diego, Fall River, Las Cruces, Raleigh, Tyler, Wheeling, Houma-Thibodaux, Saint Thomas, Salt Lake City, Monterey (CA) and San Bernardino) are led by a foreign-born archbishop or bishop.[6]

Five archdioceses and one diocese 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.

The majority of Eastern Catholic bishops in the U.S. are foreign-born.

Archeparchs

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

Popes

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Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the first American-born pope.[7]

Cardinals

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Serving in the United States

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Although the majority (53%) of the United States' Roman Catholic population now live in Western and Southern states, there are no active cardinals west of the Archdiocese of Chicago and none in the Southern States.[8]

As of April 2026, three metropolitan archdioceses are led by a cardinal:

Seven 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:

Serving outside the United States

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Two other American cardinals serve in the Holy See:

  • Kevin Farrell − Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church and prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life
  • James Harvey − archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Latin church archbishops and bishops

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference

List of living bishops of Puerto Rican dioceses
Ecclesiastical
province map		 Archdiocese or diocese Diocese coat
of arms		 Archbishop or bishop Title Bishop coat
of arms

Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan

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(This province covers the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.)

Archdiocese of San Juan Roberto González Nieves Archbishop of San Juan
Tomás González González Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan
Diocese of Arecibo Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales Bishop of Arecibo
Diocese of Caguas Eusebio Ramos Morales Bishop of Caguas
Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao Luis Miranda Rivera Bishop of Fajardo–Humacao
Diocese of Mayagüez Ángel Luis Ríos Matos Bishop of Mayagüez
Diocese of Ponce Sede Vacante Bishop of Ponce

Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

List of living bishops dioceses in the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific
Ecclesiastical
province map		 Archdiocese or diocese Diocese coat
of arms		 Archbishop or bishop Title Bishop coat
of arms

Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

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Archdiocese of Agaña
(This diocese covers the U.S. territory of Guam.)		 Ryan Pagente Jimenez Archbishop of Agaña
Diocese of Chalan Kanoa
(This diocese covers the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.)		 Romeo Duetao Convocar Bishop of Chalan Kanoa

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa–Apia

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Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago
(This diocese covers the U.S. territory of American Samoa.)		 Kolio Etuale Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago

Bishops emeriti

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Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

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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]

List of living bishops of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
Province Ecclesiastical
province map		 Diocese's coat
of arms		 Bishop Title Bishop's coat
of arms
Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Steven Joseph Lopes Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

Eastern Catholic eparchs

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Metropolis of Philadelphia for Ukrainians

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

List of living bishops of in the Metropolis of Philadelphia for Ukrainians
Metropolia Metropolia map Archeparchy or eparchy Eparchy's
Coat of Arms		 Archeparch or eparch Title Eparch's
Coat of arms
Philadelphia Archeparchy of Philadelphia Borys Gudziak Archeparch of Philadelphia
Eparchy of Chicago Venedykt Aleksiychuk Eparch of Chicago
Eparchy of Parma Bohdan Danylo Eparch of Parma
Eparchy of Stamford Paul Patrick Chomnycky Eparch of Stamford

Metropolis of Pittsburgh for Ruthenians

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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.

List of living bishops of eparchies in the Metropolis of Pittsburgh for Ruthenians
Metropolia Metropolia map Archeparchy or eparchy Eparchy's
Coat of Arms		 Archeparch or eparch Title Eparch's
Coat of arms
Pittsburgh Archeparchy of Pittsburgh William C. Skurla Archeparch of Pittsburgh
Eparchy of Parma Robert Mark Pipta Eparch of Parma
Eparchy of Passaic Kurt Burnette Eparch of Passaic
Eparchy of Phoenix Artur Bubnevych Eparch of Phoenix

American eparchies that are immediately subject to the Holy See

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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.

List of living bishops of eparchies in the Metropolis of Pittsburgh for Ruthenians
Church Eparchy Eparchy's
Coat of Arms		 Eparch Title Eparch's
Coat of Arms
Chaldean Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Detroit Francis Y. Kalabat Eparch of Detroit
Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of San Diego Sede Vacante Eparch of San Diego
Maronite Church Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Brooklyn Gregory John Mansour Eparch of Brooklyn
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Los Angeles Abdallah Elias Zaidan Eparch of Los Angeles
Melkite Greek Catholic Church Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Francois Beyrouti Eparch of Newton
Syriac Catholic Church Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Newark Yousif Habash Eparch of Newark
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago Joy Alappatt Eparch of Chicago

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

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

List of living bishops of American-Canadian eparchies that are immediately subject to the Holy See
Church Eparchy Eparchy's
Coat of Arm		 Eparch Title Eparch's
Coat of Arms
Armenian Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Eparchy of the US and Canada Mikaël Mouradian Eparch
Parsegh Baghdassarian Auxiliary Eparch
Romanian Catholic Church Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Canton John Michael Botean Eparch of Canton
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the US and Canada Philippos Stephanos Thottathil Eparch
Coptic Catholic Church (not a formal ecclesiastical jurisdiction) Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh Apostolic Visitator[10]

List of eparchs emeriti and archeparch emeritus

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American bishops serving outside the United States

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Bishops serving in Vatican City

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Bishops emeriti who served in Vatican City

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Bishops serving in the Diplomatic Corps of the Holy See

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

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Bishops serving in foreign sees

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Bishops emeriti who served in a foreign see

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Non-American bishops serving in the United States

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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. 1 2 Hays, Charlotte (January 3, 2012). "Carrying Anglican Patrimony Into the Catholic Church: Former Episcopal bishop of southwestern diocese, a married father and grandfather, will lead Church's personal ordinariate for Anglicans and Episcopalians who become Catholic". National Catholic Register. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.)". GCatholic. GCatholic.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Catholic Church in Puerto Rico". Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions about Archbishops | USCCB". www.usccb.org. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Catholic Church in United States of America [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ Cavaiani, Jacob (May 8, 2025). "Robert Francis Prevost becomes first U.S.-born pope". NBC News. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  8. ↑ various (April 12, 2024). "9 Facts about US Catholics". Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  9. ↑ See: Hierarchy of the Catholic Church#Equivalents of diocesan bishop in law.
  10. ↑ "Pope Francis Nominates Most Reverend Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh as Apostolic Visitator for the Coptic Catholic Faithful in the United States". Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ Farrell, Kevin Joseph. "Kevin Joseph Cardinal Farrell". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Pope appoints Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S." Vatican News. March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

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