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List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States

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The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States.

The Roman Catholic Church in the United States comprises 195 particular churches called dioceses led by bishops. In the United States, state counties or county equivalants are used to determine boundaries of most territorial dioceses. There are also nationwide or large area dioceses defined by rite for some Eastern Rite Catholics, and the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA defined as the Catholics serving in the military and the dependents of those so serving. Dioceses led by archbishops are called archdioceses. There are 32 archdioceses whose archbishops serve as the metropolitans of 32 Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in the United States.

In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies.

The United States Catholic population is mainly of the Latin rite, but eparchies and archeparchies of the Eastern Rites exist in the nation. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into ecclesiastical provinces of their own.

Dioceses and archdioceses are normally named by the city in which the bishop or archbishop has his seat. The diocese may take in a much wider area: e.g., the Eparchy (Diocese) of Newark for Syrian Rite Catholics actually serves all Syrian Catholics in the entire United States; the Diocese of Albany serves not just the city of Albany, NY, but also the entire northeastern quarter of New York State.

All bishops from the United States and U. S. Virgin Islands, whether diocesan, coadjutor, or auxiliary; Eastern or Latin; are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops from Puerto Rico form the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña, while bishops in the overseas dependencies in the Pacific Ocean are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

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[edit] Province of Anchorage

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The Ecclesiastical Province of Anchorage comprises the state of Alaska.

[edit] Province of Atlanta

The Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta comprises the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

[edit] Province of Baltimore

The Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore comprises all but five counties of the state of Maryland, and all of the states of Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia.

[edit] Province of Boston

The Ecclesiastical Province of Boston comprises the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

[edit] Province of Chicago

The Ecclesiastical Province of Chicago comprises the state of Illinois.

[edit] Province of Cincinnati

The Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati comprises the state of Ohio.

[edit] Province of Denver

The Ecclesiastical Province of Denver comprises the states of Colorado and Wyoming.

[edit] Province of Detroit

The Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit comprises the state of Michigan.

[edit] Province of Dubuque

The Ecclesiastical Province of Dubuque comprises the state of Iowa.

[edit] Province of Galveston-Houston

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The Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston comprises the eastern counties of the state of Texas.

[edit] Province of Hartford

The Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford comprises the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

[edit] Province of Indianapolis

The Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis comprises the state of Indiana.

[edit] Province of Kansas City

The Ecclesiastical Province of Kansas City comprises the state of Kansas.

[edit] Province of Los Angeles

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is the motherchurch of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The Eccclesiastical Province of Los Angeles comprises the southern and central counties of the state of California.

[edit] Province of Louisville

The Ecclesiastical Province of Louisville comprises the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

[edit] Province of Miami

The Ecclesiastical Province of Miami comprises the state of Florida.

[edit] Province of Milwaukee

The Ecclesiastical Province of Milwaukee comprises the state of Wisconsin.

[edit] Province of Mobile

The Ecclesiastical Province of Mobile comprises the states of Alabama and Mississippi.

[edit] Province of New York

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The Ecclesiastical Province of New York comprises the state of New York.

[edit] Province of New Orleans

The Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans comprises the state of Louisiana.

[edit] Province of Newark

The Ecclesiastical Province of Newark comprises the state of New Jersey.

[edit] Province of Oklahoma City

The Ecclesiastical Province of Oklahoma City comprises the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

[edit] Province of Omaha

The Ecclesiastical Province of Omaha comprises the state of Nebraska.

[edit] Province of Philadelphia

The Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia comprises the state of Pennsylvania.

[edit] Province of Portland

The Ecclesiastical Province of Portland comprises the states of Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

[edit] Province of Saint Louis

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is the motherchurch of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

The Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Louis comprises the state of Missouri.

[edit] Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

The Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis comprises the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

[edit] Province of San Antonio

The Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio comprises the western counties of the state of Texas.

[edit] Province of San Francisco

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is the motherchurch of the Diocese of Honolulu; it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.

The Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco comprises the northern counties of the state of California and all of the states of Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

[edit] Province of Santa Fe

The Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe comprises the states of Arizona and New Mexico.

[edit] Province of Seattle

The Ecclesiastical Province of Seattle comprises the state of Washington.

[edit] Province of Washington

The Ecclesiastical Province of Washington comprises the District of Columbia, five neighboring counties in Maryland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

[edit] Province of Agaña

The Ecclesistical Province of Agaña comprises the United States overseas dependencies of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Also included are the sovereign and independent nations of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.

[edit] Province of Samoa-Apia

The Ecclesisatical Province of Samoa-Apia is foreign to the United States but however includes as a suffragan, a single diocese that comprises a United States overseas dependency, American Samoa.

[edit] Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico

The Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico comprises the United States Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

[edit] Archdiocese for the Military Services

Pope Pius XII erected an apostolic vicariate for members of the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy serving domestically and abroad. It was raised to the status of an archdiocese without being a metropolitical see. The archbishop oversees auxiliary bishops working at several military installations worldwide.

[edit] Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in the United States

  1. Province of Philadelphia (Ukrainian)
    1. Archeparchy of Philadelphia
    2. Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma
    3. Eparchy of Chicago
    4. Eparchy of Stamford
  2. Province of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
    1. Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
    2. Eparchy of Parma
    3. Eparchy of Passaic
    4. Eparchy of Van Nuys
  3. Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada (Armenian)
  4. Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean)
  5. Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean)
  6. Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite)
  7. Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite)
  8. Eparchy of Newton (Melkite)
  9. Eparchy of Saint George in Canton (Romanian)
  10. Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian)
  11. Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar)

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