Launch wikiproject/Dioceses
The Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which include both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites and traditions, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome. The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is not a metropolitan diocese. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, with territory that extends over the United States and Canada, was established on January 1, 2012, for former Anglicans who join the Catholic Church.[1]
The Catholic Church in the United States has a total of 196 particular churches in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 33 territorial archdioceses, 143 territorial dioceses, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (serving members of the US Armed Forces and Diplomatic Corps, and those in facilities of the Veterans Administration and their dependents), and the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (serving Catholics who were formerly Anglicans) within the Latin Church; and two archeparchies and 16 eparchies in the Eastern Catholic Churches.
There are several other dioceses whose territories cover the United States' unincorporated territories. Puerto Rico has one ecclesiastical province comprising an archdiocese and five dioceses, which together form the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference, which is separate from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.[2]Template:Self-published inline The dioceses that encompass American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam are part of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
Territorial provinces and dioceses
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference
| Diocese |
|---|
| Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan
This province covers the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico |
| Archdiocese of San Juan |
| Diocese of Arecibo |
| Diocese of Caguas |
| Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao |
| Diocese of Mayagüez |
| Diocese of Ponce |
Episcopal Conference of the Pacific
| Diocese |
|---|
| Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña |
| Archdiocese of Agaña (This diocese covers the U.S. territory of Guam.) |
| Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (This diocese covers the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.) |
| Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa–Apia |
| Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (This diocese covers the U.S. territory of American Samoa.) |
Military archdiocese
Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and their dependents, employees of the US Veterans Health Administration and its patients, and Americans in civil service overseas, including the Nation's diplomatic corps and their dependents, both Catholics of the Latin Church and Eastern Churches, are served by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. An archbishop leads it who is presently assisted by four auxiliary bishops. Its status as an "archdiocese" is merely honorary. In 1986, Pope John Paul II amended the juridical organization of military chaplaincies from "military vicariates" to "military ordinariates",[5] the head of which was likened to a diocesan bishop. The Ordinary of the Archdiocese of the Military Services is usually granted the personal title of "Archbishop", although this is not a requisite of the office.
Eastern Catholic eparchies
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States is organized into a metropolia (province) comprising a metropolitan archeparchy and three suffragan eparchies.
| Diocese |
|---|
| Province of Philadelphia (Ukrainian) |
| Archeparchy of Philadelphia |
| Eparchy of Chicago |
| Eparchy of Parma |
| Eparchy of Stamford |
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the United States is organized into the sui iuris Province of Pittsburgh, consisting of a metropolitan archeparchy and three suffragan eparchies. The eparchies also serve the faithful of other Byzantine Catholic Churches without established hierarchies in the United States, namely those of the Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Macedonian, Russian, and Slovak Byzantine Catholic Churches. Since 2022, this province includes also the Slovak Catholic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto in Canada, which was formerly part of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.[6]
Eastern Catholic eparchies in the United States immediately subject to the Holy See
The following particular Eastern Catholic Churches are not suffragan to metropolitan sees, but are instead exempt and therefore immediately subject to the Holy See, while they still remain part of their respective patriarchal, major archiepiscopal, or other rite- and tradition-specific particular churches.
Eastern Catholic eparchies comprising the United States and Canada, and immediately subject to the Holy See
Several Eastern Catholic Churches have jurisdictions that include members and congregations in both the United States and Canada.
Personal ordinariate (Anglican Use)
Under the provisions of Anglicanorum Coetibus of 2009, an effort was underway to establish a personal ordinariate, or diocese, in the United States. The ordinariate was formed for former Anglicans, including members from the Episcopal Church, Continuing Anglican churches, and already Catholic Anglican Use parishes. The first such ordinariate established was the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom. The personal ordinariate encompassing the whole United States, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, was instituted on January 1, 2012, in accordance with Anglicanorum Coetibus.[1] It was later expanded to include Canada, and so its ordinary is admitted to the two countries' bishops' conferences.
| Diocese |
|---|
| Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter |
Former US dioceses
| Diocese | Cathedral | History | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Allegheny | St. Peter Church |
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| Diocese of Alton | Church of Sts. Peter and Paul |
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[8] |
| Diocese of Bardstown | Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral |
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[9] |
| Diocese of Both Californias |
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| Diocese of Concordia | Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church |
|
[12] |
| Diocese of Grass Valley | St. Patrick Church |
|
[13] |
| Diocese of Jamestown | St. James Church |
|
[14] |
| Diocese of Juneau | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
[15] |
| Diocese of Kearney | St. James Church |
|
[16] |
| Diocese of Lead | St. Patrick Church |
|
[17] |
| Diocese of Leavenworth | Church of the Immaculate Conception |
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[18] |
| Diocese of Natchez | St. Mary Basilica |
|
[19] |
| Diocese of Natchitoches | Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
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[20] |
| Diocese of Nesqually | Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater |
|
[21] |
| Diocese of Oregon City | St. John the Apostle Church |
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[22] |
| Diocese of Quincy |
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| Diocese of Saint Joseph |
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| Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie | Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral |
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[24] |
| Diocese of Vincennes | Basilica of St. Francis Xavier |
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[25] |
| Diocese of Walla Walla |
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[26] |
See also
- Provincial boundaries in the United States
- List of Roman Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of the Roman Catholic cathedrals of the United States
- List of basilicas § Basilicas in North and Central America and the Caribbean
- Nunciature to the United States
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North America § Episcopal Conference of the United States of America
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including episcopal conferences and USCCB regions)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
- List of Catholic archdioceses (by continent and nation)
- List of Catholic apostolic administrations
- List of Catholic military dioceses
- List of Catholic titular sees
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cardinal Levada, William (January 1, 2012). "Decree of Erection of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter". Holy See. http://www.usordinariate.org/images/CSP_Decree.pdf.
- ↑ "Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.)". http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/086.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Parish Finder - Archdiocese of Anchorage-Jeneau". Archdiocese of Anchorage-Jeneau. https://aoaj.org/parishfinder. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ↑ "ABOUT the Archdiocese of Atlanta". Archdiocese of Atlanta. https://archatl.com/about/about-the-archdiocese-of-atlanta/. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ↑ "Constitutio apostolica Spirituali militum curae, die XXIV mensis Aprilis, anno Domini MCMLXXXVI – Ioannes Paulus II". https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/la/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19860421_spirituali-militum-curae.html.
- ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 03.03.2022". 3 March 2022. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/03/220303b.html.
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Allegheny". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0097.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Alton". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0101.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Bardstown". http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0275.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Both Californias". 21 February 2016. http://www.dioceseofmonterey.org/about.aspx.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ Template:Catholic-hierarchyTemplate:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Concordia". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0556.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Grass Valley". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0897.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Jamestown". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0949.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Diocese of Juneau". 19 May 2020. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/june0.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Kearney". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0959.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Lead". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0993.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Leavenworth". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0994.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Natchez". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1229.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Nachitoches". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1230.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Nesqually". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1253.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Oregon City". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1316.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Quincy". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1440.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1523.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Vincennes". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1973.htm.Template:Self-published source
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Walla Walla". 21 February 2016. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1986.htm.Template:Self-published source