List of Catholic bishops in the United States
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.
The Catholic Church in the United States comprises:
- 176 Latin Church dioceses in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- 18 Eastern Catholic eparchies in the 50 states
- six Latin Church dioceses in Puerto Rico
- three Latin Church dioceses in American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands
- the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, for American military personnel and their dependents
- the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, a special diocese for former Anglicans who have been received into the full communion of the Catholic Church
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:
- In Puerto Rico, the six bishops form their own episcopal conference, the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña.
- In the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam, the bishops belong to the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
- In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the bishop is a member of the USCCB.