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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 American territories and commonwealths, 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, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The bishop in the five commonwealths and territories have different episcopal conferences:
Archbishops and bishops
[edit]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 i
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The Catholic Church stories we'll be following in 2024
The life of the Catholic Church in 2024 is filled with forks in the road, most of them placed there by our reforming pontiff, Pope Francis. As the pope pushes ahead with his effort to recall the church to Gospel basics — God's redeeming mercy and grace, concern for the poor and the outcast, holiness and catholicity — American Catholics are faced with a well-financed, well-organized opposition for whom "the basics" are a series of culture war issues.
Synodality has emerged as the leading vehicle for ecclesial reform and the preparations for the second möte of the synod, as well as the synod itself in October, will dominate the year. Those preparations got a belated start. Generally, the synod organizers have done a great job but it was shocking that, at the synod's close, they had no instructions ready for the local churches to follow up and prepare for this year's gathering. Over a month later, on
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At their meeting next month, members of the U.S. bishops\u2019 conference are expected to discuss a proposed document on \u201CEucharistic coherence,\u201D on the worthy reception of Holy Communion by Catholics.
Such a document was first proposed by a short-term working group on the Biden administration, launched in November by conference president Archbishop Jose Gomez. The idea has since been passed on to the conference committee on doctrine and the administrative committee.
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After a letter this morning from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the direction discussions will take during June\u2019s U.S. bishops\u2019 meeting is unclear. But a number of bishops have weighed in recently on Holy Communion and public life.
The Pillar has compiled their statements here, and will continue to do so:
Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver: (excerpt, April 14 essay in America magazine) \u201CThe Eucharist is a gift, not an entitlement, and the sanctit