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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 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:
John Carroll (1) became the first American bishop in 1790. Portrait of Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus by Gilbert Stuart. Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus (7) was the first bishop of Boston, and became a cardinal after he returned to France. John McCloskey (42) was Archbishop of New York and became the first American cardinal in 1875.
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome. They are typically ordained bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman ...
"PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence. Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
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Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically. After 1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen at General Convention by vote by all bishops, and approved by the House of Deputies. The office now has a nine-year term.
Roman Catholic bishops in the United States (9 C, 2 P) C. Catholic bishops in insular areas of the United States (7 C) P.
Roman Catholic bishops in New York (state) (6 C, 8 P) Roman Catholic bishops in North Carolina (10 P) Roman Catholic bishops in North Dakota (2 C) O.