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  2. Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States

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    John Carroll (1) became the first American bishop in 1790. 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.

  3. List of national anthems - Wikipedia

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    Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...

  4. List of Catholic bishops in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The bishop in the five commonwealths and territories have different episcopal conferences: In Puerto Rico, the six bishops form their own episcopal conference, the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña. [2] [3] In the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam, the bishops belong to the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

  5. Lists of popes, patriarchs, primates, archbishops, and bishops

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    List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; List of presiding bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses; List of bishops of the Anglican Church in North America; List of bishops of the North American Lutheran Church; List of bishops of the Reformed ...

  6. The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia

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    "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

  7. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    Anthem book of the Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany (1909) [88] The Hymnal (1916) [89] Hymnal of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (1918) [90] The Church Hymnal (1920) [91] The Hymnal (1920) [92] The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1940) [93] The Wayside Hymnal (1940) [94] [95]

  8. List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States ...

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    "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:

  9. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Wikipedia

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    The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.Founded in 2001 after the merger of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ...