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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore (Latin: Archidiœcesis Baltimorensis) is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in northern and western Maryland in the United States. It is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest archdiocese in the United States.
William Edward Lori (born May 6, 1951) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Baltimore since 2012. Lori previously served as Bishop of Bridgeport from 2001 to 2012, and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington from 1995 to 2001.
John Carroll SJ (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815 [1]) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baltimore, then the only diocese in the nascent United States, from 1789 to 1815.
Cardinal Gibbons in May 1914. James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic archbishops of Baltimore" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, consecrated in Baltimore in 1959. The archdiocese also includes the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in Baltimore between 1806 and 1863, based on a design by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Archbishop Keough's coat of arms. Francis Patrick Keough (December 30, 1890 – December 8, 1961) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island from 1934 to 1947 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1947 until his death.
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (March 18, 1898 – August 26, 1984) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1961 to 1974. He was made a cardinal in 1965. Shehan previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore from 1945 to 1953 as Bishop of Bridgeport from 1953 to 1961.