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 (Episcopalians) 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 diocesan bishops, auxiliary bishop, and bishops emeriti 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 diocesan bishop and bishop emeritus are members of the USCCB.

Archbishops and bishops 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 is the only American archdiocese that is not designated as a metropolitan archdiocese. The pope appoints all archbishops and bishops, who must be at least ordained priests. The pope chooses from a list of candidates provided by the papal nuncio of the United States to the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome.

Most archdioceses and large dioceses have one or more auxiliary bishops, serving under the direction of the archbishop or bishop. After consultation with the Papal Nuncio to the United States, the pope appoints all auxiliary bishops. Some archdioceses and dioceses have a coadjutor archbishop or coadjutor bishop. The coadjutor is appointed to assist the diocesan bishop with his administrative duties—due to age or infirmity. After the diocesan bishop retires or dies, the coadjutor automatically succeeds him without an appointment by the pope. The pope appoints all coadjutors.

In some rare cases, the pope will name a titular archbishop as the bishop of a suffragan diocese. The most recent example in the United States was that of Celestine Damiano, whom Pope John XXIII named as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in 1960.

Foreign-born bishops serving in the United States In most nations that have a large Catholic population and are located in non-missionary geographical areas, the bishops are usually appointed from that country's native-born priests. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliary bishops in culturally diverse dioceses. As of 2025, forty-one active foreign-born bishops are serving in the United States, representing about 14% of all active American bishops. Out of twenty-one active bishops in the State of California, eight (Gomez, Rojas, Pham, Pulido, Ligot, Bersabal, Szkredka, and Bahuth) are foreign-born, representing over 1/3 of active bishops in the State.

The countries with the highest number of foreign-born representation are:

Nine bishops are from Mexico Six are from the Philippines Four are from Vietnam Three are from Poland Two are from Brazil Two are from Nicaragua Two are from Colombia

The following nations have produced at least one bishop who is serving in the United States: Italy, Nicaragua, Haiti, Ireland, Uganda, Lebanon, Peru, Spain, Cuba, South Africa, Malta, Argentina, El Salvador, and Cameroon.

Two archdioceses (Los Angeles and San Antonio) and twelve dioceses (Charleston, San Diego, Fall River, Las Cruces, Raleigh, Tyler, Wheeling, Houma-Thibodaux, Saint Thomas, Salt Lake City, Monterey (CA) and San Bernardino) are led by a foreign-born archbishop or bishop.

Five archdioceses and one diocese have more than one foreign-born active bishop assigned to them:

Archdiocese of Chicago: (2) Bishops Fedek and Maldonado Archdiocese of Los Angeles: (4) Archbishop Gomez and Bishops Szkredeka, Aclan, and Bahuth Archdiocese of Newark: (2) Bishops Cruz and Chau Archdiocese of Philadelphia: (2) Archbishop Perez and Bishop Esmilla Archdiocese of Washington: (2) Bishops Esposito-Garcia and Menjivar-Ayala Diocese of Rockville Centre: (2) Bishops Fernandez and Zglejezewski

Additionally, there are several dozen bishops currently serving in the United States who are first-generation American-born children of immigrant parents.

The majority of Eastern Catholic bishops in the U.S. are foreign-born.

Archeparchs The United States has two Eastern Catholic metropoliae, each led by a metropolitan archbishop called an archeparch:

The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the United States has four eparchies, which together constitute a single metropolia — the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is the metropolitan see. The four Ukrainian Catholic eparchies constitute the second metropolia. Philadelphia is the metropolitan see.

Popes Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the first American-born pope.

Cardinals Serving in the United States Although the majority (53%) of the United States' Roman Catholic population now live in Western and Southern states, there are no active cardinals west of the Archdiocese of Chicago and none in the Southern States.

three metropolitan archdioceses are led by a cardinal: Blase Cupich – Archdiocese of Chicago Joseph Tobin – Archdiocese of Newark Robert McElroy – Archdiocese of Washington

Seven archdioceses have a retired archbishop who served as cardinal-archbishop: Seán O'Malley – Archdiocese of Boston Adam Maida – Archdiocese of Detroit Daniel DiNardo – Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Roger Mahony – Archdiocese of Los Angeles Timothy Dolan – Archdiocese of New York Justin Rigali – Archdiocese of Philadelphia Wilton Gregory – Archdiocese of Washington Donald Wuerl – Archdiocese of Washington

Three archdioceses have a former archbishop who was created a cardinal after he completed his tenure as diocesan archbishop: Edwin O'Brien – Archdiocese of Baltimore James Stafford – Archdiocese of Denver Raymond Burke – Archdiocese of St. Louis

Serving outside the United States Two other American cardinals serve in the Holy See: Kevin Farrell − Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church and prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life James Harvey − archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Latin church archbishops and bishops

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops