list of the roman catholic dioceses of the united states

The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States. The Roman Catholic Church in the United States, informally known as the American Catholic Church, is comprised of 195 ecclesiastical territories called dioceses led by prelate bishops. In the United States, state counties are used to determine diocesan territories. Dioceses led by archbishops are called an archdioceses. There are 32 archdioceses which serve as the seats of 32 metropolitan provinces of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies. There are also dioceses and eparchies of the Eastern Rite. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into metropolitan provinces of their own. All bishops, prelate and auxiliary, are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Province of Anchorage

The Metropolitan Province of Anchorage is comprised of the state of Alaska.

Province of Atlanta

The Metropolitan Province of Atlanta is comprised of the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Province of Baltimore

The Metropolitan Province of Baltimore is comprised of all but five counties of the state of Maryland, and all of the states of Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia.

Province of Boston

The Metropolitan Province of Boston is comprised of the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Province of Chicago

The Metropolitan Province of Chicago is comprised of the state of Illinois.

Province of Cincinnati

The Metropolitan Province of Cincinnati is comprised of the state of Ohio.

Province of Denver

The Metropolitan Province of Denver is comprised of the states of Colorado and Wyoming.

Province of Detroit

The Metropolitan Province of Detroit is comprised of the state of Michigan.

Province of Dubuque

The Metropolitan Province of Dubuque is comprised of the state of Iowa.

Province of Galveston-Houston

The Metropolitan Province of Galveston-Houston is comprised of the eastern counties of the state of Texas.

Province of Hartford

The Metropolitan Province of Hartford is comprised of the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Province of Indianapolis

The Metropolitan Province of Indianapolis is comprised of the state of Indiana.

Province of Kansas City

The Metropolitan Province of Kansas City is comprised of the state of Kansas.

Province of Los Angeles

The Metropolitan Province of Los Angeles is comprised of the southern counties of the state of California.

Province of Louisville

The Metropolitan Province of Louisville is comprised of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Province of Miami

The Metropolitan Province of Miami is comprised of the state of Florida.

Province of Milwaukee

The Metropolitan Province of Milwaukee is comprised of the state of Wisconsin.

Province of Mobile

The Metropolitan Province of Mobile is comprised of the states of Alabama and Mississippi.

Province of New York

The Metropolitan Province of New York is comprised of the state of New York.

Province of New Orleans

The Metropolitan Province of New Orleans is comprised of the state of Louisiana.

Province of Newark

The Metropolitan Province of Newark is comprised of the state of New Jersey.

Province of Oklahoma City

The Metropolitan Province of Oklahoma City is comprised of the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Province of Omaha

The Metropolitan Province of Omaha is comprised of the state of Nebraska.

Province of Philadelphia

The Metropolitan Province of Philadelphia is comprised of the state of Pennsylvania.

Province of Portland

The Metropolitan Province of Portland is comprised of the states of Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Province of Saint Louis

The Metropolitan Province of Saint Louis is comprised of the state of Missouri.

Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

The Metropolitan Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is comprised of the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Province of San Antonio

The Metropolitan Province of San Antonio is comprised of the western counties of the state of Texas.

Province of San Francisco

The Metropolitan Province of San Francisco is comprised of the northern counties of the state of California and all of the states of Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

Province of Santa Fe

The Metropolitan Province of Santa Fe is comprised of the states of Arizona and New Mexico.

Province of Seattle

The Metropolitan Province of Seattle is comprised of the state of Washington.

Province of Washington

The Metropolitan Province of Washington is comprised of the District of Columbia, five neighboring counties in Maryland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Province for the Military Services

Pope Pius XII canonically erected a special ecclesiastical province and diocese for members of the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy serving domestically and abroad. The metropolitan oversees bishops working at several military installations worldwide.

Archdiocese for the Military Services

Province of Agaa

The Metropolitan Province of Agaa is comprised of the United States overseas dependencies of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Also included are the sovereign and independent nations of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.

Province of Samoa-Apia

The Metropolitan Province of Samoa-Apia is foreign to the United States but however includes as a suffragan, a single diocese that is comprised of a United States overseas dependency, American Samoa.