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, comprises 195 particular churches called dioceses led by 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 whose archbishops serve as the metropolitans of 32 Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in the United States.

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Roman Catholic Church - United States - American Catholic Church - Particular church - Diocese - Bishop - State - Counties - Archbishop - Archdiocese - Metropolitan - Ecclesiastical province

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In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies. The United States is mainly Latin rite, but eparchies of the Eastern Rite exist in the nation. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into ecclesiastical provinces of their own.

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Latin rite - Eparchies - Vatican

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All bishops—diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary—are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Coadjutor - Auxiliary - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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