Roman Catholicism in the United States

Roman Catholicism in the United States has flourished since its colonial era, previous to the establishment of the nation. The Roman Catholic Church in the United States is the largest Christian denomination in the nation, with 65.2 million people professing the faith in 2003. Approximately 23 percent of the American population, it is four times the size of the next largest denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Roman Catholic Church - United States - Christian denomination - 2003 - Southern Baptist Convention

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The Church's governing body in the United States is the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of bishops and archbishops of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, although each bishop is independent in his own diocese, answerable only to the Pope.

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U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Hierarchy - Bishop - Archbishop - United States - U.S. Virgin Islands - Diocese - Pope

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No primate for Catholics exists in the United States. The Archdiocese of Baltimore, the first diocese established in the country, received Prerogative of Place in the 1850s, which confers to its archbishop a subset of the leadership responsibilities granted to primates in other countries.

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Primate - Diocese - 1850s - Its archbishop - Leadership

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