User:Eagle4000/List of the Catholic ecclesiastical provinces of the United States
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COPY FN'S FROM [List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States]], RE DIOC'S & PROV'S THAT CROSS STATE LINES
The following is a list of the Catholic [ecclesiastical province#Catholic Church|ecclesiastical provinces]] of the United States, in (1) chronological order and (2) alphabetical order. The [Catholic Church in the United States]] — including the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands — comprises 177 [Latin Rite|Latin-rite]] dioceses (led by [diocesan bishop]]s), 18 [Eastern Catholic Church|Eastern Catholic]] [[eparchy|eparchies] (led by eparchs), the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA|Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA]], and the [#Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter|Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter]].[1]
The 177 Latin dioceses are divided into 32 [Ecclesiastical province #Catholic Church|ecclesiastical provinces]]. Each province has a [metropolitan see|metropolitan archdiocese]] — led by an [Bishop (Catholic Church)#Metropolitan archbishop|archbishop]][2][3] — and at least one suffragan diocese. There are also two Eastern Catholic metropoliae. The four Byzantine Catholic eparchies constitute one metropolia, with Pittsburgh as the metropolitan see, led by a metropolitan archbishop. Similarly, the four Ukrainian Catholic eparchies constitute one metropolia, with [#Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians|Philadelphia]] as the metropolitan see. (One archbishop—that of the Archdiocese for the Military Services—is not a metropolitan.)
All active and [Bishop (Catholic Church)#Retired bishops|retired]] bishops in the United States and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands — diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary — are members of the [United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] (USCCB).
In addition to the 195 dioceses, one exarchate, and one personal ordinariate, there are several dioceses in the nation's other four overseas dependencies. In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses (one metropolitan archdiocese and five suffragan dioceses) form their own [episcopal conference]], the [Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference|Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña]].[4][5] The bishops in U.S. [insular area]]s in the [Pacific Ocean]] — the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam — are members of the [Episcopal conference#Oceania|Episcopal Conference of the Pacific]].