Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States

This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the United States, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and their predecessors.

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Philadelphia is written "IV Philadelphia". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops from outside the United States (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page). Where the letter "F" is used, it indicates that a priest who was not a bishop assisted in the consecration.

Chart of episcopal succession

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Foreign consecrators

 * AA=Titular Bishop of Rama
 * AB=Bishop of Havana
 * AC=Titular Bishop of Tricala
 * AD=Bishop of Mexico
 * AE=Titular Bishop of Athens
 * AF=Titular Bishop of Cyrene
 * AG=Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
 * AH=Titular Bishop of Seleucia
 * AI=Titular Bishop of Ephesus
 * AJ=Archbishop of Fermo
 * AK=Titular Bishop of Ancyra
 * AL=Bishop of Porto
 * AM=Bishop of Saint-Malo
 * AN=Bishop of Terracina, Sezze, and Priverno
 * AO=Archbishop of Dublin
 * AP=Bishop of Ossory
 * AQ=Bishop of Cork
 * AR= Titular Bishop of Aria
 * AS=Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
 * AT=Archbishop of Cashel
 * AU=Archbishop of Rouen
 * AV=Bishop of Versailles
 * AW=Bishop of Beauvais
 * AX=Titular Bishop of Rhesaina
 * AY=Bishop of Monterrey
 * AZ=Titular Bishop of Tanagra
 * BA=Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
 * BB=Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
 * BC=Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
 * BD=Bishop of Montreal
 * BE=Bishop of Kingston
 * BF=Titular Bishop of Martyropolis
 * BG=Bishop of Halifax
 * BH=Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia
 * BI=Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis
 * BJ=Bishop of Belley-Ars
 * BK=Bishop of Lausanne
 * BL=Titular Archbishop of Thebes
 * BM=Bishop of Città di Castello
 * BN=Bishop of Ross
 * BO=Titular Bishop of Derbe
 * BP=Archbishop of Tours
 * BQ=Bishop of Le Mans
 * BR=Bishop of Toronto
 * BS=Bishop of Valence
 * BT=Archbishop of Munich and Freising
 * BU=Titular Archbishop of Melitene
 * BV=Bishop of Osimo and Cingoli
 * BW=Bishop of Clermont
 * BX=Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay
 * BY=Bishop of Vancouver
 * BZ=Archbishop of Rennes
 * CA=Bishop of Quimper
 * CB=Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
 * CC=Bishop of Fano
 * CD=Titular Bishop of Troas
 * CE=Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong
 * CF=Bishop of Sankt Gallen
 * CG=Bishop of Basel
 * CH=Bishop of Barcelona
 * CI=Bishop of Vic
 * CJ=Bishop of Lleida
 * CK=Titular Archbishop of Lepanto
 * CL=Bishop of Victoria
 * CM=Bishop of San Luis Potosí
 * CN=Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
 * CO=Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
 * CP=Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
 * CQ=Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
 * CR=Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phyrgia
 * CS=Titular Archbishop of Tyana
 * CT=Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
 * CU=Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
 * CV=Metropolitan of Lviv
 * CW=Bishop of Przemyśl
 * CX=Bishop of Stanislaviv
 * CY=Titular Bishop of Petra
 * CZ=Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia
 * DA=Titular Archbishop of Darnis
 * DB=Titular Archbishop of Edessa
 * DC=Titular Archbishop of Corinth
 * DD=Titular Bishop of Sinitis
 * DE=Archbishop of Winnipeg
 * DF=Bishop of Sabina
 * DG=Titular Archbishop of Colossae
 * DH=Titular Bishop of Tiberias
 * DI=Titular Bishop of Lydda
 * DJ=Bishop of Jaro
 * DK=Eparch of Križevci
 * DL=Eparch of Lungro
 * DM=Bishop of Morelia
 * DN=Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
 * DO=Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
 * DP=Titular Bishop of Themisonium
 * DQ=Bishop of Macau
 * DR=Bishop of Nueva Segovia
 * DS=Titular Archbishop of Dioclea
 * DT=Cardinal Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome
 * DU=Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europe
 * DV=Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thrace
 * DW=Titular Bishop of Tuscamia
 * DX=Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
 * DY=Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
 * DZ=Ukrainian Catholic Archeparch of Winnipeg
 * EA=Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of Edmonton
 * EB=Bishop of Nelson
 * EC=Titular Archbishop of Philippi
 * ED=Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
 * EE=Titular Bishop of Lystra
 * EF=Bishop of Basse-Terre
 * EG=Titular Archbishop of Myra
 * EH=Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * EI=Titular Archbishop of Pelusium
 * EJ=Titular Archbishop of Nubia
 * EK=Titular Archbishop of Adana
 * EL=Bishop of Imola
 * EM=Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of Toronto
 * EN=Titular Archbishop of Severiana
 * EO=Archbishop of Guatemala
 * EP=Bishop of San Marcos
 * EQ=Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * ER=Titular Archbishop of Nisibi of the Maronites
 * ES=Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites
 * ET=Archbishop of Gwangju
 * EU=Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek Melkite Catholics
 * EV=Archbishop of Acre of the Greek Melkite Catholics
 * EW=Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek Melkite Catholics
 * EX=Titular Archbishop of Christopolis
 * EY=Bishop of Comayagua
 * EZ=Titular Archbishop of Malliana
 * FA=Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia
 * FB=Titular Bishop of Hermonthis
 * FC=Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
 * FD=Titular Archbishop of Iconium
 * FE=Titular Archbishop of Serdica
 * FF=Archbishop of Utrecht
 * FG=Archbishop of Armagh
 * FH=Bishop of Nassau
 * FI=Titular Archbishop of Zuri
 * FJ=Archbishop of Cali
 * FK=Archbishop of Tamale
 * FL=Bishop of Arecibo
 * FM=Bishop of Mayagüez
 * FN=Archbishop of Bangalore
 * FO=Titular Archbishop of Thagora
 * FP=Bishop of Coroico
 * FQ=Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia
 * FR=Titular Archbishop of Colonia
 * FS=Titular Archbishop of Comana
 * FT=Bishop of Tehuacán
 * FU=Titular Archbishop of Feradi Maius
 * FV=Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon
 * FW=Titular Archbishop of Kaškar of the Chaldeans
 * FX=Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul
 * FY=Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans
 * FZ=Archbishop of Basra of the Chaldeans
 * GA=Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Alqosh
 * GB=Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Aqra
 * GC=Titular Archbishop of Drivastum
 * GD=Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
 * GE=Titular Bishop of Bosana
 * GF=Archbishop of Cotonou
 * GG=Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
 * GH=Bishop of Marbel
 * GI=Melkite Eparch of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
 * GJ=Titular Archbishop of Vescovio
 * GK=Melkite Greek Eparch of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México
 * GL=Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek Melkites
 * GM=Titular Archbishop of Amiternum
 * GN=Titular Archbishop of Tharros
 * GO=Bishop of Saint John's-Basseterre
 * GP=Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari
 * GQ=Bishop of Opole
 * GR=Titular Archbishop of Apollonia
 * GS=Titular Bishop of Amida of the Armenians
 * GT=Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * GU=Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs
 * GV=Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs
 * GW=Titular Archbishop of Horta
 * GX=Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of Saskatoon
 * GY=Greek Catholic Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
 * GZ=Archeparch of Antelias of the Maronites
 * HA=Titular Archbishop of Africa
 * HB=Titular Archbishop of Celene
 * HC=Titular Bishop of Rusellae
 * HD=Titular Bishop of Acre of the Maronites
 * HE=Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris
 * HF=Titular Bishop of Cilibia
 * HG=Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
 * HH=Bishop of Palai
 * HI=Bishop of Kottayam
 * HJ=Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada
 * HK=Bishop of Nuevo Laredo
 * HL=Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae
 * HM=Titular Archbishop of Coeliana
 * HN=Titular Archbishop of Tagritum
 * HO=Archbishop of Trivandrum
 * HP=Bishop of Muvattupuzha
 * HQ=Bishop of Mavelikara
 * HR=Bishop of Frascati
 * HS=Archbishop of Ljubljana
 * HT=Vicar General of Rome
 * HW=Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians
 * HX=Archbishop of Adana of the Armenians
 * HY=Military Ordinary of Poland
 * HZ=Bishop of Kingston in Jamaica
 * IA=Bishop of Irinjalakuda
 * IB=Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
 * IC=Bishop of San Isidro de El General
 * ID=Bishop of Regensburg
 * IE=Titular Bishop of Cresima
 * IF=Titular Bishop of Serta
 * IG=Bishop of Montego Bay
 * IH=Titular Bishop of Novi
 * II=Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
 * IJ=Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych
 * IK=Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov
 * IL=Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice
 * IM=Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava
 * IN=Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
 * IO=Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon
 * IP=Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia
 * IQ=Ukrainian Catholic Bishop of Edmonton
 * IR=Archeparch of Tiruvalla
 * IS=Eparch of Pathanamthitta
 * IT=Bishop of Matamoros
 * IU=Titular Archbishop of Gunela
 * IV=Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
 * IW=Melkite Catholic Patiarch of Antioch
 * IX=Eparch of Mukachevo
 * IY=Eparch of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris
 * IZ=Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro

Other abbreviations

 * F=Priest who was not a bishop
 * PP=Pope
 * PR=Bishop of Puerto Rico