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Roman Catholicism in the United States

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The Roman Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church.

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the United States. As of 2003, there are over 65.2 million Catholics in the United States, approximately 23% of the population. This is about four times the size of the next largest denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention.

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

Table of contents
1 Statistics
2 Dioceses
3 External link

Statistics

There are over 19,000 parishes in 195 dioceses or archdioceses: There are over 30,000 diocesan priests, and over 15,000 priests vowed to a specific order. There are over 30,000 lay ministers, 13,000 deacons, 75,000 sisters, and 5600 brothers.

There are 150,000 Catholic school teachers in the U.S., teaching 2.7 million elementary and high school students.

Dioceses

The following is the list of the dioceses in the United States. Archdioceses are indicated by (+) after their name.

U.S. dioceses also include the following:

External link

U.S. Catholic Dioceses list from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops