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

1–50

No.BishopConsecratorsYearDiocese1John CarrollAA1 F1 F21790I Baltimore2Luis Peñalver y CárdenasPR33 AB1 AC11795I Louisiana and the Two Floridas3Leonard Neale1 F3 F41800II Baltimore4Francisco Porró y ReinadoAD1 AE1 AF11801II Louisiana and the Two Floridas5Richard Luke ConcanenAG1 AH1 AI11808I New York6Michael Francis Egan1 F5 F61810I Philadelphia7Jean-Louis de Cheverus*1 3 61810I Boston8Benedict Joseph Flaget1 6 71810I Bardstown9John ConnollyAJ1 AE2 AK11814II New York10Louis William Valentine DubourgAL1 AM1 AN11815III Louisiana and the Two Floridas11Ambrose Maréchal7 9 F71817III Baltimore12John B.M. David5 F8 F91817II Bardstown 13Patrick KellyAO1 AO2 AP11817I Richmond14John EnglandAQ1 AP1 131820I Charleston15Henry ConwellAR1 F10 F111820II Philadelphia16Edward Fenwick8 F9 F121822I Cincinnati17Joseph Rosati10 F13 F141824New Orleans (coadjutor), I St. Louis18Benedict Joseph Fenwick11 14 151825II Boston19John Dubois11 15 F151826III New York20Michael Portier17 F16 F171826I Mobile21James Whitfield8 15 191828IV Baltimore22Francis Kenrick8 12 151830III Philadelphia, VI Baltimore23Leo Raymond de Neckère17 20 F181830IV New Orleans24Frederick Rese17 F19 F201833I Detroit25John Baptist Purcell21 19 221833II Cincinnati26Guy Ignatius Chabrat8 12 F211834Bardstown (coadjutor)27Samuel Eccleston21 8 221834V Baltimore28Simon Bruté8 17 251834I Vincennes29William ClancyAS1 AT1 AP21834Charleston (coadjutor)30Antoine Blanc17 20 251835V New Orleans31Mathias Loras20 30 F221837I Dubuque32John Joseph Hughes19 8 221838IV New York33Richard Pius Miles17 28 261838I Nashville34Célestine de la HailandièreAU1 AV1 AW11839II Vincennes35Francisco Diego y MorenoAX1 AY1 AZ11840I Two Californias36John J. Chanche27 18 321841I Natchez37Richard Vincent Whelan27 18 321841II Richmond, I Wheeling38Peter Paul Lefevere22 14 321841Detroit (coadjutor)39Peter Richard Kenrick17 22 381841II St. Louis40Jean-Marie Odin30 20 361842I Galveston, VI New Orleans41Michael O'ConnorBA1 BB1 BC11843I Pittsburgh, I Erie42John McCloskey*32 18 371844I Albany, V New York43William Quarter32 18 371844I Chicago44Andrew Byrne32 18 371844I Little Rock45William Tyler18 37 441844I Hartford46Ignatius A. Reynolds25 33 411844II Charleston47John Henni25 33 411844I Milwaukee48John Bernard Fitzpatrick18 37 451844III Boston49François Norbert BlanchetBD1 BE1 BE21845I Oregon City50Augustin-Magloire BlanchetBD1 BE1 BF11846I Nesqually

51–100

No.BishopConsecratorsYearDiocese51Louis Amadeus Rappe25 37 F231847I Cleveland52John Timon32 42 BG11847 St. Louis (coadjutor), I Buffalo53John Stephen Bazin20 25 341847III Vincennes54Louis Désiré MaigretBH1 F24 F251847I Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands55Martin John Spalding8 22 331848III Louisville, VII Baltimore56Jacques-Maurice de Saint Palais33 55 F261849IV Vincennes57John Oliver van de Velde39 31 331849II Chicago, II Natchez58Joseph Sadoc AlemanyBA1 AG2 BI11850II Monterey, I San Francisco59Bernard O'Reilly52 42 481850II Hartford60Francis Xavier Gartland27 22 411850I Savannah61John McGill39 33 551850III Richmond62Jean-Baptiste Lamy55 51 561850I Santa Fe63Joseph CrétinBJ1 BK1 BJ21851I St. Paul of Minnesota64John Baptist Miège39 56 571851I Vicar Apostolic of Kansas65John Neumann†22 59 F271852IV Philadelphia66James Roosevelt BayleyBL1 42 511853I Newark, VIII Baltimore67John LoughlinBL1 42 511853I Brooklyn68Louis de Goesbriand¤BL1 42 511853I Burlington69George Aloysius Carrell25 38 471853I Covington70Frederic Baraga#25 38 471853I Sault Sainte Marie71Augustus Marie Martin30 20 571853I Natchitoches72Thaddeus Amat y BrusiBA1 BM1 BN11854III Monterey73Joshua Maria Young25 51 551854II Erie74Ignatius Persico*BO1 F28 F291854IV Savannah75Anthony O'Regan39 47 571854III Chicago76David William Bacon32 48 671855I Portland in Maine77James Frederick Wood25 37 651857V Philadelphia78Henry Damian Juncker25 47 731857I Alton79William Henry Elder22 61 771857III Natchez, III Cincinnati80Clement Smyth39 47 751857II Dubuque81James Duggan39 47 751857St. Louis (coadjutor), IV Chicago82John Barry22 20 651857II Savannah83John Henry Luers25 56 691858I Fort Wayne84Francis Patrick McFarland32 48 521858III Hartford85Patrick Neeson Lynch22 20 821858III Charleston86Augustin Verot22 61 821858III Savannah, I St. Augustine87James Myles O'Gorman39 64 781858I Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska88James Whelan39 64 781858II Nashville89Thomas Langton Grace39 33 811859II Saint Paul90John Quinlan30 77 791859II Mobile91Pierre DufalBP1 BQ1 341860Galveston (coadjutor)92Michael Domenec22 37 731860II Pittsburgh, I Allegheny93Eugene O'ConnellAO3 AP3 AS21861I Grass Valley94Sylvester Horton Rosecrans25 55 831862Cincinnati (auxiliary), I Columbus95Claude Marie Dubuis40 BR1 BS11862II Galveston96Peter Joseph Lavialle25 56 611865IV Louisville97John Joseph Conroy42 52 671865II Albany98Patrick Feehan39 64 781865III Nashville, V Chicago99John Joseph Williams42 67 971866IV Boston100John Hennessy39 47 811866III Dubuque

101–150

No.BishopConsecratorsYearDiocese101Edward Fitzgerald25 BR2 941867II Little Rock102William George McCloskeyBT1 BU1 BV11868V Louisville103Bernard John McQuaid42 66 681868I Rochester104Joseph Melcher39 47 781868I Green Bay105Jeremiah Francis Shanahan77 61 921868I Harrisburg106William O'Hara77 79 851868I Scranton107Tobias Mullen92 51 771868III Erie108Louis Aloysius Lootens58 72 931868I Vicar Apostolic of Idaho109James Gibbons*55 85 921868I Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, IV Richmond, IX Baltimore110Thomas A. A. Becker55 37 611868I Wilmington, VI Savannah111Joseph Projectus Machebeuf25 51 681868I Denver112Michael Heiss47 38 891868I La Crosse, II Milwaukee113John Joseph Hogan39 64 981868I Saint Joseph, I Kansas City114Stephen Vincent Ryan42 67 BR21868II Buffalo115Ignatius Mrak25 38 471869II Sault Sainte Marie116Jean-Baptiste SalpointeBW1 95 BX11869Vicar Apostolic of Arizona, II Santa Fe117Augustus Toebbe94 83 1021870II Covington118Peter Joseph Baltes83 117 F301870II Alton119Thomas Patrick Roger Foley102 94 1101870Chicago (coadjutor)120Caspar Henry Borgess94 83 981870II Detroit121Napoléon-Joseph Perché94 98 1191870VII New Orleans122Patrick Thomas O'Reilly42 97 991870I Springfield in Massachusetts123Louis Mary Fink119 64 1041871I Leavenworth124Patrick John Ryan39 98 1041872St. Louis (coadjutor), VI Philadelphia125Joseph Gregory Dwenger25 117 1201872II Fort Wayne126Richard Gilmour25 117 1201872II Cleveland127Francis McNeirny42 67 761872III Albany128Thomas Francis Hendricken42 76 991872I Providence129Edgar P. P. Wadhams42 68 991872I Ogdensburg130William Hickley Gross66 109 1101873V Savannah, III Oregon City131Michael Corrigan42 67 1021873II Newark, VI New York132Charles John Seghers49 50 BY11873II Oregon City133Francisco Mora y Borrell72 58 931873IV Monterey-Los Angeles134Anthony Dominic Pellicer121 101 1091874I San Antonio135Dominic Manucy121 79 951874I Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, III Mobile136John Joseph Kain66 109 1101875II Wheeling, III St. Louis137Rupert Seidenbusch112 123 1251875I Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota138James Augustine Healy99 122 1271875II Portland in Maine139Francis Xavier Krautbauer47 89 1121875II Green Bay140John Ireland89 112 1371875III Saint Paul141Thomas Galberry99 122 1291876IV Hartford142John Tuigg77 92 1071876III Pittsburgh143James O'Connor124 105 1061876I Omaha144Francis Xavier LerayBZ1 34 CA11877II Natchitoches, VIII New Orleans145John Lancaster Spalding42 109 1191877I Peoria146John Moore85 110 1301877II St. Augustine147Silas ChatardCB1 CC1 CD11878V Vincennes148John Joseph Keane109 119 1361878V Richmond, IV Dubuque149Lawrence Stephen McMahon99 67 1221879V Hartford150John Vertin112 120 1451879III Sault Sainte Marie

151–200

No.BishopConsecratorsYearDiocese151Egidius Junger49 50 F311879II Nesqually152Jean-Baptiste Brondel132 151 BY11879I Helena153Martin Marty147 137 F321880I Sioux Falls, III Saint Cloud154John Ambrose Watterson79 102 1421881II Columbus155Patrick Manogue58 93 1331881II Grass Valley, I Sacramento156Francis Janssens109 110 1481881IV Natchez, IX New Orleans157John Claude Neraz101 95 1351881II San Antonio158John McMullen98 100 1451881I Davenport159Herman Koeckemann58 93 CE11881II Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands160Kilian Caspar Flasch112 137 1391881II La Crosse161Winand Wigger131 67 1031881III Newark162Michael Joseph O'Farrell42 67 1311881I Trenton163Henry Pinckney Northrop109 110 1481882II Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, IV Charleston164Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher101 135 1571882III Galveston165Henry Richter79 102 1201883I Grand Rapids166Joseph Rademacher98 125 1541883IV Nashville, III Fort Wayne167Patrick William Riordan98 102 1471883II San Francisco168Denis Mary Bradley99 68 1461884I Manchester169Henry Cosgrove98 100 1431884II Davenport170Camillus Paul Maes79 102 1201885III Covington171Anthony Durier134 157 1641885III Natchitoches172Alphonse Joseph Glorieux109 130 1701885I Boise173Peter Bourgade62 111 1161885I Tucson, IV Santa Fe174Richard Phelan124 105 1071885IV Pittsburgh175Jeremiah O'Sullivan109 148 1631885IV Mobile176Frederick Katzer112 140 1501886III Green Bay, III Milwaukee177Alfred Allen Paul Curtis109 136 1461886II Wilmington, Baltimore (auxiliary)178Matthew Harkins99 122 1491887II Providence179Patrick Anthony Ludden131 103 1271887I Syracuse180Lawrence Scanlan167 93 1551887I Salt Lake City181Maurice Francis Burke98 102 1691887I Cheyenne, II Saint Joseph182Nicholas Chrysostom Matz116 111 F331887II Denver183Thomas Bonacum39 123 1431887I Lincoln184Richard Scannell98 102 1661887I Concordia, II Omaha185Thomas McGovern106 126 1541888II Harrisburg186John Janssen98 113 1231888I Belleville187James Ryan145 102 1861888III Alton188Leo Michael Haid109 110 1361888III Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina189John Samuel Foley109 67 1291888III Detroit190John Joseph Hennessy39 100 1231888I Wichita191Thomas Heslin156 101 1711889V Natchez192John J. F. O. Zardetti130 CF1 CG11889II Saint Cloud193Augustine van de Vyver109 136 1881889VI Richmond194Joseph Bernard Cotter140 89 1531889I Winona195James McGolrick140 89 1531889I Duluth196John Shanley140 89 1531889I Fargo197Peter Verdaguer y PratCH1 CI1 CJ11890II Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville198Thomas Francis Brennan107 174 1851891I Dallas199John Brady99 122 1781891Boston (auxiliary)200Theophile Meerschaert156 101 1911891I Oklahoma

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