Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is a particular church

Particular Church

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of the Roman

Roman Catholic (term)

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Catholic Church in the United States

United States

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. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany

Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...

, Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

, Baltimore

Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...

, Carroll

Carroll County, Maryland

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....

, Frederick

Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....

, Garrett

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

, Harford

Harford County, Maryland

Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.-History:...

, Howard

Howard County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, and Washington

Washington County, Maryland

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Counties in Maryland

Maryland

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. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest diocese in the United States whose see city was within the nation's boundaries when the United States declared its independence in 1776. The Holy See

Holy See

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granted the Archbishop of Baltimore the right of precedence

Order of precedence

An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments...

in the nation at liturgies, meetings, and councils

Plenary council (Catholicism)

A plenary council, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods, used when those summoned represent the whole number of bishops of some given territory...

on August 15, 1859. Although the Archdiocese of Baltimore does not enjoy primatial

Primate (religion)

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status, it is the premier episcopal see

Episcopal See

An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...

of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America.

The archdiocese comprises nine Maryland counties and Baltimore city, with 518,000 Catholics, 545 priests, five hospitals, and two seminaries — (St. Mary's Seminary and University

St. Mary's Seminary and University

St. Mary's Seminary and University is a Roman Catholic seminary in Baltimore, Maryland; it was the first seminary founded in the United States of America.-History:...

in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary's Seminary (at Mount Saint Mary's University

Mount Saint Mary's University

Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States...

) in Emmitsburg, Maryland

Emmitsburg, Maryland

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,290 people, 811 households, and 553 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,992.9 people per square mile . There were 862 housing units at an average density of 750.2 per square mile...

History

Before and during the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, the Catholics in Great Britain's thirteen colonies in America

Thirteen Colonies

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(and also its colonies in Canada

British colonization of the Americas

British colonization of the Americas began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas...

) were under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of the London District

Vicar Apostolic of the London District

The Vicar Apostolic of the London District was the title given to the bishop who headed an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in England, the Vicariate Apostolic of the London District, from 1688 to 1850.-Background:...

, in England. The war was formally ended by the Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris (1783)

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, which was signed on September 3, 1783, and was ratified by the Congress of the Confederation

Congress of the Confederation

The Congress of the Confederation or the United States in Congress Assembled was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1, 1781, to March 4, 1789. It comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures of the states. It was the immediate successor to the Second...

(of the newly independent United States of America) on January 14, 1784, and by the King of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain

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on April 9, 1784. The ratification documents were exchanged in Paris on May 12, 1784.

A petition was sent by the Maryland clergy to the Holy See

Holy See

, on November 6, 1783, for permission for the missionaries in the United States to nominate a superior

Mission sui iuris

A mission sui iuris, or in Latin missio sui iuris, also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction in an area with very few Catholics, often desolate or remote....

who would have some of the powers of a bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

. In response to that, Father John Carroll

John Carroll (bishop)

John Carroll, was the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States — serving as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is also known as the founder of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States, and St...

— having been selected by his brother priests

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

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— was confirmed by Pope Pius VI

Pope Pius VI

Pope Pius VI , born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, was Pope from 1775 to 1799.-Early years:Braschi was born in Cesena...

, on June 6, 1784, as Superior of the Missions

Mission sui iuris

in the thirteen United States of North America, with power to give the sacrament of confirmation

Confirmation (Catholic Church)

Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments through which Catholics pass in the process of their religious upbringing. According to Catholic doctrine, in this sacrament they receive the Holy Spirit and become adult members of the Catholic Church....

. This act established a hierarchy

Catholic Church hierarchy

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in the United States and removed the Catholic Church in the U.S.

Roman Catholicism in the United States

The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Christian Church in full communion with the Pope. With more than 68.5 registered million members, it is the largest single religious denomination in the United States, comprising about 22 percent of the population...

from the authority of the Vicar Apostolic of the London District.

The Holy See then established the Apostolic Prefecture

Apostolic prefect

An apostolic prefect is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a missionary area where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese....

of the United States on November 26, 1784. Because Maryland

Maryland

was one of the few regions of the colonial United States that was predominantly Catholic, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to become the Diocese of Baltimore — the first diocese in the United States — on November 6, 1789.

On April 8, 1808, the suffragan

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

dioceses of Boston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. It comprises several counties of the state of Massachusetts...

, New York

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...

, Philadelphia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was...

, and Bardstown

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bardstown

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bardstown was established on April 8, 1808, along with the dioceses of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, out of the territory of the Baltimore Diocese, the first Catholic diocese in the US. When founded, the Bardstown Diocese included most of Kentucky, Tennessee,...

(moved in 1841 to Louisville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville consists of twenty-four counties in Central Kentucky, USA, covering . It is the seat of the Metropolitan Province of Louisville, which comprises the states of Kentucky and Tennessee...

) were erected by Pope Pius VII

Pope Pius VII

Pope Pius VII , born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was a monk, theologian and bishop, who reigned as Pope from 14 March 1800 to 20 August 1823.-Early life:...

from the territory of the Diocese of Baltimore, which was simultaneously raised to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese. The newly established Province of Baltimore — whose metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore — comprised all of the states and territories

Historic regions of the United States

This is a list of historic regions of the United States.-Colonial era :-The Thirteen Colonies:* Connecticut Colony* Delaware Colony* Province of Georgia* Province of Maryland...

of the nation.

The Archdiocese again lost territory with the creation of the Diocese of Richmond

Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the eastern shore...

(Va.)http://www.richmonddiocese.org/about/index.htm on July 11, 1820, and the Diocese of Wilmington

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington

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(Del.)http://www.cdow.org/cdowhistory.html on March 3, 1868. In 1850, the Diocese of Wheeling

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States comprising the state of West Virginia. It is a conjoined diocese with two centers of worship, one day expected to be split into two separate...

(then in Va.; now Wheeling-Charleston, W. Va.) http://www.dwc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=28&id=66&Itemid=106 was erected, from the Diocese of Richmond. In 1974, the Diocese of Arlington

Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States. The Diocese of Arlington comprises 68 located in the 21 northern-most counties within the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Clarke,...

(Va.)http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/history.php was erected, from the Diocese of Richmond.

On July 22, 1939, the see was renamed the Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, in recognition of the nation's capital. Eight years later, on November 15, 1947, the District of Columbia and the five southern counties of Maryland became the Archdiocese of Washington

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and Saint Mary's counties in the state of Maryland....

(D.C.)http://www.adw.org/home.asp, resulting in the present-day Archdiocese of Baltimore, which consists of the City of Baltimore and nine counties of central and western Maryland.

From 1808 until 1847, Baltimore was the only archdiocese and therefore the entire country was one ecclesiastical province.http://www.archbalt.org/our-history/history-catholic-church.cfm As the nation's population grew and waves of Catholic immigrants came from Europe, the Holy See continued to erect new dioceses and elevate others to metropolitan archdioceses, which simultaneously became metropolitan sees of new ecclesiastical provinces. Thus, the Province of Baltimore gradually became smaller and smaller. In 1847, the then-Diocese of Saint Louis was elevated to an archdiocese and metropolitan see of the new Province of Saint Louis. In 1850, the Diocese of New York was raised to an archdiocese. Also in 1850, the Diocese of Oregon City

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland

The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It encompasses the western part of the state of Oregon, from the summit of the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean...

(now Portland) was raised to an archdiocese. In 1875, the dioceses of Boston and Philadelphia were likewise elevated.

The Archdiocese has published The Catholic Review
The Catholic Review
The Catholic Review is Maryland's largest paid weekly newspaper, distributed by mail to nearly 60,000 households. It serves as the newspaper of record for the archdiocese of Baltimore, covering most of the state. It has been printed since the 19th century....

since the 19th century.

In general; "Prerogative of Place"

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Baltimore and a corps of auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

s who assist in the administration of the archdiocese as part of a larger curia

Curia

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. Fifteen people have served as Archbishop of Baltimore; the most recent Archbishop is Edwin Frederick O'Brien

Edwin Frederick O'Brien

Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 29 August 2011...

.

In 1858, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for missionary work and related activities...

(Propaganda Fide), with the approval of Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX

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, conferred "Prerogative of Place" on the Archdiocese of Baltimore. This decree gave the archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

of Baltimore precedence

Order of precedence

An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments...

over all other archbishops of the United States (but not cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

s) in council

Plenary council (Catholicism)

A plenary council, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods, used when those summoned represent the whole number of bishops of some given territory...

s, gatherings, and meetings of whatever kind of the hierarchy

Catholic Church hierarchy

(in conciliis, coetibus et comitiis quibuscumque), regardless of the seniority of other archbishops in promotion or ordination.

Cathedrals

The archbishop is concurrently the pastor of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located at 5200 North Charles Street, in northern Baltimore, Maryland....

and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica, was the first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States, and was the first major religious building constructed in the nation after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution...

, the co-cathedral

Co-cathedral

A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of Bath and Wells, and of Coventry and Lichfield, hence the names of these dioceses...

; the bishop appoints the cathedral and co-cathedral's rector

Rector

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s. The Basilica, built in 1806–1821, is the first cathedral and parish in the United States within its boundaries at the time. It is considered the mother church

Mother Church

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of the United States.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is one of only three United States dioceses that has two churches serving as cathedrals in the same city — the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace

Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace — also known by its original French name Cathédrale de Notre Dame de la Paix, its Portuguese variant Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Paz and its Hawaiian derivative Malia o ka Malu Hale Pule Nui — is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Honolulu and houses...

and Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus

Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus

The Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church and its Diocese of Honolulu. Located in the outskirts of downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, it is larger in physical size as a church and parish territory than the principal Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace...

in the Diocese of Honolulu

Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, officially in Latin Dioecesis Honoluluensis, is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Catholic Church in the United States...

share the distinction. The Diocese of Burlington

Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States, comprising the entire state of Vermont...

also has this in common. Other dioceses with two cathedrals have their churches in separate cities.

Archbishops of Baltimore

John Carroll, S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(1784–1815) died
Leonard Neale
Leonard Neale
Leonard Neale, S.J. became, in 1800, the first Roman Catholic bishop ordained in the United States, and the second Archbishop of Baltimore...

, S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(1815–1817) died
Ambrose Maréchal
Ambrose Maréchal
Most Reverend Ambrose Maréchal, S.S. was the third Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland.Motto: Auspice Maria; "Under the protection of Mary."Ambrose Maréchal was born at Ingré near Orléans, France, on August 28, 1764...

, P.S.S. (1817–1828) died
James Whitfield
James Whitfield (bishop)
James Whitfield was an English-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1828 until his death in 1834.-Biography:...

(1828–1834) died
Samuel Eccleston
Samuel Eccleston
Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1834 until his death in 1851.-Early life:...

, P.S.S. (1834–1851) died
Francis Patrick Kenrick
Francis Kenrick
Francis Patrick Kenrick was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Philadelphia and the sixth Archbishop of Baltimore .-Early life and education:...

(1851–1863) died
Martin John Spalding
Martin John Spalding
Martin John Spalding was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Louisville and Archbishop of Baltimore .-Early life and education:...

(1864–1872) died
James Roosevelt Bayley
James Roosevelt Bayley
James Roosevelt Bayley was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Newark and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore .-Early life and education:...

(1872–1877) died
James Gibbons (1877–1921) died
Michael Joseph Curley
Michael Joseph Curley
Michael Joseph Curley was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. Originally a priest and bishop in the Diocese of St...

(1921–1947) died
Francis Patrick Keough (1947–1961) died
Lawrence Shehan (1961–1974) retired
William Donald Borders
William Donald Borders
William Donald Borders was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the 13th Archbishop of Baltimore from 1974 to 1989, having previously served as the first Bishop of Orlando from 1968 to 1974...

(1974–1989) retired
William Henry Keeler
William Henry Keeler
William Henry Keeler is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1989 to 2007 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994....

(1989–2007) retired
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 29 August 2011...

(2007–2011) appointed Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...

Auxiliary bishops

Dominic Laurence Graessl S.J.
Society of Jesus
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(Coadjutor: 1793) posthumous appointment
Leonard Neale
Leonard Neale
Leonard Neale, S.J. became, in 1800, the first Roman Catholic bishop ordained in the United States, and the second Archbishop of Baltimore...

S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(Coadjutor: 1795–1815) succeeded
James Whitfield
James Whitfield
James Whitfield may refer to:*James Whitfield , Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore from 1828–1834*James Whitfield , Governor of Mississippi from 1858–1859...

(Coadjutor: January 8 – 28, 1828) succeeded
Samuel Eccleston
Samuel Eccleston
Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1834 until his death in 1851.-Early life:...

P.S.S.
Society of Saint-Sulpice
The Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...

(Coadjutor: March – October 1834) succeeded
James Gibbons (Coadjutor: May – October 1877) succeeded
Alfred Allen Paul Curtis
Alfred Allen Paul Curtis
Alfred Allen Paul Curtis was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wilmington and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore .-Biography:...

(1897–1908) retired as Bishop emeritus of Wilmington
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
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(bishop of Wilmington, 1886–1896)
Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan
Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan
Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan was an American Roman Catholic clergyman.Owen Corrigan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John and Rosanna Corrigan. After graduating from high school, he attended St. Charles College in Catonsville and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore...

(1908–1929) died
Thomas Joseph Shahan
Thomas Joseph Shahan
Thomas Joseph Shahan was an American Roman Catholic theologian and educator, born at Manchester, New Hampshire, educated at Montreal College at the Pontifical North American College, and at the Propaganda in Rome....

(1914–1932) died
John Michael McNamara
John Michael McNamara
John Michael McNamara was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and of the Archdiocese of Washington .-Biography:...

(1927–1947) appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and Saint Mary's counties in the state of Maryland....
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1945–1953) appointed Bishop of Bridgeport
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is located in the south western part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. There are 87 parishes in the diocese. Its cathedral is St. Augustine in Bridgeport.The current bishop is The Most...

(later named coadjutor archbishop; see #12 below)
Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian
Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian
Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1954 until his death in 1960.-Biography:...

(1953–1960) died
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (Coadjutor: July – December 1961) succeeded (previously was auxiliary; see #10 above)
Thomas Austin Murphy
Thomas Austin Murphy
Thomas Austin Murphy was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1962 to 1984.-Biography:...

(1962–1984) retired
Thomas Joseph Mardaga (1966–1968) appointed Bishop of Wilmington
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
-External links:**...
Francis Joseph Gossman (1968–1975) appointed Bishop of Raleigh
Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Roman Catholic diocese that covers the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The bishop is seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh, North Carolina.- Establishment :...
Philip Francis Murphy
Philip Francis Murphy
Philip Francis Murphy was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1976 until his death in 1999.-Early life and education:...

(1976–1999) died
James Francis Stafford (1976–1982) appointed Bishop of Memphis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on June 20, 1970, when Pope Paul VI removed the counties in the state west of the Tennessee River from the Diocese of Nashville, which, prior to that time, encompassed the entire state.The diocese is...

(later appointed Archbishop of Denver
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
The Archdiocese of Denver is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for Denver, Colorado and the Colorado counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan and Weld in the northern part of the state. The Archdiocese's home is at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate...

; later President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Pontifical Council for the Laity
The Pontifical Council for the Laity has the responsibility of assisting the Pope in his dealings with the laity in lay ecclesial movements or individually, and their contributions to the Church. The Cardinal President of the Council is Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko. The Secretary is Bishop Josef...

; created Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

; later appointed Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Apostolic Penitentiary
The Apostolic Penitentiary, formerly called the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church.The...

; retired 2 June 2009)
William Clifford Newman
William Clifford Newman
William Clifford Newman is an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1984 to 2003.-Biography:...

(1984–2003) retired
John Ricard
John Ricard
John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. is an African American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.-Biography:...

S.S.J.
Josephite Fathers
The Josephite Fathers and Brothers or, more properly, Saint Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart, Inc. are a society of Catholic priests and brothers, based in the United States. It was formed in 1871 by a group of priests from the English Foreign Mission Society of Saint Joseph, also known as...

(1984–1997) appointed Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is a Roman Catholic diocese in Florida; it was founded on October 1, 1975. The Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee is the pastor of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart located in Pensacola, Florida...
Gordon Dunlap Bennett
Gordon Bennett (bishop)
Gordon Bennett, S.J., is Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Mandeville.-Episcopacy:Gordon Bennett was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore on March 3, 1998. Bennett assumed his duties as bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica on September 24, 2004. After retiring as Bishop of Mandeville in 2008, Bishop...

S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(1997–2004) appointed Bishop of Mandeville
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. It was elevated on 21 November 1997.-Ordinaries:*Paul Michael Boyle, C.P....

(Jamaica, W.I.)
William Francis Malooly
William Francis Malooly
William Francis Malooly is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves as the Bishop of Wilmington.-Biography:...

(2000–2008) appointed Bishop of Wilmington
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
-External links:**...
Mitchell T. Rozanski
Mitchell T. Rozanski
Mitchell Thomas Rozanski is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced on April 18, 2011, that he would be named to succeed His Excellency, Most Reverend...

(2004–present)
Denis J. Madden
Denis J. Madden
Denis James Madden is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...

(2005–present)

Affiliated bishops

The following men began their service as priests in Baltimore before being appointed bishops elsewhere (years in parentheses refers to their years in Baltimore):

Ignatius A. Reynolds
Ignatius A. Reynolds
Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston from 1844 until his death in 1855....

, Bishop of Charleston
Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina, with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese consists of 92 parishes and 24 missions...

(1823–1843)
John J. Chanche
John J. Chanche
Bishop John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, S.S. was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Natchez from 1841 to 1852.-Early Life and Family:John Mary Joseph Chanche was born October 4, 1795, in Baltimore, Maryland...

, Bishop of Natchez
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Mobile, in the southern United States of America. Its ecclesiastical jurisdiction includes the northern and central parts of the state of Mississippi, an area of . It is the largest diocese, by area, in the United...

(1841–1851)
William Henry Elder
William Henry Elder
William Henry Elder was a U.S. archbishop. He served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Natchez from 1857 to 1880 and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati between 1883 and 1904.-Early life and education:...

, Archbishop of Cincinnati
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers the southwest region of the U.S. state of Ohio, including the greater Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan areas. The Archbishop of Cincinnati is Most Rev...

(1846–1857)
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago from March 10, 1870 until his death on February 19, 1879....

, Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
The Archdiocese of Chicago was established as a diocese in 1843 and as an Archdiocese in 1880. It serves more than 2.3 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in Northeastern Illinois, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries...

(1846–1869)
John Samuel Foley
John Samuel Foley
John Samuel Foley was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Detroit from 1888 until his death in 1918.-Biography:...

, Bishop of Detroit
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church covering the Michigan counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne...

(1856–1888)
Thomas Albert Andrew Becker
Thomas Albert Andrew Becker
Thomas Albert Andrew Becker was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Wilmington and the sixth Bishop of Savannah .-Biography:...

, Bishop of Savannah
Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States comprising the southern counties of the state of Georgia...

(1859–1868)
Placide Louis Chapelle
Placide Louis Chapelle
Archbishop Placide Louise Chapelle was a French-American Roman Catholic archbishop....

, Archbishop of New Orleans
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, officially in Latin Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae, is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church administered from New Orleans, Louisiana...

, Apostolic Delegate to Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

(1865–1891)
John Joseph Keane
John Joseph Keane
John Joseph Keane was an American Roman Catholic archbishop in the late 19th and early 20th century.-Early Life & Ministry:...

, Archbishop of Dubuque
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States. It includes all the Iowa counties north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties. ...

(1866–1878)
Patrick James Donahue
Patrick James Donahue
Patrick James Donahue was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wheeling from 1894 until his death in 1922....

, Bishop of Wheeling (1885–1894)
William Thomas Russell
William Thomas Russell
William Thomas Russell was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston from 1917 until his death in 1927.-Early life and education:...

, Bishop of Charleston
Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina, with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese consists of 92 parishes and 24 missions...

(1889–1916)
Peter Leo Ireton
Peter Leo Ireton
Peter Leo Ireton was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1945 until his death in 1958.-Biography:...

, Bishop of Richmond
Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the eastern shore...

(1906–1935)
Thomas Joseph Toolen
Thomas Joseph Toolen
Thomas Joseph Toolen was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile from 1927 to 1969, and was given the personal title of Archbishop in 1954.-Early life and education:...

, Archbishop ad personam and Bishop of Mobile
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile
The Archdiocese of Mobile is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama...

(1910–1927)
William Joseph Hafey
William Joseph Hafey
William Joseph Hafey was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Raleigh and Bishop of Scranton .-Biography:...

, Bishop of Scranton
Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, of which St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is the mother church, consists of 11 counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States....

(1914–1925)
John Joyce Russell
John Joyce Russell
John Joyce Russell was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Bishop of Richmond from 1958 to 1973....

, Bishop of Charleston
Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina, with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese consists of 92 parishes and 24 missions...

and Richmond
Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the eastern shore...

(1923–1950)
Michael William Hyle
Michael William Hyle
Michael William Hyle was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wilmington from 1960 until his death in 1967.-Biography:...

, Bishop of Wilmington
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
-External links:**...

(1927–1958)
Philip Matthew Hannan, Archbishop of New Orleans
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, officially in Latin Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae, is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church administered from New Orleans, Louisiana...

(1939–1956)
Victor Benito Galeone, Bishop of Saint Augustine (1960–2001)
F. Richard Spencer
F. Richard Spencer
Frank Richard Spencer is an American Roman Catholic priest. Currently a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and U.S. Army chaplain, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services by Pope Benedict XVI on May 22, 2010.-Early life and service:Spencer was born in...

, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, (1988–1994)

Operating Parishes

St. Agnes Baltimore

St. Alphonsus Baltimore

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Woodstock

St. Ambrose Baltimore

St. Ambrose (Cresaptown) Cresaptown

St. Andrew by the Bay Annapolis

St. Ann (Baltimore) Baltimore

St. Ann (Grantsville) Grantsville

St. Ann (Hagerstown) Hagerstown

Church of the Annunciation Baltimore

St. Anthony of Padua Baltimore

St. Anthony Shrine Emmitsburg

Church of the Ascension Baltimore

St. Athanasius Baltimore

St. Augustine (Elkridge) Elkridge

St. Augustine (Williamsport) Williamsport

St. Bartholomew Manchester

Basilica of the Assumption

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Baltimore

St. Benedict Baltimore

St. Bernadette Severn

St. Bernardine Baltimore

Blessed Sacrament Baltimore

St. Brigid Baltimore

St. Casimir Baltimore

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Baltimore

St. Cecilia Baltimore

St. Charles Borromeo Baltimore

St. Clare Baltimore

St. Clement Baltimore

St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Baltimore

Corpus Christi Baltimore

Church of the Crucifixion Glen Burnie

St. Dominic Baltimore

St. Edward Baltimore

St. Elizabeth of Hungary Baltimore, founded 1895

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Crofton

St. Francis de Sales Abingdon

St. Francis Xavier (Baltimore) Baltimore

St. Francis of Assisi (Baltimore) Baltimore

St. Francis of Assisi (Brunswick) Brunswick

St. Francis of Assisi (Fulton) Fulton

St. Francis Xavier (Hunt Valley) Hunt Valley

St. Gabriel Baltimore

Church of the Good Shepherd Glen Burnie

St. Gregory the Great Baltimore

Church of the Holy Apostles Gambrills

Holy Cross Baltimore

Holy Family (Davidsonville) Davidsonville

Holy Family (Middletown) Middletown

Holy Family (Randallstown) Randallstown

Holy Korean Martyrs Baltimore

Holy Rosary Baltimore

Church of the Holy Spirit Joppa

Holy Trinity Catholic Church Glen Burnie

St. Ignatius (Baltimore) Baltimore

St. Ignatius (Hickory) Forest Hill

St. Ignatius Loyola Frederick

Church of the Immaculate Conception (Baltimore) Baltimore

Church of the Immaculate Conception (Towson) Towson

Immaculate Heart of Mary Baltimore

St. Isaac Jogues Baltimore

St. James Boonsboro

St. Jane Frances de Chantal Pasadena

St. Joan of Arc Aberdeen

St. John Neumann Annapolis

St. John the Evangelist (Columbia) Columbia

St. John the Evangelist (Frederick) Frederick

St. John the Evangelist (Long Green Valley) Hydes

St. John the Evangelist (Severna Park) Severna Park

St. John (Westminster) Westminster

St. Joseph (Fullerton) Baltimore

St. Joseph’s Passionist Monastery Baltimore

St. Joseph (Cockeysville) Cockeysville

St. Joseph (Sykesville) Eldersburg

St. Joseph (Emmitsburg) Emmitsburg

St. Joseph-On-Carrollton Manor Frederick

St. Joseph (Hagerstown) Hagerstown

St. Joseph (Midland) Midland

St. Joseph (Odenton) Odenton

St. Joseph (Taneytown) Taneytown
St. Katharine Drexel Frederick

St. Lawrence Martyr Hanover

St. Leo Baltimore

St. Louis Clarksville

St. Luke Baltimore

St. Mary Magdalen Bel Air

St. Margaret Bel Air

St. Mark (Catonsville) Baltimore

St. Mark (Fallston) Fallston

St. Mary (Annapolis) Annapolis

St. Mary, Star of the Sea Baltimore

St. Mary of the Assumption (Govans) Baltimore

St. Mary (Cumberland) Cumberland

St. Mary (Hagerstown) Hagerstown

St. Mary of the Annunciation Lonaconing

St. Mary (Petersville) Petersville

St. Mary of the Assumption (Pylesville) Pylesville

St. Matthew Baltimore

St. Michael (Wolfe Street) CLOSED

St. Michael the Archangel Baltimore

St. Michael (Clear Spring) Clear Spring

St. Michael (Frostburg) Frostburg

St. Michael (Poplar Springs-Mt. Airey) Mount Airy

Most Precious Blood Baltimore

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Timonium

New All Saints Baltimore

Our Lady of Fatima Baltimore

Our Lady of Good Counsel Baltimore

Our Lady of Grace Parkton

Our Lady of Hope Baltimore

Our Lady of LaVang Baltimore

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Frederick) Thurmont

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Middle River) Baltimore

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Edgewater) Edgewater

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Ellicott City) Ellicott City

Our Lady of Pompei Baltimore

Our Lady of Sorrows West River

Our Lady of the Angels Catonsville

Our Lady of the Chesapeake Pasadena

Our Lady of the Fields Millersville

Our Lady of Victory Baltimore

Our Lady, Queen of Peace Baltimore

St. Patrick (Broadway) Baltimore

St. Patrick (Cumberland) Cumberland

St. Patrick (Havre de Grace) Havre de Grace

St. Patrick (Little Orleans) Little Orleans

St. Patrick (Mt. Savage) Mount Savage

St. Paul Ellicott City

St. Peter Claver Baltimore

SS. Peter & Paul Shrine Cumberland

St. Peter (Hancock) Hancock

St. Peter (Libertytown) Libertytown

St. Peter at the Lake Center McHenry

St. Peter the Apostle (Oakland) Oakland

St. Peter (Westernport) Westernport

SS. Philip & James Baltimore

St. Philip Neri Linthicum Heights

St. Pius V Baltimore

St. Pius X Baltimore

Prince of Peace Edgewood

Church of the Resurrection Ellicott City

Resurrection of Our Lord Laurel

St. Rita Baltimore

St. Rose of Lima Baltimore

Sacred Heart Glyndon

Sacred Heart of Jesus Baltimore

Sacred Heart of Mary Baltimore

Shrine of the Little Flower Baltimore

Shrine of the Sacred Heart Baltimore

St. Stephen Bradshaw

St. Thomas Aquinas Baltimore

St. Thomas More Baltimore

St. Timothy Walkersville

Transfiguration Roman Catholic Congregation Baltimore

St. Ursula Baltimore

St. Veronica Baltimore

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

St. Vincent de Paul Church is a is a historic Roman Catholic church located at 120 N. Front Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.-History:The church was dedicated in 1841 and is "the oldest Catholic parish church in continuous use in Baltimore."...

Baltimore

St. Wenceslaus

St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore

St. Wenceslaus is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore located in Baltimore, Maryland.-History:St. Wenceslaus was founded in 1872 in a neighborhood of East Baltimore that was then known as Little Bohemia. The parish was created primarily to serve the Bohemian community in...

Baltimore

St. William of York Baltimore

High Schools

Archbishop Curley High School
Archbishop Curley High School
Archbishop Curley High School, is a Roman Catholic men's high school located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore in the USA. It is affiliated with the Franciscan religious order and is named in honor of Archbishop Michael J. Curley , who served as the tenth Archbishop of Baltimore from...

, Baltimore
Archbishop Spalding High School
Archbishop Spalding High School
Archbishop Spalding High School is a private, Catholic co-educational high school located in Severn, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. Most of its students live in Annapolis, Crownsville, Arnold, Pasadena, Severna Park, Crofton, Millersville, Glen Burnie, or...

, Severn
Bishop Walsh School
Bishop Walsh School
Bishop Walsh School is a K-12 Catholic school located in Cumberland, Maryland, and under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Approximately 600 students attend. The school also hosts a pre-K program and operates the St...

, Cumberland
Calvert Hall College High School
Calvert Hall College High School
Calvert Hall College High School is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys located in Towson, Maryland, United States...

, Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons School
Cardinal Gibbons School
The Cardinal Gibbons School, also referred to as Cardinal Gibbons, CG and most commonly as Gibbons, was a Roman Catholic high school and middle school for boys in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A...

, Baltimore (Closed 2010)
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.-Background:...

, Baltimore
Institute of Notre Dame
Institute of Notre Dame
The Institute of Notre Dame is a private Catholic all-girls high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.-History:...

, Baltimore
Loyola Blakefield
Loyola Blakefield
Loyola Blakefield is a Catholic, college preparatory school established by the Society of Jesus, to educate men for others. The ideal Loyola graduate is a man of integrity who, because he strives "to find God in all things," is open to growth, dedicated to academic excellence, religious, committed...

, Towson
Maryvale Preparatory School
Maryvale Preparatory School
Maryvale Preparatory School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Brooklandville, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.-Background:...

, Brooklandville
Mercy High School
Mercy High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
Mercy High School is a private and independent Catholic high school for young women sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy that is located at 1300 East Northern Parkway in Baltimore, Maryland. Its mission is to offer students a superior education in an environment rooted in Christian values...

, Baltimore
Mount de Sales Academy, Baltimore
Mount Saint Joseph High School
Mount Saint Joseph College
Mount Saint Joseph High School, is a private, Catholic high school located in Baltimore, Maryland in the community of Irvington. The campus consists of four academic buildings, an athletic field house, and housing for the school's chaplains. It was founded by the Xaverian Brothers in November 1876...

, Baltimore

Notre Dame Preparatory School
Notre Dame Preparatory School (Towson, Maryland)
Notre Dame Preparatory School is a private, Roman Catholic school in Towson, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. Notre Dame Preparatory School is one of Baltimore's oldest Catholic, college preparatory schools for girls...

, Baltimore
Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School
Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School is a Roman Catholic-high school in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. The school was established in 1959 to serve the students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish and surrounding parishes. As of 2007, the...

, Baltimore
Our Lady of the Rosary High School, Baltimore (Closed 2004}
St. Frances Academy
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Maryland)
St. Frances Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.-Background:...

, Baltimore
St. John's Catholic Preparatory
Saint John's Catholic Prep (Maryland)
Saint John's Catholic Prep is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Frederick, Maryland. It was scheduled to move to Buckeystown, Maryland in 2010; however, ground has not yet been broken at their new location and it will most likely be some time before the move takes place...

, Frederick
St. Maria Goretti High School
St. Maria Goretti High School
Saint Maria Goretti High School is a private, Roman Catholic day school located in Hagerstown, MD. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, within the tri-state areas of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Western Maryland, and Southern Pennsylvania.- Who and where :Saint...

, Hagerstown
St. Mary's High School, Annapolis
The Catholic High School of Baltimore
The Catholic High School of Baltimore
The Catholic High School of Baltimore is a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. It is also the sister school of Archbishop Curley High School.-Background:...

, Baltimore
The John Carroll School
The John Carroll School
The John Carroll School, established in 1964, is a private, independent, college-preparatory, co-educational Catholic school for grades 9–12, located on in Bel Air, Maryland...

, Bel Air
The Seton Keough High School
Seton Keough High School
Seton Keough High School is an all-girls college preparatory private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, at 1201 Caton Avenue just inside the city line of Baltimore...

, Baltimore
Towson Catholic High School, Towson (CLOSED 2009)

Shrines of the archdiocese

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica, was the first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States, and was the first major religious building constructed in the nation after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution...

, Baltimore, Maryland
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, is a U.S. religious site and educational center that pays tribute to the life and mission of Elizabeth Ann Seton , the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church...

, Emmitsburg, Maryland

Province of Baltimore

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