The following is the list of bishops of the

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. The Roman Catholic Church in the United States comprises 195 dioceses led by diocesan bishops. Auxiliary bishops serve in association with the diocesan bishops in larger dioceses. There are thirty-two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, of which the

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of Saint Louis is one. As of November 2010, five of the metropolitan archbishops of this see have been designated

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John Joseph Glennon John Joseph Glennon (June 14, 1862 – March 9, 1946) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1903 until his death in 1946. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. Early life and ministry John Gle ...

(1946), Joseph Ritter (1961), John Carberry (1969)

Justin Francis Rigali Justin Francis Rigali (born April 19, 1935) is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the eighth Archbishop of Philadelphia, having previously served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1994 to 2003, and was elevated to the ca ...

(2003; as archbishop of Philadelphia), and Raymond Leo Burke (2010; as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the

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). In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies. There are also dioceses and eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into metropolitan provinces of their own. All bishops in the United States and the

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, diocesan and auxiliary, are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops in Puerto Rico form their own Episcopal Conference. Those from insular areas in the Pacific Ocean are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

St. Louis archdiocesan hierarchy

Archbishops

* Joseph Rosati, C.M.: March 20, 1827 – September 25, 1843 *

Peter Richard Kenrick Peter Richard Kenrick (August 17, 1806 – March 4, 1896) was Bishop of St. Louis, Missouri, and the first Catholic archbishop west of the Mississippi River. Early life and ordination Peter Richard Kenrick was born in Dublin on August 17, 1806 ...

: September 25, 1843 – May 21, 1895 *

John Joseph Kain John Joseph Kain (May 31, 1841 – October 13, 1903) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in West Virginia from 1875 to 1893 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis from ...

: May 21, 1895 – October 13, 1903 *

: October 13, 1903 – March 9, 1946 * Joseph Ritter: July 20, 1946 – June 10, 1967 * John Carberry: March 25, 1968 – July 31, 1979 * John Lawrence May: January 24, 1980 – December 2, 1992 *

: March 16, 1994 – July 15, 2003 * Raymond Leo Burke: January 26, 2004 – June 27, 2008 *

Robert James Carlson Robert James Carlson (born June 30, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 2009 to 2020. Carlson previously served as an auxiliary bishop ...

: April 21, 2009 – June 10, 2020 *

Mitchell Thomas Rozanski Mitchell Thomas Rozanski (born August 6, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri since 2020. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese o ...

: June 10, 2020 – Present

Succession chart

Auxiliary Bishops

*Christian Herman Winkelmann: September 13, 1933 – December 27, 1939 *George Joseph Donnelly: March 19, 1940 – November 9, 1946 * John Cody: May 10, 1947 – January 27, 1954 *

Charles Herman Helmsing Charles Herman Helmsing (March 23, 1908 – December 20, 1993) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph in Missouri (1962–1977). Biography Early life Helmsing wa ...

: March 17, 1949 – August 24, 1956 * Leo Christopher Byrne: May 21, 1954 – February 11, 1961 *Glennon Patrick Flavin: April 17, 1957 – May 29, 1967 *George Joseph Gottwald: June 23, 1961 – August 2, 1988 *Joseph Alphonse McNicholas: January 31, 1969 – July 22, 1975 *Charles Roman Koester: January 2, 1971 – September 10, 1991 *

Edward Thomas O'Meara Edward Thomas O'Meara (August 3, 1921 – January 10, 1992) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in Indiana from 1980 until 1992. He previously served as an auxiliary bi ...

: January 28, 1972 – November 21, 1979 *

John Nicholas Wurm John Nicholas Wurm (December 6, 1927 – April 27, 1984) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Belleville in Illinois from 1981 to 1984. He previously serve as an auxiliary bi ...

: June 25, 1976 – September 19, 1981 *

Edward Joseph O'Donnell Edward Joseph O'Donnell (July 4, 1931 – February 1, 2009) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana from 1994 to 2002. He previously served as an auxiliary ...

: December 6, 1983 – November 8, 1994 * James Terry Steib,

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: December 6, 1983 – May 5, 1993 *

Paul Albert Zipfel Paul Albert Zipfel (September 22, 1935 – July 14, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck in North Dakota from 1997 to 2011. Zipfel served as an auxiliary bisho ...

: May 16, 1989 – December 31, 1996 *

Edward Kenneth Braxton Edward Kenneth Braxton (born June 28, 1944) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Belleville in Illinois, from 2005 to 2020. Braxton previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of ...

: May 17, 1995 – February 21, 2001 *

Michael John Sheridan Michael John Sheridan (March 4, 1945 – September 27, 2022) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Colorado Springs in Colorado from 2003 to 2021. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for ...

: July 8, 1997 – December 4, 2001 *

Joseph Fred Naumann Joseph Fred Naumann (born June 4, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas since 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Lo ...

: July 8, 1997 – January 7, 2004 * Timothy Michael Dolan: June 19, 2001 – June 25, 2002 *

Robert Joseph Hermann Robert Joseph Hermann (born August 12, 1934) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 2002 to 2010. Biography Early life Robert Hermann was b ...

: October 16, 2002 – December 1, 2010 * Edward Matthew Rice: December 1, 2010 – April 26, 2016 * Mark Steven Rivituso: March 7, 2017 – Present

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St. Louis archdiocesan hierarchy

Archbishops

Succession chart

Auxiliary Bishops

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