Archdiocese of Baltimore
| Archdiocese of Baltimore | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | William Edward Lori |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Adam John Parker Bruce Lewandowski CSsR |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Denis James Madden |
| founding | 1789 |
| surface | 12,430 km² |
| Parishes | 140 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 3.250.032 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 517.015 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 15.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 225 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 228 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,141 |
| Permanent deacons | 187 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 293 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 672 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Mary Our Queen |
| Co-cathedral | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Website | www.archbalt.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Arlington Diocese of Richmond Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Diocese of Wilmington |
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore ( Latin : Archidioecesis Baltimorensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the US state of Maryland .
history
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest American bishopric ; its archbishop has enjoyed a " prerogative of place " since 1858 , a ceremonial right of precedence over all other bishops in the United States, but which is not associated with the honorary title of primate . Baltimore was established on November 26, 1784 as the Apostolic Prefecture of the United States (Latin: Foederatarum Civitatum Americae Septemtrionalis ) and raised to a diocese on November 6, 1789. On April 8, 1808 raised to the archbishopric , the dioceses of Boston , Bardstown , New York and Philadelphia were separated from him and assigned to the new ecclesiastical province of Baltimore. As early as July 11, 1820, it lost further areas to the re-establishment of the dioceses of Charleston and Richmond , which were assigned to more areas of the Archdiocese of Baltimore on August 15, 1858. After the diocese of Wilmington had been separated on March 3, 1868 , the archdiocese changed its name to Baltimore-Washington on July 22, 1939. After the Archdiocese of Washington had been separated as an independent diocese on November 15, 1947, the old name Archdiocese of Baltimore was used again.
Today the diocese territory includes Allegany County , Anne Arundel Counties , Baltimore City and Baltimore Counties , Carroll County , Frederick County , Garrett County , Harford County , Howard County, and Washington County .
Baltimore has two auxiliary bishops. The ecclesiastical province includes the Diocese of Arlington , the Diocese of Richmond , the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and the Diocese of Wilmington .
Apostolic Prefect of Baltimore
- John Carroll SJ (November 26, 1784- November 6, 1789)
Bishop of Baltimore
- John Carroll SJ (November 6, 1789- April 8, 1808)
Archbishops of Baltimore
- John Carroll SJ (April 8, 1808 - December 3, 1815)
- Leonard Neale SJ (December 3, 1815– June 18, 1817)
- Ambrose Maréchal PSS (July 24, 1817– January 29, 1828)
- James Whitfield (January 29, 1828– October 19, 1834)
- Samuel Eccleston PSS (October 19, 1834– April 22, 1851)
- Francis Patrick Kenrick (August 19, 1851– July 8, 1863)
- Martin John Spalding (May 3, 1864– February 7, 1872)
- James Roosevelt Bayley (July 30, 1872– October 3, 1877)
- James Cardinal Gibbons (October 3, 1877- March 24, 1921)
- Michael Joseph Curley (August 10, 1921– May 16, 1947)
- Francis Patrick Keough (November 29, 1947- December 8, 1961)
- Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan (December 8, 1961– April 2, 1974)
- William Donald Borders (March 25, 1974- April 6, 1989)
- William Henry Cardinal Keeler (April 11, 1989– July 12, 2007)
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien (July 12, 2007– August 29, 2011, then Pro- Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem )
- Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien (August 29, 2011– March 20, 2012) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- William Edward Lori (since March 20, 2012)
