The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the pope. With 23 percent of the United States ' population as of 2018 [update] , the Catholic Church is the country's second-largest religious grouping after Protestantism , and the country's largest single church if Protestantism is divided ...

In the United States, there are 194 archdioceses/dioceses, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

The Catholic Church in the United States has a total of 196 particular churches in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 33 territorial archdioceses, 143 territorial dioceses, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (serving members of the US Armed Forces and Diplomatic Corps, and those in facilities of the ...

There are 193 current Catholic cathedrals in the U.S., listed at List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States. Another 74 basilicas—some are also cathedrals—are notable as well (See List of basilicas ).

Jan 2, 2023 · As 2022 comes to a close, here are four charts that help to explain, in visual terms, the Catholic presence in the United States. Catholicism is the largest religious body in 36 U.S....

For more than a century, the Catholic Church has been the single-largest religious body in the United States. Its number of adherents, more than 60 million, accounts for roughly 20 percent of the U.S.

Apr 12, 2024 · Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination. The U.S. has more Catholics than all but three other countries – Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines – according to the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook of the Church.

At the county level, Catholics are most prevalent mainly in New Mexico and in Texas along the Rio Grande. There is at least one Catholic congregation in 2,961 U.S. counties, a number bested only by the United Methodists.

Jan 2, 2023 · Catholicism is the largest religious body in 36 U.S. states, and the data show that Catholicism is growing fastest in the South and West, even as it declines in the Midwest and Northeast.

There are 44,212 diocesan and religious-order priests in the United States. There are 4,330 seminarians enrolled in the United States. There are 14,693 men who are ordained as permanent deacons in the United States.