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Catholic Church in the United States
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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 or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided into separate denominations.[3] In a 2020 Gallup poll, 25% of Americans said they were Catholic.[4] The United States has the fourth-largest Catholic population in the world, after Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines.[5]
For the structure of the Catholic Church in the United States, see List of Catholic dioceses in the United States.
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Type | National polity |
Classification | Catholic |
Orientation | Mainly Latin, with minority Eastern |
Scripture | Bible |
Theology | Catholic theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Pope | Francis |
USCCB President | Timothy Broglio |
Prerogative of Place | William E. Lori |
Apostolic Nuncio | Christophe Pierre |
Region | United States and other territories of the United States, excluding Puerto Rico. |
Language | English, Spanish, French, Latin |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Congregations | 16,429 (2022)[1] |
Members | 72,000,000+ (2020)[2] |
Official website | usccb.org |
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