Regional Syntheses
REGION I I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
In the absence at the submission time of diocesan syntheses from the Archdiocese of
Boston and the Diocese of Manchester, these findings represent a broad synthesis of the input
received from the (Arch)Dioceses of Hartford, Bridgeport, Burlington, Fall River, Norwich,
Portland, Providence, Springfield, and Worcester.
REGION II II (NY)
Region II includes all eight New York dioceses, organized geographically under the spiritual leadership of a diocesan bishop.
REGION III III (NJ, PA)
Archdiocese of Newark, NJ Archdiocese of Philadelphia, PA Diocese of Allentown, PA Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, PA Diocese of Camden, NJ Diocese of Erie, PA Diocese of Greensburg, PA Diocese of Harrisburg, PA Diocese of Metuchen, NJ Diocese of Paterson, NJ Diocese of Pittsburgh, PA Diocese of Scranton, PA Diocese of Trenton, NJ
REGION IV IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV)
• - Diocese of Arlington • - Archdiocese of Baltimore • - Diocese of Richmond • - Diocese of Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands • - Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA • - Archdiocese of Washington (District of Columbia) • - Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston • - Diocese of Wilmington
REGION V V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)
Region V includes the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee in which
there are 3 Archdioceses and 15 Dioceses.
REGION VI VI (OH, MI)
Region VI has population and geographic diversity, with large urban Dioceses in Detroit,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Toledo. Mid-sized Dioceses include Columbus, Lansing, Grand
Rapids, and Youngstown. Dioceses that cover a large geographic area, with fewer numbers of
Catholics, include Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Marquette, Gaylord, and Steubenville. The Catholic
population within Region VI is 3,524,730.
REGION 7 VII (IL, IN, WI)
REGION 8 VIII (MN, ND, SD)
Region VIII consists of ten dioceses across three states: the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and
Minneapolis and the Dioceses of Crookston, Duluth, New Ulm, Saint Cloud and WinonaRochester in Minnesota; the Dioceses of Bismarck and Fargo in North Dakota; and the Dioceses
of Rapid City and Sioux Falls in South Dakota
REGION 9 IX (IA, KS, MO, NE)
Region IX comprises the 15 dioceses in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. These
states along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers lie at the center of the continental United States.
REGION 10 X (AR, OK, TX)
(1) The (arch)dioceses in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas and the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter comprise the Episcopal Region X of the Catholic Church in the United States of America.
REGION 11 XI (CA, HI, NV)
XI (CA, HI, NV)
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA—USA
REGION 12 XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
Dioceses of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana
REGION 13 XIII (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)
Region XIII consists of the Archdioceses of Denver and Santa Fe, and the Dioceses of Cheyenne, Colorado Springs, Gallup, Las Cruces, Phoenix, Pueblo, Salt Lake City, and Tucson. V
REGION 14 XIV (FL, GA, NC, SC)
Region XIV encompasses four states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Of
the twelve Arch/Dioceses included, the following submitted reports which contributed to this
summary: the Archdioceses of Atlanta and Miami; the Dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Orlando,
Palm Beach, Raleigh, Saint Augustine, Saint Petersburg, Savannah and Venice
REGION 15 XV (Eastern Rites)
To accommodate the depth and breadth of Catholics engaged in ministry work outside of the
traditional diocesan structure in the United States, “Region XVI” was created by the U.S. Synod
Team to solicit the contributions of Catholic organizations and groups. Individual contributions
submitted via a survey on the USCCB Synod Website were also included in “Region XVI.”