U.S. Bishops Tracker

Here is a breakdown of the current superannuated (diocesan ordinary in active ministry past his 75th year) bishops and vacant dioceses and eparchies as of May 5, 2026: 🧵

Let’s all spend time in the coming weeks praying for all the men who are being ordained deacons or priests My diocese, Steubenville, has two men getting ordained priests this year, our first new priestly ordinations in five years! How many men are being ordained in your diocese?

@KipfstuhlPaul What a gift! Congratulations to the The Land.

@USBishopsData Cleveland

@KipfstuhlPaul Which diocese?

@USBishopsData We had 6 ordained as priests and 4 ordained as permanent deacons

@NJCatholicMom That’s great news. Thanks for sharing! Congratulations to the archdiocese.

@USBishopsData 8 in Newark, praise God!

@Emma506131772 That’s outstanding!

@USBishopsData Kampala archdiocese, Uganda

@mikeyayay How blessed are we?

@USBishopsData Two. Because, same diocese. Both are truly incredible, and- barring a merger- we've got some wonderful seminarians coming along in future, too. Blessed to have to have met and gotten to know several of them.

@Emma506131772 What diocese?

@USBishopsData 23 each year on average There's like 10 deacons each year

@JohnLintz I thought 9?

@USBishopsData 8 in Cincy

@EamonnClark @ThomasWenski Is it Monday?

@USBishopsData @ThomasWenski I think you've got the dates a bit mixed up there...

Please pray for Most Rev. Thomas G. Wenski (@ThomasWenski), Archbishop of Miami, who celebrates the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood today. Archbishop Wenski was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami on May 15, 2026 before being named an auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese in 1997. In 2003, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando. In 2010, he was appointed Archbishop of Miami. Ad multos annos, Archbishop Wenski!

@thomistMathGuy The ordinariate is a separate entity from the Latin dioceses entirely, so yes.

@USBishopsData And in the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter which isn't in any of the above provinces.

Tomorrow, May 14, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. In the Dioceses of the United States, the obligation to attend Mass exists in the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia. Pursuant to Canon 1246 §2 of the Code of Canon Law, the solemnity has been moved to the following Sunday in all other provinces of the United States, so in those locations, there is no obligation to attend Mass tomorrow and the Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle is celebrated. The obligation to attend Mass tomorrow exists in the following (arch)dioceses: Boston, Burlington, Fall River, Manchester, Portland, Springfield in Massachusetts, Worcester, Bridgeport, Hartford, Norwich, Providence, Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, New York, Ogdensburg, Rochester, Rockville Centre, Syracuse, Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha, Allentown, Altoona-Johnstown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Rev. Michael W. Banach as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina. Archbishop Banach is a former priest of the Diocese of Worcester.

The Eastern Catholic Eparchies of the United States celebrate the Ascension on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and it is a day of precept, per canon 880 §3 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

The Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop René H. Gracida will be offered today at Most Precious Blood Church (pro-Cathedral) at 11:00 AM local time. Bishop Gracida will be interred in the Emmanuel Chapel.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Venice, and has appointed Reverend Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap., as Bishop of Venice. Father Biosca is a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of Saint Augustine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and currently serves as pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C.

@SeanGIndy @WalkingHymnal @AscensionPress @WordOnFire I feel similarly, but I also like eight.

@WalkingHymnal @USBishopsData @AscensionPress @WordOnFire Eight? I’d have been happy with six.

For those wondering, The Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition may be used starting on Ash Wednesday in 2027. It is required to be used starting on the First Sunday of Advent in 2027. I am currently undecided whether I’ll get @AscensionPress or @WordOnFire’s copies. But I can be convinced.

@WalkingHymnal @AscensionPress @WordOnFire Those mockups show six ribbons in the Word On Fire copy.

@USBishopsData @AscensionPress @WordOnFire Last I knew from their mockups it was still five. I wrote this article on the differences back in October: walkinghymnal.substack.com/p/the-breviary…