# List of bishops of St. Louis

The following is the list of bishops of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The Roman Catholic Church in the United States comprises 195 dioceses led by diocesan bishops. Auxiliary bishops serve in association with the diocesan bishops in larger dioceses. There are thirty-two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, of which the Archbishop of Saint Louis is one. As of November 2010, five of the metropolitan archbishops of this see have been designated cardinals: John Joseph Glennon (1946), Joseph Ritter (1961), John Carberry (1969) Justin Francis Rigali (2003; as archbishop of Philadelphia), and Raymond Leo Burke (2010; as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura).
In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies. There are also dioceses and eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into metropolitan provinces of their own.
All bishops in the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, diocesan and auxiliary, are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops in Puerto Rico form their own Episcopal Conference. Those from insular areas in the Pacific Ocean are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

## St. Louis archdiocesan hierarchy
### Archbishops

* Joseph Rosati, C.M.: March 20, 1827 – September 25, 1843
* Peter Richard Kenrick: September 25, 1843 – May 21, 1895
* John Joseph Kain: May 21, 1895 – October 13, 1903
* John Joseph Glennon: October 13, 1903 – March 9, 1946
* Joseph Ritter: July 20, 1946 – June 10, 1967
* John Carberry: March 25, 1968 – July 31, 1979
* John Lawrence May: January 24, 1980 – December 2, 1992
* Justin Francis Rigali: March 16, 1994 – July 15, 2003
* Raymond Leo Burke: January 26, 2004 – June 27, 2008
* Robert James Carlson: April 21, 2009 – June 10, 2020
* Mitchell Thomas Rozanski: June 10, 2020 – Present

#### Succession chart

| New diocese | Joseph Rosati 1827–1843 | Succeeded byPeter Richard Kenrick |
| Preceded byJoseph Rosati | Peter Richard Kenrick 1843–1895 | Succeeded byJohn Joseph Kain |
| Preceded byPeter Richard Kenrick | John Joseph Kain 1895–1903 | Succeeded byJohn Joseph Glennon |
| Preceded byJohn Joseph Kain | John Joseph Glennon 1903–1946 | Succeeded byJoseph Elmer Ritter |
| Preceded byJohn Joseph Glennon | Joseph Elmer Ritter 1946–1967 | Succeeded byJohn Joseph Carberry |
| Preceded byJoseph Elmer Ritter | John Joseph Carberry 1968–1979 | Succeeded byJohn Lawrence May |
| Preceded byJohn Joseph Carberry | John Lawrence May 1980–1992 | Succeeded byJustin Francis Rigali |
| Preceded byJohn Lawrence May | Justin Francis Rigali 1994–2003 | Succeeded byRaymond Leo Burke |
| Preceded byJustin Francis Rigali | Raymond Leo Burke 2004-2008 | Vacant |
| Preceded byRaymond Leo Burke | sede vacante 2008–2009 | Succeeded byRobert James Carlson |
| Vacant | Robert James Carlson 2009–2020 | Succeeded byMitchell Thomas Rozanski |

### Auxiliary Bishops

* Christian Herman Winkelmann: September 13, 1933 – December 27, 1939
* George Joseph Donnelly: March 19, 1940 – November 9, 1946
* John Cody: May 10, 1947 – January 27, 1954
* Charles Herman Helmsing: March 17, 1949 – August 24, 1956
* Leo Christopher Byrne: May 21, 1954 – February 11, 1961
* Glennon Patrick Flavin: April 17, 1957 – May 29, 1967
* George Joseph Gottwald: June 23, 1961 – August 2, 1988
* Joseph Alphonse McNicholas: January 31, 1969 – July 22, 1975
* Charles Roman Koester: January 2, 1971 – September 10, 1991
* Edward Thomas O'Meara: January 28, 1972 – November 21, 1979
* John Nicholas Wurm: June 25, 1976 – September 19, 1981
* Edward Joseph O'Donnell: December 6, 1983 – November 8, 1994
* James Terry Steib, S.V.D.: December 6, 1983 – May 5, 1993
* Paul Albert Zipfel: May 16, 1989 – December 31, 1996
* Edward Kenneth Braxton: May 17, 1995 – February 21, 2001
* Michael John Sheridan: July 8, 1997 – December 4, 2001
* Joseph Fred Naumann: July 8, 1997 – January 7, 2004
* Timothy Michael Dolan: June 19, 2001 – June 25, 2002
* Robert Joseph Hermann: October 16, 2002 – December 1, 2010
* Edward Matthew Rice: December 1, 2010 – April 26, 2016
* Mark Steven Rivituso: March 7, 2017 – Present