page_title: Apostolic Prefecture of the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Apostolic Prefecture of the United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Bishop John Carroll (1735-1815)
context_page_description: The Apostolic Prefecture of the United States was the earliest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction to be officially recognized after the United States declared independence in 1776.
context_section_description: The Apostolic Prefecture of the United States (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Civitatum Foederatarum Americae Septentrionalis) was the earliest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction to be officially recognized after the United States declared independence in 1776.
caption: Gilbert Stuart's portrait of John Carroll, first leader of the Apostolic Prefecture of the United States.
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