As of 2005, the Roman CatholicArchdiocese of Baltimore covers the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington counties, Maryland.
The Prefecture Apostolic of the United States of America was established on November 26, 1784. The Prefecture was elevated to the Diocese of Baltimore on November 6, 1789, and elevated to Archdiocese on April 8, 1808. The Archbishop of Baltimore is called the "Honorary Primate" of the United States, as he occupies the oldest see in the nation and was also given ceremonial precedence.
The bishop is the chief liturgical figure in the diocese and is distinguished from the priest principally by the power to confer holy orders and to act as the usual minister of confirmation.
Catholics believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist through the change of bread and wine into his body and blood (transubstantiation) and are encouraged to receive the Eucharist at every Mass in which they participate.
The distinct RomanCatholic view of history, however, is its claim to unbroken continuity with the church of the New Testament and its consequent acceptance as legitimate of the major developments in doctrine and structure that it has assimilated since then.
Bishop Glorieux died in Portland, Ore., on the anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Boise, August 25, 1917.
The fifth Bishop of Boise, Sylvester William Treinen, born in Donnelly, Minn., a priest of the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D., was consecrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck on July 25, 1962.
Bishop Michael P. Driscoll was appointed the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Boise on Jan. 19, 1999.
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