About
Currently featuring the bishops and dioceses of the United States.
Hierarchy.Directory was built out of a want to marry the incredible amount of historical data held in repositories such as Catholic-Hierarchy.org, GCatholic.org, and Wikidata, with a visual representation of the hierarchy.
When I worked in the Church, I was frequently creating “Face Books” of bishops for visits and briefings and always wanted a tool that would do it for me. Now, it exists.
Hierarchy.Directory is an independent project, not affiliated with the USCCB, any (arch)diocese, or the Holy See. It is custom-coded and maintained by a single developer with a background in Catholic institutional communications.
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This site is dedicated to Mary, Queen of Apostles and the Immaculate Conception. Ora pro nobis!
Colophon
Cormorant Garamond
Do you resolve, for the sake of
the Lord's name,
to reach out
in kindness and mercy
to the poor, to strangers,
and to all those in need?
Cormorant Garamond, designed by Christian Thalmann, is a display typeface rooted in the tradition of the sixteenth-century Garamond tradition. Garamond-style typefaces have been the backbone of Catholic publishing for centuries — from papal encyclicals to parish bulletins — and Cormorant is a faithful revival that feels equally at home in a cathedral and on a screen. It is used here for all display typography: bishop names, diocese titles, and page headings.
Public Sans
Do you resolve,
as a good shepherd,
To Seek Out
The Sheep
Who Stray
and to gather them
into the Lord's fold?
Public Sans, designed by the United States Web Design System team at the General Services Administration, is a strong, neutral typeface built for clarity and accessibility at any size. Originally created to serve the American public through government digital services, it carries an inherent sense of institutional trustworthiness — appropriate for a directory that aspires to be a reliable public resource. It is used here for body text, metadata, interface elements, and the printed directory exports.
Do you resolve to pray without ceasing to almighty God for his holy people and to carry out the office of High Priest without reproach?
Excerpts from the Promise of the Elect, Ordination of a Bishop, of Priests, and of Deacons, Copyright © 2018, International Commission on English in the Liturgy. All Rights Reserved.
Scarlet
#C41E3A
Cardinals
Episcopal Green
#007A00
Archbishops & Bishops
The rank accent colors — scarlet and episcopal green — reference the galero, the ceremonial hat depicted on a bishop's coat of arms. Scarlet identifies cardinals; green identifies archbishops and bishops.
Directory data is compiled from publicly available sources and published under CC0 (public domain). A full list of sources is available on the Data Sources page.