Massachusetts Denis J. Madden (2005–2016) Mark E. Brennan (2017–2019), appointed Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston Other priests of this diocese who became bishops John J. Chanche, P.S.S., appointed Bishop of Natchez in 1841 Ignatius A. Reynolds, appointed Bishop of Charleston in 1843 Henry B. Coskery, appointed Bishop of Portland in 1853; did not take effect William Henry Elder, appointed Bishop of Natchez in 1857 and Archbishop of Cincinnati in 1883 Thomas Albert Andrew Becker, appointed Bishop of Wilmington in 1868 and Bishop of Savannah in 1886 Thomas Patrick Roger Foley, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago in 1870 John Joseph Keane, appointed Bishop of Richmond in 1878, rector of The Catholic University of America in 1886, and Archbishop of Dubuque in 1900 Mark Stanislaus Gross, appointed vicar apostolic of North Carolina in 1880; resigned the episcopate c. 1881 Jeremiah O'Sullivan, appointed Bishop of Mobile in 1885 John Samuel Foley, appointed Bishop of Detroit in 1888 Placide Louis Chapelle, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe in 1891 (succeeded to that see in 1894), Archbishop of New Orleans in 1897 and Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Extraordinary Envoy to Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 1898 Patrick James Donahue, appointed Bishop of Wheeling in 1894 William Thomas Russell, appointed Bishop of Charleston in 1916 William Joseph Hafey, appointed Bishop of Raleigh in 1925 and Bishop of Scranton in 1938 Thomas Joseph Toolen, appointed Bishop of Mobile in 1927 Peter Leo Ireton, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond in 1935 and Bishop of Richmond in 1945 John Joyce Russell, appointed Bishop of Charleston in 1950 and later Bishop of Richmond in 1958 Philip Matthew Hannan (priest of this archdiocese, 1939-1947), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Washington in 1956 and Archbishop of New Orleans in 1965 Michael William Hyle, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington in 1958 (succeeded to that see in 1960) John Selby Spence (priest of this archdiocese, 1933-1947), appointed auxiliary bishop of Washington in 1964 Edward John Herrmann (priest of this archdiocese, 1947), appointed auxiliary bishop of Washington in 1966 and Bishop of Columbus in 1973 Victor Benito Galeone, appointed Bishop of Saint Augustine in 2001 F. Richard Spencer, appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services, USA in 2010 Priests appointed, but never ordained, as bishops Dominic Laurence Grässel appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore in 1793 but the notice arrived after his death Education High schools Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore Archbishop Spalding High School, Severn Bishop