Perez. Past Catholic Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development include Moon Landrieu, Henry Cisneros, Andrew Cuomo, Mel Martínez, and Julián Castro. Past Catholic Secretaries of Energy include Bill Richardson. Secretary of the Treasury and of the Interior Thomas Ewing married a Catholic woman, attended services for many years, and was formally baptized on his deathbed. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan also had Catholic roots, but it is unclear whether he actively practiced while in office. The Catholic secretaries in the Biden administration are Lloyd Austin (Defense), Deb Haaland (Interior), Gina Raimondo (Commerce), Marty Walsh (Labor), and Xavier Becerra (Health and Human Services). Haaland is the first Native American in a presidential cabinet and also the first Native Catholic within it. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was baptized in the Catholic Church as an infant and he attended Catholic schools, but began to attend the Church of England's Christ Church Cathedral during his term at the University of Oxford and said he felt "more-or-less Anglican" by the time he returned to the U.S. Buttigieg has since been an Episcopalian. See also Anti-abortion movement Anti-Catholicism Anti-Catholicism in the United States Catholic Church in the United States History of the Catholic Church in the United States Catholic Democrats Christianity and politics Christianity in the United States History of Christianity in the United States Identity politics Jewish views and involvement in US politics Latino vote Political Catholicism Religion in politics Religion in the United States Freedom of religion in the United States History of religion in the United States Religious discrimination in the United States Third Way (centrism) Notes References Bibliography Casey, Shaun. The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960 (2009) Cochran, Clarke E. and David Carroll Cochran. Catholics, Politics, and Public Policy: Beyond Left and Right (2003) Dolan, Jay. The Irish Americans: A History (2008) Heyer, Kristin E., Mark J. Rozell, and Michael A. Genovese. Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith and Power (2008) Marlin, George J., and Michael Barone, American Catholic Voter: Two Hundred Years Of Political Impact (2006) Morris, Charles. American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church (1998) Prendergast, William B. The Catholic Voter in American Politics: The Passing of the Democratic Monolith (1999) Woolner, David B., and Richard G. Kurial. FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945 (2003) Further reading Blanshard, Paul. American Freedom and Catholic Power