The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) has four provinces of Friars established in the United States. Each province is divided according to the states in its geographical region. As of 2016, there are 593 professed members of the US provinces.
Province of St. Joseph (Eastern) The Eastern Province, or The Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Joseph, now covers the northeastern United States (i.e. Kentucky, the original home of the Dominican Order in the United States, and the states to the north and east of eastern Kentucky).
Communities and Apostolates of the Province ,
Springfield, Kentucky • Holy Innocents Parish, Pleasantville, NY • Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC • Sts. Philip and James University Parish, Baltimore, MD • The Catholic Community at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD • St. Catherine of Siena Priory, New York, NY • St. Dominic Priory, Washington, DC • St. Dominic Priory, Youngstown, OH • St. Gertrude Priory, Cincinnati, OH • St. Joseph's Parish Greenwich Village, New York, NY • Catholic Center, New York University, New York, NY • St. Joseph Rectory, Somerset, OH • Holy Trinity Church, Somerset, OH • St. Louis Bertrand Priory, Louisville, KY • St. Patrick Priory, Columbus, OH • St. Patrick's Rectory, Philadelphia, PA • St. Rose Priory, Springfield, KY • St. Denis Parish, Hanover, NH • Aquinas House -Catholic Student Center at Dartmouth College • St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Charlottesville, VA • St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Providence, RI • Providence College, Providence, RI • St. Pius V Parish, Providence, RI • St. Vincent Ferrer Priory, New York, NY • Siena House, Nairobi
Province of St. Albert the Great (Central) The Central Province, or Province of
Saint Albert the Great was established in 1939, and it currently covers the states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, as well as Puerto Rico, and serves ten parishes, five campus ministries, three high schools, several houses of studies, publication services, and a variety of social justice ministries within this area. The headquarters is in Chicago. In 2012 the Province completed construction on the new Saint Dominic Priory in St. Louis, Missouri; the new Priory, which can house up to 50 friars, is the House of Studies for the Central and Southern Provinces. As of June 2023, the
Prior Provincial is the Very Rev. Louis S. Morrone, OP.
Communities and Apostolates of the Province • • Fenwick High School, Oak Park, IL • Domestic Violence Outreach, Archdiocese of Chicago • St. Pius V. Parish, Chicago, IL • Shrine of St. Jude, Chicago, IL • New Priory Press, Chicago, IL • Holy Name of Mary, Chicago, IL • St. Vincent Ferrer Parish, River Forest, IL • St. Paul Catholic Center at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN • St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN • Aquinas College- Campus Ministry, Grand Rapids, MI • St. Albert the Great Parish, Minneapolis, MN • • University of St Thomas, St Paul, MN • Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO • Thomas More Center, Webster, Wisconsin • St. Dominic Priory, Denver, CO • Dominican Ecclesial Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern) On December 8, 1979, in response to the rapid growth of the Catholic population in the
Southern United States, the
Order of Preachers approved the foundation of a new Dominican province – the Province of Saint Martin de Porres. The geographic boundaries of the province cover eleven states: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The friars (priests and brothers) minister in a variety of settings throughout the South, including universities and other educational institutions, campus ministries, Dominican parishes, and itinerant ministries. The Provincial Office (headquarters) is in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Communities and Apostolates of the Province • Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres - Official Site • Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres - Vocations Site • Emory University Catholic Center, Atlanta, GA • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Atlanta GA • Southeastern Louisiana University Catholic Center, Hammond, LA • Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond, LA • University of Houston Catholic Center, Houston, TX • Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Houston, TX • Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, TX • St. Albert the Great Priory and Novitiate, Irving, TX • University of Dallas - Campus Ministry, Irving, TX • St. Elizabeth Catholic University Parish, Lubbock, TX • Texas Tech University Catholic Center, Lubbock TX • St. Martin de Porres National Shrine and Institute, Memphis, TN • St. Peter Catholic Church, Memphis, TN • St. Dominic Catholic Church, Miami, FL • Barry University, Miami Shores, FL • Barry University - Campus Ministry, Miami Shores, FL • Archdiocese of New Orleans, Hispanic Apostolate, New Orleans, LA • St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA • Tulane University Catholic Center, New Orleans, LA • Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA • Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX • St. Joseph Abbey and Seminary College, St. Benedict, LA • Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO • St. Dominic Priory and Studentate (House of Studies), St. Louis, MO • Congar Institute for Ministry Development • St. Albert the Great Chapel and Catholic Student Center, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Prior Provincials • 1979–1984 Fr. Bertrand Ebben, O.P. • 1984–1988 Fr. Thomas M. Cumiskey, O.P. • 1988–1993 Fr. Paul J. Philibert, O.P. • 1993–2002 Fr. Alberto Rodriguez, O.P. • 2002–2010 Fr. Martin J. Gleeson, O.P. • 2010–2014 Fr. Christopher T. Eggleton, O.P. • 2014–2022 Fr. Thomas M. Condon, O.P. • 2022–Present Fr. Roberto Merced, O.P.
Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Western) The Western Province, or Province of the Most
Holy Name of Jesus was first established in 1850 by the co-founders Fr. Sadoc Vilarrasa and Bishop
Joseph Alemany. Alemany, who in 1840 completed his studies in sacred theology in Rome at the
Dominican College of St. Thomas, the future
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, had been appointed Bishop of
Monterey and invited Fr. Vilarrasa to accompany him to
California. On his way to his new post in California Alemany stopped in Paris and asked Dominican sisters to join him to teach the children of the
Forty-niners.
Mary Goemaere (1809–1891) volunteered to accompany the new bishop and to begin a school in his new diocese. Within three years, nine women (three American, one Mexican, and five Spanish) joined Sister Mary to form the Congregation of the Most Holy Name. The province was soon reduced to a self-governing Congregation. Finally, in 1912, the congregation was formally re-erected as a province, and currently covers the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and Washington, and serves eight parishes and ten campus ministries within this area. It is headquartered in Oakland, California. As of January 2019, the
Prior Provincial is the Very Rev. Christopher Fadok, OP.
Communities and Apostolates of the Province • Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus - Official Site •
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA • Catholic Community at Stanford, Stanford, CA • Dominican Mission Foundation, San Francisco, CA •
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, CA • Holy Family Cathedral, Anchorage, AK • Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Portland, OR • Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish, Berkeley, CA • Parroquia de Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Poblado Compuertas, Mexicali, Mexico • Prince of Peace Catholic Newman Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA • Rosary Center & Confraternity, Portland, OR • St. Albert the Great Priory, Oakland, CA • St. Benedict Lodge, McKenzie Bridge, OR • St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT • St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Benicia, CA • St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Los Angeles, CA • St. Dominic Cemetery, Benicia, CA •
St. Dominic Church, San Francisco, CA • St. Raymond Catholic Church, Menlo Park, CA • St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV • St. Thomas More Catholic Church, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR • St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ ==Sisters and Nuns==