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The Roman Rite of the Catholic Church is celebrated worldwide but allows for certain liturgical aspects to vary by geographical area. The Roman Rite in the United States is under the purview of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; with the permission of the Holy See, the conference has made adaptations to the liturgical calendar and rubrics, and has promulgated liturgical books for use in the United States.

Proper calendars

Proper calendars are those which build off of the General Calendar of the Roman Rite. The contents of particular calendars for the United States are listed below, with each entry prefaced by a notation indicating the type of change made from the basis of the general calendar.

National calendar

The proper calendar for the United States is given in the U.S. edition of the Roman Missal.

Hispanic patronal feast day calendar

In addition to having its own English-language Roman Missal, the United States has a proper edition of the Misal Romano in the Spanish language. This Spanish missal follows the national calendar given above, but also adds a section of Masses for the patronal feasts of Spanish-speaking nations. These feast days are intended to be celebrated with groups of immigrants from the corresponding countries.

Change	Month	Day	Country	Title of the liturgy	Rank	Color
Added	January	15	Guatemala	Holy Christ of Esquipulas	Votive Mass	White
Added		21	Dominican Republic	Our Lady of Altagracia	Votive Mass	White
Added	February	3	Honduras	Our Lady of Suyapa	Votive Mass	White
Added	May	8	Argentina	Our Lady of Luján	Votive Mass	White
Added	July	9	Colombia	Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá	Votive Mass	White
Propers substituted		16	Chile	Our Lady of Mount Carmel	Votive Mass	White
Added	August	2	Costa Rica	Our Lady of the Angels	Votive Mass	White
Added		5	Bolivia	Our Lady of Copacabana	Votive Mass	White
Renamed		6	El Salvador	The Savior of the World	Feast (Transfiguration)	White
		15	Paraguay	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Solemnity	White
Added	September	8	Cuba	Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre	Votive Mass	White
Added		9	Panama	Saint Mary the Ancient	Votive Mass	White
Added		11	Venezuela	Our Lady of Coromoto	Votive Mass	White
Added	October	12	Spain	Our Lady of the Pillar	Votive Mass	White
Added		28	Peru	The Lord of Miracles	Votive Mass	White
Added	November	8	Uruguay	Our Lady of the Thirty-Three Orientals	Votive Mass	White
Added		19	Puerto Rico	Holy Mary, Mother of Divine Providence	Votive Mass	White
Renamed		21	Ecuador	Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche [es]	Memorial (Presentation of Mary)	White
Renamed	December	8	Nicaragua	The Most Pure Conception of Mary	Solemnity (Immaculate Conception)	White
		12	Mexico	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Feast	White

Ordinariate calendar

The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is a personal ordinariate for former Anglicans that encompasses the United States and Canada. The ordinariate has its own liturgical calendar that includes many English feast days.

See also

• National calendars of the Roman Rite

Notes

1. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (January 6) but is transferred here in this calendar.
2. This liturgy is transferred to January 23 when January 22 falls on a Sunday.
3. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (January 22) but is transferred here in this calendar.
4. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (the Thursday after Trinity Sunday) but is transferred here in this calendar.
5. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (July 4) but is transferred here in this calendar.
6. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (October 19) but is transferred here in this calendar.
7. This entry is listed on the General Roman Calendar, but here an extra appellation is added to indicate its significance as the patronal feast day.
8. This entry is listed on the General Roman Calendar but with the lower rank of Optional Memorial.
9. This entry is found in the General Roman Calendar but the liturgical prayers are different.
10. This entry is found in the General Roman Calendar but under a different name (Transfiguration of the Lord).
11. This entry is found in the General Roman Calendar but under a different name (Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary).
12. This entry is found in the General Roman Calendar but under a different name (Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary).
13. This entry is listed on the General Roman Calendar but with the lower rank of Feast.
14. This entry is listed on the General Roman Calendar but with the lower rank of Optional Memorial.
15. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (April 23) but is transferred here in this calendar.
16. This entry is listed on the General Roman Calendar but with the lower rank of Optional Memorial.
17. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (June 22) but is transferred here in this calendar.
18. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (October 9) but is transferred here in this calendar.
19. This entry is listed under a different date on the General Roman Calendar (October 9) but is transferred here in this calendar.

References

1. The Roman Missal (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing. 2011. pp. 99*–110*.
2. The Roman Missal (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing. 2011. p. 111*.
3. Foley, Michael (July 1, 2021). "Independence Day in the New Missal". New Liturgical Movement. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
4. Misal Romano [Roman Missal] (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing. 2018. pp. 1260–1284.

• Roman Rite by country
• Catholic Church in the United States