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To address an envelope to a bishop or an archbishop (not a Cardinal_:

The Most Reverend _____________

....and the greeting line of the letter (or greeting him face-to-face):

Your Excellency.

For a Cardinal:

Envelope: His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago

Greeting line of a letter: Most Reverend Eminence or Most Reverent Cardinal

Face to Face greeting: Your Eminence

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Your Excellency, in the United States. In the United Kingdom you would address him as My Lord Bishop or My Lord; your Lordship.

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The envelope should read "Most Reverend (name)". In the letter you should address as "Your Excellency"

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Throughout the world, the proper verbal salutation for a Catholic bishop is "Your Lordship". In the United States, which dislikes such monarchial forms of address, "Your Excellency" is used. If writing to a bishop, you would address him as "The Most Reverend". When saluting an archbishop, you would say, "Your Grace."


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