Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fifth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland from 1834 until his death in 1851.

Richard Vincent Whelan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia (1841–1850) and as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in West Virginia (1850–1874).