United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The organization has its secretariat and its Commissioner in Washington, DC resident. The current chairman is the Archbishop of Louisville, Joseph Edward Kurtz.

History

Until the American War of Independence, the Apostolic Vicariate in London was responsible for the Roman Catholics in the British North America. After independence, the Diocese of Baltimore, Maryland was founded as the first diocese in the United States, where from 1789 onwards was the Apostolic Prefecture. On April 8, 1808 the Diocese of Baltimore to an archdiocese of Baltimore was charged.

The first meeting of the newly formed U.S. Bishops' Conference was held in 1966.

The institutions of the U.S. Bishops' Conference

The supreme organ of the U.S. Bishops' Conference is the general assembly of members.

Chairman

  • John Francis Cardinal Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit (1966-1971)
  • John Joseph Cardinal Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia (1971-1974)
  • Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1974-1977)
  • John Raphael Quinn, Archbishop of San Francisco (1977-1980)
  • John Robert Roach, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1980-1983)
  • James William Malone, Bishop of Youngstown (1983-1986)
  • John Lawrence May, Archbishop of Saint Louis (1986-1989)
  • Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1989-1992)
  • William Henry Cardinal Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore (1992-1995)
  • Anthony Pilla, Bishop of Cleveland (1995-1998)
  • Joseph Fiorenza, Bishop of Galveston - Houston (1998-2001)
  • Wilton Daniel Gregory, Bishop of Belleville (2001-2004)
  • William Stephen Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane (2004-2007)
  • Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago (2007-2010)
  • Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York (2010-2013)
  • Joseph Edward Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville ( since 2013)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit John Krol Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown John L. May Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis William Henry Keeler Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane Timothy M. Dolan
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