United States Conference of Catholic Bishops information
American Catholic episcopal conference
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Abbreviation
USCCB
Formation
1966
Type
Non-governmental organization
Legal status
Civil nonprofit
Purpose
To act collaboratively and consistently on vital issues confronting the Church and society.
To foster communion with the Church in other nations, within the Church universal, under the leadership of its supreme pastor, the Roman Pontiff.
To offer appropriate assistance to each bishop in fulfilling his particular ministry in the local Church.
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Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
Region served
United States
Membership
Active and retired Catholic bishops of the United States
President
Timothy Broglio
Main organ
Conference
Affiliations
National Council of Catholic Women
National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities
Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Catholic Relief Services
National Right to Life Committee (1968–73)
Budget
US$180 million
Staff
300
Website
usccb.org
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in the United States and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference. The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean – the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the territory of American Samoa, and the territory of Guam – are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences, certain[which?] decisions and acts of the USCCB must receive the recognitio, or approval, of the Roman dicasteries, which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.
As of November 2022[update], the president is Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA. The vice president is William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore.[2]
^"USCCB Mission". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^"Archbishop Gomez elected USCCB president; first Latino in post". www.catholicnews.com. November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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