And the candidates for President and Vice-President…

… of the USCCB are:

•  Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans
•  Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., of Philadelphia
•  Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington
•  Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston
•  Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles
•  Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky
•  Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore
•  Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati
•  Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit
•  Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami

The election of the two will take place at the U.S. bishops’ annual fall General Assembly, held November 11-14, at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel. The USCCB site also states:

At the meeting, the bishops will also vote for the chairman of the USCCB Committee on Catholic Education, the chairmen-elect of five other USCCB committees and new board members of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). More information is available online: www.usccb.org/news/2013/13-181.cfm

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About Carl E. Olson 1243 Articles
Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be "Left Behind"?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the "Catholicism" and "Priest Prophet King" Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. His recent books on Lent and Advent—Praying the Our Father in Lent (2021) and Prepare the Way of the Lord (2021)—are published by Catholic Truth Society. He is also a contributor to "Our Sunday Visitor" newspaper, "The Catholic Answer" magazine, "The Imaginative Conservative", "The Catholic Herald", "National Catholic Register", "Chronicles", and other publications. Follow him on Twitter @carleolson.