What is United States Conference of Catholic Bishops?
The '''United States Conference of Catholic Bishops''' ('''USCCB''') is the [[episcopal conference]] of the [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholic Church in the United States]]. It was founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC). It is made up of all active and [[Archbishop emeritus|retired]] members of the Catholic [[Catholic Church hierarchy|hierarchy]] (i.e., [[diocesan bishop|diocesan]], [[coadjutor bishop|coadjutor]], and [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[bishop (Catholic Church)|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]]. {{As of|2019|November|df=}}, the president is Los Angeles's archbishop, Archbishop [[José Horacio Gómez]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2019/archbishop-gomez-elected-usccb-president-first-latino-in-post.cfm|title=Archbishop Gomez elected USCCB president; first Latino in post|website=www.catholicnews.com|date=12 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-13|archive-date=2019-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113081505/https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2019/archbishop-gomez-elected-usccb-president-first-latino-in-post.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American Roman Catholic bishops| ]] {{US-stub}}