Bishops put names forward for next conference president

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops released the nominees for its top offices this week, writes Michael Sean Winters.

At the November plenary, the bishops will select a new president and vice-president of the conference, with the bishops first selecting a new president from the full slate of 10 candidates and then a vice-president from the remaining nine on the list.

The nominees are: Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans; Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap., of Philadelphia; Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane; Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston; Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville; Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore; Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati; Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami. USCCB president, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, will complete his three-year tenure at the close of the November meeting.